Earlier Saturday, Romanian riot police defended their use of force at the protest Friday night in which 70 people, including 11 riot police, had to be taken to the hospital.
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The riot police patrolled streets as residents watched from balconies.
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Protesters threw rocks and empty water bottles at riot police.
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Another aerial video showed riot police charging into a crowd.
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A man is detained by riot police during the protests.
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Riot police arrested more than 1,000 people in Moscow alone.
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Over 21,20123 riot police were today deployed in central Seoul.
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Scuffles broke out between protesters and riot police on Sunday.
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Television footage showed largely deserted streets as riot police patrolled.
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Riot police patrolled downtown Harare as army helicopters circled above.
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Riot police surrounded the crowd, which filled several city blocks.
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In several encounters, Markus marches toward lines of riot police.
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There is a reason the riot police regularly patrol games.
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Students lobbed cobblestones at riot police in Paris's Latin Quarter.
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Protesters hurled stones and were dispersed by the riot police.
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Riot police and protestors clash in Hong Kong on Sunday.
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Riot police responded by firing tear gas and water cannons.
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To describe American riot police as storm troopers is outrageous.
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Dozens of protesters were in their pen surrounded by riot police.
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TURKEY - Anti riot police disperse protestors in Istanbul during a demo.
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Most of those killed in the bomb blasts were riot police.
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Protesters later clashed with riot police who retaliated with pepper spray.
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Protesters clash with riot police near Hong Kong's Legislative Council building.
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Riot police weren't called in until after Trump's speech had ended.
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A Reuters photographer said many riot police officers were seriously wounded.
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Riot police struck protesters with batons as they fled the area.
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Riot police fired tear gas and water cannons to quell protesters.
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Some people lobbed rocks, bottles and smoke bombs at riot police.
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Armored personnel carriers ferried troops and riot police to the scene.
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Riot police fired tear gas at protesters in Wong Tai Sin.
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Riot police used teargas and water cannon to disperse the protesters.
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Above, riot police clearing the street near the Legislative Council building.
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"The only riot problem is the riot police," Mr. Mok said.
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Riot police use water cannon to disperse anti-extradition bill demonstrators.
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Pitched battles between riot police and protesters raged into the night.
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The Spanish authorities recently sent anti-riot police reinforcements to Catalonia.
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In Santiago, some took to their knees before riot police officers.
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Riot police were not called in, and there were no scuffles.
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Two protesters during the battle with riot police at Polytechnic University.
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Riot police and protesters clashed this week over proposed austerity measures.
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Riot police in helmets and carrying batons earlier fired pepper spray.
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From there, riot police walked in the center of the street.
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Farmers face-off with Athens riot police over tax reforms Farmers face-off with Athens riot police over tax reforms Greek farmers clashed with police in the streets of Athens on Wednesday during a tax reforms protest.
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Clashes broke out after riot police tried to disperse the demonstrators Sunday.
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Riot police and tow trucks spent several hours clearing out the road.
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Riot police wedge themselves and their armored carriers between the two sides.
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Riot police arrest a protestor in Mong Kok district of Hong Kong.
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Reuters was unable to verify footage showing riot police clashing with protesters.
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Riot police in Cairo hit demonstrators with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Helmeted riot police repeatedly charged as they tried to contain the crowd.
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As the demonstrators bunched up, riot police pushed many of them back.
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Riot police were deployed again on Thursday but their presence was lighter.
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Dozens of riot police with shields kept order as the ferry berthed.
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Stones were thrown at security guards, and riot police were called in.
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In 2012, riot police pulled back after an evacuation effort turned violent.
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Riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets to drive them away.
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Anti-riot police were on guard outside government buildings along the route.
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Then riot police demanded that we immediately got off the flower bed.
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Riot police arrived at the airport later on Tuesday, and then retreated.
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In the evening, riot police officers lined a street on the campus.
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Riot police in Washington, D.C. ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration in January.
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Then a cordon of riot police charged to disperse the crowd outside.
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Women were pushed by anti-riot police tossing tear gas in Istanbul.
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In brief moments of tension, masked protesters threw flares at riot police.
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Riot police appeared soon after, amassing outside the terminal, clashing with demonstrators.
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The outlet listed riot police, the Revolutionary Guard, and plainclothes security officials.
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A line of riot police look on about 50 meters behind him.
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Riot police officers were brought in, and dozens of people were arrested.
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She also requested that the riot police guarding her residence be removed.
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It showed locals hurling bricks at ranks of shield-carrying riot police.
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Instead, students pushed their barriers forward toward the line of riot police.
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A protester throws a Molotov cocktail at riot police in Kyiv, Jan.
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Riot police patrolled behind barriers, looking almost imprisoned in their bulky gear.
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Riot police dispersed them in the early hours and arrested 40 people.
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A line of riot police stood between the crowd and the families inside.
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Riot police clashed with protesters and fired tear gas to disperse the crowds.
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Riot police at an anti-war demonstration in Istanbul in January this year.
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It was at this point that riot police arrived and charged at protesters.
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Riot police throw tear gas during a protest of "Yellow Vests" on Dec.
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Riot police dispersed them without resorting to tough tactics, a Reuters witness said.
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A riot police officer pounced, beating Yasaman and her friend with a club.
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The governor declared a state of emergency as protesters clashed with riot police.
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Riot police with truncheons chased protesters into Tai Koo station near the city.
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Photos from the village showed large numbers of riot police patrolling the village.
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Firefighters rushed to the scene while riot police showed up with water tanks.
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Demonstrations have often turned violent, leading to dramatic clashes with French riot police.
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One young man held a riot police shield and flashed a peace sign.
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Riot police raided the offices of 51 businesses and detained dozens of executives.
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Washington Post reporter Dalton Bennett thrown to the ground by riot police. pic.twitter.
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A year later, riot police used extraordinary force during local gold mine protests.
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Squads of riot police closed off access roads with walls of transparent panels.
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Riot police, who earlier raised black flags warning of tear gas, had disappeared.
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Some protesters burned pictures of the king and threw paint at riot police.
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Riot police warning migrants, 'If you don't move we'll use force' #CalaisJungle pic.twitter.
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Riot police keep an eye out for rioters as the situation calms down.
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Riot police stepped in, but a couple in the background seemed non-perturbed.
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Riot police would be sent to all Parisian schools, said a police source.
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Some protesters then marched through central Moscow before the riot police halted them.
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Riot police took to the streets of Kowloon after the petrol bomb attack.
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Witnesses reported the presence of riot police officers on the streets of Ahvaz.
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During the street clashes, riot police used batons to force back the crowd.
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Riot police fire tear gas outside the Causeway Bay MTR station in September.
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More riot police officers were dispatched to respond to protesters around the school.
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Riot police fired tear gas in Kibera and Mathare, two volatile Nairobi slums.
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Some threw stones and other projectiles at riot police who responded with teargas.
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Riot police were needed to control demonstrators in December when Congress passed pension changes.
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About 50 riot police were on hand, blocking a ramp to a nearby highway.
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Protesters shine lasers toward riot police during a standoff in the Wan Chai District.
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Violence broke out, the riot police overreacted, and the government lost its fading legitimacy.
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Many on the right dispersed shortly after riot police shut down the initial event.
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Workers are being threatened and riot police are increasingly used to break up protests.
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They put themselves between riot police and the English, keen to confront both parties.
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This week, after riot police cleared most of the blocked refineries, petrol distribution eased.
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The government had an unexpectedly harsh response, sending in riot police to the polls.
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Riot police officers charged into multiple shopping malls where protesters had gathered Sunday evening.
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Riot police were deployed this week in the capital in anticipation of mass violence.
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Riot police guarded rows of metal barricades separating the groups by about 150 yards.
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Media representatives were barred from the cemetery, and riot police officers stood watch outside.
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Large numbers of riot police deployed outside the Supreme Court and election commission headquarters.
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Later, riot police emptied the park, but only after multiple people had been injured.
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Security was tight around the legislature building, with riot police deployed in some areas.
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Riot police quickly intervened, using tear gas and armored vehicles to clear the crowd.
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Suddenly, riot police rush toward him, pulling him to the ground and beating him.
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Riot police officers were positioned around Kinshasa, the capital, including near the election commission.
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Riot police were sent by ferry from Athens to bring the chaos under control.
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Suddenly, riot police were firing rounds of tear gas a block away, advancing quickly.
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Riot police chased after men and women near Lebanon's parliament late into the night.
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They ripped branches off trees and signposts off the ground, charging at riot police.
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Soylu said that the first explosion was at an assembly point for riot police.
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However, a more radical faction of mainly young protesters later clashed with riot police.
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"I can't sleep well at night," she said, her dreams haunted by riot police.
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CRS riot police and Gendarmerie divisions will also be deployed in the host towns.
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Police eventually cleared the area by deploying first water cannons, then eventually riot police.
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Five riot police officers were wounded in the clashes, the Paris police prefecture said.
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A riot police officer in the Mong Kok area of Hong Kong on Friday.
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A riot police officer shoots tear gas during protests in Concepcion, Chile, on Sunday.
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Demonstrators clash with riot police near the National Assembly building in Quito, Ecuador, Oct.
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Riot police used tear gas canisters, water cannons and batons to disperse the intruders.
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The university is surrounded by riot police, after about 1,100 were arrested last week.
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Protesters carry an injured man during clashes with riot police near Tahrir Square, Jan.
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Riot police clash with masked protesters occupying the Labor Center of Thessaloniki, Greece, Dec.
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Riot police used pepper spray on crowds in one Kowloon mall, local media reported.
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Television footage showed riot police hauling away protesters as others ran or threw rocks.
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As riot police moved in from all sides, some protesters retreated inside the university.
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Everyone departed minutes before riot police arrived, firing tear gas toward the retreating crowd.
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Some 761 people were injured in clashes with riot police, the regional government said.
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But their path was barred by riot police, who said the centre had closed.
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Dozens of stranded refugees confronted riot police on Greece's border with Macedonia on Thursday.
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In 2001, Daewoo Motors laid off 23,750 workers, triggering violent clashes with riot police.
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On Tuesday, witnesses described a noticeable presence of riot police on the capital&aposs streets.
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Reuters journalists filmed riot police firing tear gas over a crowd that ran to escape.
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While mostly peaceful, some protests have ended with violent clashes between students and riot police.
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A BBC correspondent in Nur-Sultan reported people being dragged onto buses by riot police.
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Puerto Rico riot police forced protesters back with tear gas and pepper spray outside Gov.
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They expected it after footage of riot police bashing Catalan voters circulated on October 1st.
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Riot police used tear gas against the protesters, which prompted some of them to disperse.
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Armed, gun-mounted vehicles, and riot police with shields on the perimeter of Duzici camp.
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On the university campus of Nanterre, riot police had to break up a sit-in.
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Riot police shrouded in gas on the streets of Hong Kong on July 21, 2019.
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Hundreds were arrested last weekend in Minsk, some dragged away or beaten by riot police.
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An opposition supporter wears a home made tear gas mask while clashing with riot police.
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Vladimir Putin's riot police, known as OMON, is heavy-handed with its own peaceful protesters.
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The country's floundering political elite offer half measures while dispatching riot police and the military.
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HONG KONG RIOT POLICE FIRE RUBBER BULLETS AT CITY UNIVERSITY CAMPUS -CABLE TV, CITING SOURCE
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Madrid had banned the vote and sought to thwart it by sending in riot police.
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The same protester was also seen dragged away by at least two riot police officers.
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It also showed residents fleeing as riot police and soldiers marched through almost deserted streets.
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So for me, seeing the riot police in the same position really got me interested.
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Another 17-year-old was accosted by six riot police with dogs at his home.
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Early Monday local time, riot police rushed the campus, effectively trapping hundreds of demonstrators inside.
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So far, nothing has changed, except the movement of more riot police to the island.
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There was a heavy riot police presence nearby and at least one arrest was made.
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Outside the courthouse several hundred supporters of the defendants gathered with riot police watching nearby.
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Thousands of riot police were dispatched to remove about 200 protesters, Yonhap News Agency said.
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On the streets of Manila, meanwhile, riot police clashed with protesters near the American Embassy.
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Crowds managed to assemble anyway, on side streets, before being violently dispersed by riot police.
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Walls of riot police officers and police vehicles lining the street were all too real.
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Riot police officers fired tear gas and pumped blue-dyed water from trucks at protesters.
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Then a cordon of riot police used tear gas and charged to scatter the crowd.
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Riot police will be stationed in "inconspicuous" locations inside every polling station, police told CNN.
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The protesters battled riot police for several intense days amid fears of a bloody clampdown.
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The residents are no stranger to having bulldozers come with riot police to evict them.
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Residents on Monday chanted "We want peace !" as extra riot police were drafted into troubled areas.
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A protester was shot dead by riot police at the G8 summit in Italy in 2001.
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The second time they succeeded briefly, as about two dozen protesters faced off with riot police.
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Shouting "No to Bensalah", the students waved Algerian flags as hundreds of riot police stood by.
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Despite this, riot police fired multiple rounds of pepper-spray balls, flash bangs, and rubber projectiles.
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Aid workers told of multiple occasions where riot police deliberately blocked migrants' access to aid workers.
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A Norwegian riot police officer in front of the al-Noor Islamic Centre mosque on Saturday.
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A demonstrator faces riot police on the Champs-Élysées during the Yellow Vest demonstration on Dec.
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Riot police remained at the scene, with some demonstrators occasionally appearing to hurl stones at them.
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SECURITY BLANKET Security was tight around the legislature building, with riot police deployed in some areas.
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In Tsim Sha Tsui district, large numbers of protesters wearing black faced off with riot police.
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A police official told Reuters more guards and riot police would be deployed on the island.
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The riot police in Tehran have driven their water cannon through the streets to deter protesters.
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This month a group of farmers detained 14 riot police for a day in the area.
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When 10,000 people were uprooted in Kibera, a slum, last July, riot police flanked the bulldozers.
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Riot police backed by army snipers crushed Cairo protest camps calling for his reinstatement, killing hundreds.
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Another man had blood streaming down his face in front of a line of riot police.
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Riot police known as "black boots" have used water cannons to try to remove the hawkers.
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Chanting "liberty", they headed towards Venezuelan riot police, who had arrayed themselves behind clear plastic shields.
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Riot police could be seen outside the police stations in Tsim Sha Tsui and Mong Kok.
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As that war dragged on, in 1987, Saudi riot police clashed with Iranian pilgrims in Mecca.
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Migrants and activists face-off with French riot police in a makeshift camp near Calais, France.
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A protester points a handgun toward riot police lines during clashes in central Kiev, Ukraine, Jan.
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After an hours-long standoff on the streets, riot police chased protesters into a shopping center.
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This came a week after clashes during the May Day protest between demonstrators and riot police.
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"The police and the OMON (riot police) acted in a professional and proper way," Sobyanin said.
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They set trash bins on fire, hurled cobblestones and bottles at riot police, and erected barricades.
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We are in a bus in Cannes and we have been blocked in by riot police.
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Read more: Violence breaks out at the Hong Kong airport as riot police clash with protesters
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At the same time, riot police formed a line and got their tear gas guns ready.
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Riot police were deployed at stations, while protesters set up roadblocks and barricades on major thoroughfares.
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Some people, dressed in office wear, shouted at riot police who were deployed on station platforms.
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The caravan pried open the gate into Mexico but were pushed back by Mexican riot police.
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Witnesses who said they had been following the vote counting were then teargassed by riot police.
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At midnight, protesters faced tear gas and water cannons as riot police stormed our Istanbul headquarters.
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The students had expected to confront local Catalan officers, he said, not the Spanish riot police.
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The set is bare; the few props are wheeled on and off by Gilead's riot police.
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Cover image: Yellow vest throw objects towards riot police in Toulouse, France on December 2, 2018.
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More than 750 people were injured as riot police officers forced their way into polling places.
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Demonstrators lit fires and pelted riot police with stones, and security forces responded with tear gas.
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Riot police officers stand guard following a revolt of prisoners at the Sant'Anna prison in Modena.
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Once the riot police started beating demonstrators, and especially after the first fatalities, Yanukovych was doomed.
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On Tuesday, the conflict escalated as riot police deployed to the airport clashed with the demonstrators.
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Iranian riot police used tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters in Tehran's Azadi Square Sunday.
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The riot police were seen beating some protesters with sticks and knocking them to the ground.
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When riot police tried to clear the terminal on August 13th they were swiftly forced out.
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The riot police have been stopping Iraqi protests from reaching the same Green Zone since October.
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The rally broke up after riot police officers plunged into the crowd and dragged away protesters.
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On more than one occasion, women formed a human shield to protect protestors from riot police.
