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Yossarian and the Civilian Arrested by Police from "Catch-22". Yossarian sees a civilian being arrested by a mob of policemen. The man screams for help, but the police are the ones taking him away.

during his night walk through Rome

Yossarian and the Civilian Arrested by Police

Yossarian sees a civilian being arrested by a mob of policemen. The man screams for help, but the police are the ones taking him away. The scene is a chilling image of the state's power to crush dissent and the futility of appealing to authority for justice.