Assertion: weapon's use | /r/HasProperty | to strike a suspect's head
Facets:
value: before the 1970s
type: TEMPORAL
value: in order to stun them
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Before the 1970s, a common use of the police baton was to strike a suspect's head with a full-force overhand motion in order to stun them or knock them unconscious by cerebral concussion, similar to the pre-baton practice of buffaloing with the handle of a revolver.