billy club

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Recent Examples of billy club In August 1900, white civilians and white cops rioted as one, unleashing two days of indiscriminate attacks against dozens of Black Hell’s Kitchen residents using lead pipes, guns, knives, fists, and billy clubs in what remains one of the largest explosions of racist violence in city history. Erin Quinlan, Architectural Digest, 30 June 2025 Mayhem erupted when the strikers were attacked with tear gas and billy clubs. Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 3 June 2025 As the handmaids spill into the crowd, using their knives at will, Phoebe gets hold of a gun and a billy club and uses both as though she’s been professionally trained. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 20 May 2025 Law enforcement attacked 600 of the protesters with billy clubs and tear gas. Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for billy club
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Noun
  • Prosecutors said Korosa, who was wearing a walking boot on his foot and using a cane, struck the man on his back and head with the cane, causing the man to fall down the stairs and drop the boy.
    Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • That's when Korosa allegedly hit Soria with a cane, causing Soria and Flores to plummet down the stairs.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Video footage verified by CNN shows the moment an officer draws his baton amid a struggle with one demonstrator as other officers tussle with protesters on the ground.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
  • This is not just the violence of batons or bullets, but the quieter devastation inflicted by law through denial, deferral or bureaucratic neglect.
    Hansel Alejandro Aguilar, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Billy club.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billy%20club. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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