billy club

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Alan Beck is counsel for the plaintiffs in both the California billy club case and the Hawaii butterfly knife case.

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

He kept swatting his billy club onto his hand and it would make a sound.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2019

Cops are community helpers and all that, but a billy club and gun don’t ever look very friendly.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina