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Article #418Theory about crowd estimates (was Re: CROWD SIZE ...)
From: Charles Packer
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 02:26
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 02:26
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In article <1992Apr11.132722.7703@access.digex.com>, holland@access.digex.com (Brian Holland) writes... >I've always felt that the Park Police underestimates crowd size regardless >of the group that is holding a rally. My theory is that if something, >such as a riot, were to occur, the Park Police would want to be able >to allege that the crowd size was a small as possible. That way they >could not be accused of having too few officers on duty. But it was 20 years ago that riots were likely to occur. Nowadays demonstrations are well-organized and peaceful. If the police underestimated crowds 20 years ago, then one could generalize that they underestimate when protests are angry, and overestimate when they are peaceful, since they have certainly overestimated in recent years.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtix!mimsy!nsisrv!amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov!packer From: packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) Newsgroups: dc.general Subject: Theory about crowd estimates (was Re: CROWD SIZE ...) Message-ID: <13APR199222261669@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov> Date: 14 Apr 92 02:26:00 GMT References: <702820880.F00002@blkcat.UUCP> <1992Apr11.132722.7703@access.digex.com> Sender: usenet@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov (Usenet) Organization: Dept. of Independence Lines: 14 News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1 Nntp-Posting-Host: amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov