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Olympic Security English: "Shut up so we can finish our search"

In an article about official Olympic protest areas, the Wall Street Journal linked to some scanned pages from Olympic Security English, a training manual for Olympic police. We have reproduced those pages for your enjoyment. Poor Mr. Leer. He's an honest... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Fri, Jul 25 2008

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