nightstick

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Oh, and a responding officer who has the quote-worthy line: "Look, I don't know a nutcracker from my nightstick, but I know danger when I see it."

From Salon • Dec. 26, 2020

And was the weapon a nightstick or a felt tip pen; was it the 14th Street subway station wall that was defaced, or was it the defacing of a man?

From The Guardian • Sep. 8, 2017

HAGERSTOWN, Md. — Martin Gallery took off his gold badge and put it on the table alongside his pistols, computer and collapsible nightstick.

From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2015

If it turns into a nightstick, congratulations—you are a “guard”! Your job is to watch over the “prisoners” on your Friends List.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2014

Precinct Captain Sealy soon appeared, walking by himself along 125th Street, swinging his nightstick and conversing with people he met.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey