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How Cops Can Keep the Peace at the RNC
Anti-globalization protesters took to the streets in Seattle for the WTO Ministerial Conference in 1999, overwhelming Seattle’s police force and unintentionally antagonizing demonstrators.
As the Seattle police chief at the time, Norm Stamper author of To Protect and Serve: How to Fix America's Police (Nation Books, 2016) shares what he learned about handling angry crowds.