How did the segregationist sheriff and judge respond to the demonstrations? (selma movie)?

They answered to the demonstrations by force because the segregationist sheriff and his men used cattle prods and billy clubs to capture the demonstrators while the judge has sent out an injunction stating that it is prohibited for three or more civil right supporters to see each other.

He said " If we assume the debts, the Union gets a new line of credit a financial diuretic, how do you not get it? If we're aggressive and competitive, the Union gets a boost, you'd rather give it a sedative?"

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