English, 03.02.2020 05:43 kenisonpaigebosma

Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march. wash remembers the police as "the ultimate terror . . you saw the police, you ran. it was automatic." why were the police so frightening? "it was a rare weekend passed," wash said, "that one or two folk . . didn't get killed by the police . . this is what they'd do to you: they'd call you and make you stick your head in the window [of the police car] . . and then they would roll the window up . . and then they'd hit you on your head . . they'd beat people to death." as a result, he said, parents could scare unruly children into minding them by threatening, "the police gonna get you." what is the tone of the excerpt?

shocking
mischievous
rational
hesitant

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