The Office of the Police Commissioner has confirmed that smacking would be illegal if section 59 is repealed.

Our president has been in touch with state police and the Executive Office of Public Safety. They will leave sooner than later, I suspect.

The police were also ready with more formidable tools of intimidation. The office also assigned a veteran homicide prosecutor ... to oversee the investigation. All this activity sent a signal to Condit. If he didn't play ball, he might find himself called to testify before a grand jury under oath.

We dispersed the protestors who ransacked the office of the deputy superintendent of police. The situation is tense and curfew is being strictly enforced in the town.

We have dispersed the protestors who ransacked the office of the deputy superintendent of police. The situation is tense and curfew is being strictly enforced in the town.

It's hard to say. It was kind of blurry, and police can use reasonable force to subdue a suspect, and you really can't tell what was going on.