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Show LONDON JUDGE PANS OFFICER i WHO USED CLUB In Mean Area, Hostile j Crowd Baiting Cop Is Ordinary Sight LONDON July 22.--( By the Assoc ,- 1 ated Press A London police court 1udge rebuked a policeman the other I I day for clubbing .1 prisoner over the 1 head before arresting him. He did not Censure the policeman for striking the man with his club, as he was violent.; I but for striking him over th. head, with It He said the policeman ought . to ha bit him over the legs or on j some- other portion of his anatpmj The Incident serves to Illustrate striking difference between th- con:- paratlve freedom allowed the police in America in using force In lUbduIns an 1 oustreperous prsoncr and the restrictions restric-tions that arc taj.ish: t be impose, 1 upon the mhere under similar 1 cum-I cum-I stances. nd some pthe d. nci , too. KICKED 15 RIBS 1 The man who was clubbed wa.i . hiled before the police court judge oil the charge of assauif.ng a policeman who was trying to get ti drunken we- ( man to a polli e station. I The policeman said le surround-jed surround-jed by a hostile crowd of about 200, ; Whitehead tbe man who was Clubbed ! struck him on the fai ie and body. Ill the struggle both fell to the ground 'and someone then kicked the policeman police-man in the ribs. The policeman drew his iluh and lut Whitehead, WhO was -t:ii snowing right "jus. wnero 1 could reach hini easiest." y in Many oi London's mean itrsen .1 hostile crowd halting a -join' ma n is .1 common a. signt as In the CJnitea States it is a rare one. PKW, CARR1 ! 'Ns Here the polcemau carried a truncheon" wnlc h Is bv no means such a formidable weapon the the American policeman's club. And ir he h is a violent prisoner over the .head with it when h.- ou-rht to have hit him sbfpowhore else, he ia apt tu i.cl into trouble, tiny when he Is on !a very dangerous "oeai ' does he carry a revolver. The rough who assaults him ordinarily runs no risk Whatevei of geltiiiT fhot and very litLe of get-ting get-ting bad y nurt. Th refer -, he is not afraid of 0 scrap" with a polcoman. especially li n drun;i. There is t rdrong feeling hc-re fain it arming the police and It must , a turned thdt those wno have au-tnont au-tnont over them know their own buslne 1 best and 'hat la 1.1 for the ' protection of ihe police. |