In October 1861 William H. Johnson of Company V, Second Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers, wrote to the Pine and Palm, a New York City black paper, describing army life in Virginia: "The proscribed [black] Americans, (and there are many), attached to this regiment" had even formed their own association, the "Self-Defenders of Connecticut".
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In Ms. 45 (1981), the lead slips from self-defender to vigilante to serial killer to mass murderer in less than 90 minutes.
Curry was his usual terpsichorean self, slipping defenders, hoisting from the edges of the half-court logo, slinking his way, sometimes almost lazily, into attempt after improbably open attempt.
These self-styled "defenders of the faith" demolished the tombs of local Sufi saints in the fabled city of Timbuktu.
John Sutherland (in the link above) talks of the "snitching" methodology by which self-appointed defenders of the "American Way" protect their state from the enemy within.
Self-proclaimed defenders of the revolution, the colectivos radio each other from the top of neighbourhood buildings whenever an unknown face comes into their area.
PiS only added fuel to the fire by actively endorsing the self-professed "defenders of the cross", if not the conspiracy theories they bandy about, and accusing the PO of crassness and unwillingness to honour the "fallen".
Self-proclaimed defenders of the Constitution have shouted their approval on Twitter, using the hashtag #StandWithRand and declaring him to be a welcomed member of their less-is-better-government club.
Not least is the challenge of managing the rival sects of holy men, the self-described defenders of the Hindu religion for whom the Kumbh Mela is both a sacred ritual and a demonstration of their status.
The number, by the way, is 1-800-672-3888; choose optInn 2. In more sobering news, here are today's shootings, brought to you courtesy of, in part, those same self-styled defenders of the Second Amendment.
