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billy club

NOUN
police officer's club
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He called California’s billy club ban “a very vague and nebulous law that has been abused for decades in California.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 28, 2024

The billy club case was sent back to Benitez to review under the new Bruen analysis.

From Seattle Times Feb. 26, 2024

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Mr. Roman in 2008 first publicized “the presence of two members of the New Black Panther Party — one carrying a billy club — outside of a Philadelphia polling site.”

From Washington Times Aug. 15, 2023

“Whether it’s an F-16, an armed drone or a billy club, once you sell it to another country, you lose control over how it’s used,” Mr. Singer said.

From New York Times Feb. 17, 2015

Three more had been knocked over by a tail swipe, and the leader was swinging his billy club uselessly at the tallest raptor.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older




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