We never raised our fists. All we did was wait, but that waiting acted like a ramrod that broke down the doors of resistance. It reflected poorly on Sheriff Clark and his men. We were very aware that our civility demonstrated above all the absurdity of brutalizing peaceful, law-abiding citizens and detaining them from exercising their constitutional rights. One day, Sheriff Clark called me an “outside agitator” and “the lowest form of humanity.” I told him, “Sheriff, I may be an agitator but I am not an outsider. I grew up only forty miles from here, and these people are going to stay here
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