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Demonstrator runs police gantlet[sic] in Chester, Pa., riots

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  1. African Americans
  2. Chester
  3. Civil Rights
  4. Nightsticks
  5. Pennsylvania
  6. Photographic Prints
  7. Police Brutality
  8. Racism
  9. Transmitted Images

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