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Baumeister reports that the court case which brought desegregation to Boston schools is related to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case ; that 17 lawyers worked to bring the Brown case to the US Supreme Court . Reid says that he works closely with Major Gilligan ( Massachusetts State Police Department ) ; that Gilligan places troopers where he thinks they will be effective ; that decisions concerning the number of troopers are made by him , Gilligan , and the officer in charge of the building ; that an altercation at South Boston High School began with an African American student who said he was punched ; that three African American students were brought to the office to file reports ; that another altercation involving one of these three students occurred after lunch ; that he is investigating the situation . Garrity says that the hearings might be held in late February or early March . Meade says that several people are on the streets trying to calm the situation ; that Roberta Delaney ( Manager , Charlestown Little City Hall ) will hold a meeting that afternoon with a public safety team ; that anti-busing leaders in Charlestown have made it clear that they do not support violence . Fremont-Smith defends the HSA 's position of fighting busing in the courts , but not on the streets or in the schools . Shots of photographs of middle-aged women and young people among the crowd.Bullard reports that young people in the crowd openly insulted African American police officers ; that members of the crowd shouted obscenities at the press and grabbed their cameras ; that members of the crowd spit at police officers and jumped on top of police cars ; that the crowd cheered each time a bottle or brick was thrown at the police . Fahey reviews the transfer procedure and says that a transfer might be accepted if it does not upset the racial balance in either school . She notes the humor and confusion that results from so many politicians having similar or identical names ( Connolly , Connelly , Curley , Foley , Kerrigan , McDonough , O'Leary , Sullivan and Tierney are among those mentioned . Timilty says that it would be irresponsible for him to capitalize on the busing issue in his campaign ; that the mayor is capitalizing on the issue ; that political rhetoric would only inflame the issue . The Dodgers ' player tells Vaillancourt why his teammates have nicknamed him " Jose Canseco " . John Leubsdorf ( attorney for the plaintiffs , Morgan v. Hennigan ) argued that the plan should be allowed to stand as is . Pilkington says that African American leaders disagree with Schwartz ; that Paul Parks ( State Secretary for Educational Affairs ) does not believe that whites will leave the school system in large numbers ; that Ellen Jackson ( Freedom House ) believes that the speculation concerning " white flight " encourages the idea where it may not have existed ; that Percy Wilson ( Roxbury Multi-Service Center ) calls the speculation concerning " white flight " a scare tactic to escalate racial anxieties . Bullard notes that the African American plaintiffs in the desegregation case ( Morgan v. Hennigan ) have called the hearing to demand the following : the presence of state police and the national guard in South Boston ; a ban on parents in schools ; a ban on gatherings of more than five people in South Boston ; a ban on the use of all racial epithets . " Lydon quotes Spillane 's predictions that the Boston Public School System will continue to lose white students until it is once again a segregated system . Footage of a white female teacher saying that erratic attendance is the biggest problem at South Boston High School ; that she finds herself repeating lessons for the benefit of students who were absent . He notes that private school is an option and that the Boston HSA and others are appealing the ( Morgan v. Hennigan ) decision in court . A reporter reminds Fahey that she had told him that demonstrations outside Charlestown High School had no negative effects on the African American students inside the building . Fahey says she has not had feedback from teachers ; that over the past week teachers have been calling the parents of absentee students ; that over the next two weeks teachers will write letters to the parents ; that teachers will make personal visits to parents if they get no response from the letters or phone calls . Fahey excuses herself .