Sentence:  He reported that the police <WSD>escorted</WSD> the children five or six blocks beyond Natural Bridge Avenue and at that point stopped the white children who were following and shooed them back to the park. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To attend to in order to guard and protect; to accompany as a safeguard (for the person escorted or for others); to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to