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Armed and helmeted, a Buffalo patrolman cautiously passes the B-Kwik Food Market where Negro youth were reported looting last night
Armed and helmeted, a Buffalo patrolman cautiously passes the B-Kwik Food Market where Negro youth were reported looting last night

Armed and helmeted, a Buffalo patrolman cautiously passes the B-Kwik Food Market where Negro youth were reported looting last night

Date6/29/1967
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Original Toronto Star caption: Armed and helmeted; a Buffalo patrolman cautiously passes the B-Kwik Food Market where Negro youth were reported looting last night. It was here that 12-year-old Cecil Taylor was caught by police coming out with a floor mop.
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