It should be remembered that the Civil Rights movement in the United States was mostly illegal and its activists were frequently jailed, beaten, bitten by police dogs, and sometimes shot down by law enforcement.
One person sustained a stab wound and another was injured after being bitten, the police said.
They include an accusation, six years ago, that she bit a police officer as he tried to arrest her in a traffic dispute in Brooklyn.
In the past, Mr. Kasparov has been arrested on pretexts like an allegation that he bit a police officer's finger while protesting last year against the conviction of members of the band Pussy Riot.
More than five people a week are being bitten by police dogs in London on average, according to figures released to the Guardian, while compensation payments have soared to nearly £250,000 over three years.
Over the years, Ms. Smith has been involved in several controversies, including an accusation, six years ago, that she bit a police officer as he tried to arrest her in Brooklyn, and accusations that she does not live in the district she represents.
The Denmark striker Nicki Bille Nielsen could be sentenced to up to eight years in prison when he appears in court on Thursday accused of biting a police officer during a night out with friends in Copenhagen earlier this year.
Showing no signs of backing down, the authorities signaled that they were also considering criminal charges against Garry Kasparov, the former chess champion and a veteran opposition politician, after he was accused of biting a police officer while being detained during a protest outside the courthouse Friday, a charge he has denied.
Passed by Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson, the legislative victories were achieved only through the blood of civil rights workers, both black and white, who were beaten, sprayed with fire hoses, shot, firebombed, bitten by police dogs and lynched.
