At noon, Chief Prignano calls. As his own image appears on the news, Cianci rises from his chair and gazes. OK, that's enough. The colonel tells me he's put a few horses around. Sure enough, in Kennedy Plaza, police are bringing horses out of their trailers.
People have to have an opportunity to come to the seat of government and express themselves.
BY 3 P.M., people have come to the seat of government to express themselves in a raucous demonstration. Inside the mayor's office, his assistants stop their work and rise to their feet as the chanting intensifies. He heads back to his chambers with his director of administration, Artin Coloian. Coloian shakes his head. Actually, he is here, hands thrust in his pockets, pacing slowly.