<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 10/1/2003 5:10:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time, dhenwood@panix.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Chuck0 wrote:<BR>
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>I wouldn't argue that police have to have massive forces to control <BR>
>a crowd, but a massive force of police can put a significant damper <BR>
>on crowd behavior, i.e. as the NYPD has shown in NYC.<BR>
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There are something like 40,000 cops in NYC. As I recall, Seattle had <BR>
about 1,200.<BR>
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Doug<BR>
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And what is the total population of Manhattan: how many million live there and how many million more commute in? The city of Seattle has a population of about 700,000 so what are we comparing?<BR>
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DoreneC</FONT></HTML>