In this quotation, Dr. Bronson is describing intimidation, scare tactics, and violence perpetrated by both the police and the Ku Klux Klan against African American citizens. how the police protected African American citizens from intimidation, scare tactics, and violence perpetrated by the Ku Klux Klan. conflicts between the police and the Ku Klux Klan that caused violence in the city he lived in. how residents protected each other from the Ku Klux Klan and the police in the city he lived in.