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Local media reported that the attack targeted a riot police bus, not a gathering of civilians.
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A screenshot of the video circulating online Tuesday, showing a protester being shot by riot police.
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The raptors, backed by scores of riot police, pursued protesters down the roads to nearby areas.
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Riot police responded with pepper spray and water cannons to clear a path through the protestors.
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Riot police and security personnel were deployed to major streets in Douala ahead of the announcement.
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Scuffles broke out, with riot police firing tear gas to stop protesters from breaching police lines.
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Other videos showed riot police breaking windows of closed shops, and striking parked motorcycles with batons.
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Then, he began emotionally asking the riot police why they're protecting rally attendees rather than them.
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Any anti-government protests were corralled into pens surrounded by riot police outnumbering protesters 10 to one.
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Despite numerous emergency calls by witnesses, it took riot police more than half an hour to respond.
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Anti-riot police attempt to disperse protesters in the Kawangware slum of Nairobi, Kenya, on Oct. 229.
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It was the second week in a row that riot police used force to quell the demonstrators.
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Riot police are covered with paint after a labor protest on April 5, 2016 in Paris, France.
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Imposing a ban would nonetheless require the mobilization of large numbers of riot police to enforce it.
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Riot police moved in after protesters attacked a car with police in it just outside the terminal.
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Many of the marchers and those forcefully detained by riot police were prominent Russian journalists and activists.
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At the protest on Tuesday, without warning, the riot police began to pounce on the young people.
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Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN)For hours the protesting students march through campus while the riot police wait.
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Earlier this year, riot police were called in to break up anti-government demonstrations across the country.
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Spanish riot police shut down over 093 polling stations, causing many injuries, though most of them minor.
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Hundreds of people were injured by riot police attempting to disrupt voting, causing outrage and further protests.
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And the viral photo of Ieisha Evans, BLM marcher, facing off against a phalanx of riot police.
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Social media video from Mashhad showed protesters overturning a riot police car and police motorcycles set ablaze.
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When the Mothers and their supporters defied orders to disperse, riot police doused them with tear-gas.
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Riot police confronted hundreds of mainly young protesters who tried to reach the Chinese government's Liaison Office.
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Protesters pushed back against riot police who removed right-wing demonstrators from the park with riot shields.
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Several hundreds of mainly young men marched through Algiers' centre where riot police were blocking some roads.
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The night ended in scores of bloody injuries after a violent clash between demonstrators and riot police.
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"Lathi Charge" actually means the brute force that the riot police uses violently to disperse public demonstration.
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Riot police clashed with protesters and Martelly handed back the presidential sash without anyone to succeed him.
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A police source said anti-riot police had been sent to rein in the protests on Tuesday.
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Riot police used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon, prompting most of the protesters to disperse.
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In 2008, for example, Israeli riot police broke up a melee between Greek Orthodox and Armenian monks.
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The Associated Press reported on Monday that riot police had trapped hundreds of protesters on the campus.
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According to reporters on the scene, riot police stood on the property to protect the officer's home.
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Large numbers of riot police were mobilized in Yangon but there were no signs of any protests.
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Several hundreds of mainly young men marched through Algiers' center where riot police were blocking some roads.
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In Kazakhstan's biggest city, Almaty, hundreds of riot police awaited protesters gathered near the main football arena.
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So when you see an image of riot police on the ground like that, they're suddenly vulnerable.
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Chinook military helicopters started to arrive, disgorging riot police inside the Gleneagles fence, which was now breached.
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The university is guarded round the clock by riot police, after around 1,100 were arrested last week.
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They were blocked from reaching the government quarter by riot police using water cannon and tear gas.
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The riot police responded by firing rubber bullets, beanbag rounds and tear-gas canisters at the protesters.
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Riot police scuffled with some of Tuesday's protesters in a bid to free up back-logged traffic.
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Riot police officers were deployed, citizens waited anxiously, the hour appointed by the electoral commission — 11 p.m.
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In one confrontation, a riot police officer was attacked from behind as he held down a protester.
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On Tuesday, as passengers remained stranded inside the airport, riot police and protesters clashed outside the terminal.
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Close to 22016,23 riot police were deployed in the raid and were placed inside building with guns.
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On the same day, a civilian police officer fired at the military riot police during a protest.
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Demonstrators put up road blocks, burned tires and clashed with riot police who moved to clear access.
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A protester threw a Molotov cocktail at anti-riot police on Saturday, according to a Reuters witness.
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Scenes of riot police firing tear gas canisters into crowds of protesters have become a frequent image.
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Security was tight ahead of Lam's third policy address, with riot police and water cannon on standby.
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But their route to the ministry was blocked by hundreds of riot police and national guard troops.
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Somewhere in Central, with no warning, the riot police fired canisters of tear gas into the crowd.
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Ordinary citizens broke up sidewalk tiles and handed them to students to hurl at the riot police.
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Lutsenko, who was injured in the protests by riot police, was one of the most energetic participants.
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The gathering was quickly broken up by riot police, who used water cannons, batons and tear gas.
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But they retreated because they were outnumbered, and 40 riot police officers arrived at 11:20 p.m.
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But they retreated because they were outnumbered, and 40 riot police officers arrived at 11:20 p.m.
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Hundreds of riot police blocked their path to prevent them advancing along the district's main pedestrian avenue.
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The partying was marred by clashes between riot police and mobs on the iconic Champs Elysees avenue.
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She said that the bulldozers are guarded by riot police in helmets who are also carrying shields.
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Dozens of riot police on motorcycles faced off against farmers in the same town, Varzaneh, another video showed.
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Security was heightened at parliament's main gate, which was blocked by riot police, some armed with teargas guns.
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Armed riot police were deployed outside the German consulate in Istanbul, near Taksim square, in case of protests.
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Riot police later fired tear gas to disperse the demonstrators as they marched towards parliament, the BBC reported .
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Anti-riot police allowed a handful of NERA officials to present a petition to the offices of ZEC.
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Riot police officers, some of whom are pictured, fired multiple rounds of tear gas to disperse the crowds.
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A demonstrator in front of riot police outside the state legislature in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Nov.
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SECURITY BLANKET Security was tight in and around the legislature building, with riot police deployed in some areas.
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In St Petersburg, Putin's home town, a Reuters witness saw riot police roughly detain at least 11 people.
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"I'm here to catch the thief," said a man in the crowd, as riot police stood on guard.
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Videos posted on social media over the weekend suggest riot police are becoming more aggressive, while Brig. Gen.
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The contrast with Balkan countries north of Greece, where riot police have frequently clashed with migrants, is glaring.
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Luxury shops were caught up in the stand-off, with some shoppers even taking pictures of riot police.
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So, on November 25th around 8,500 riot police began firing tear gas and rubber bullets at the crowd.
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Riot police fire tear gas to protesters outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, Wednesday, June 12, 2019.
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After each of the major marches, young demonstrators wearing helmets and face masks have clashed with riot police.
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A migrant rides his bicycle past riot police in a makeshift migrants camp near Calais, France, Thursday Feb.
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Riot police intervened to stop the clashes, but five migrants were hurt in knife fights, regional authorities said.
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Protests this week have seen demonstrators storm police stations and local government buildings and clash with riot police.
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Recent months have seen riot police use tear gas, water cannon and batons to break up street demonstrations.
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In May, state television showed riot police in the Chelyabinsk region training to put down potentially violent protests.
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On al-Jumhuriya (Republic) Bridge, riot police moved aside and let the demonstrators pull aside barbed wire barriers.
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The judge called in the riot police to remove one co-plaintiff who refused to leave the courtroom.
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The protest diffused into disordered discussion groups, at which point riot police swarmed through to clear the park.
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Hundreds of parishioners encircled the church to protect the cross, facing off against hundreds of riot police officers.
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Videos on social media showed riot police firing teargas and using clubs to disperse protesters in several cities.
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Videos on social media showed riot police firing teargas and using clubs to disperse protesters in several cities.
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Rows of helmet-clad riot police lined some streets, separating Morales' supporters from protesters opposed to the president.
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On Monday, the number of riot police officers in the village appeared to have diminished, the witnesses said.
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France's riot police teams are usually kept in vans and buses on side streets during the Tour's finale.
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Hundreds of riot police and other security personnel swarmed into the village, however, and several arrests were made.
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He has not directly addressed the demonstrations, some of which led to clashes between protesters and riot police.
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Demonstrators took to the streets to protest her detention, and riot police used water cannons to disperse them.
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Youths threw rocks at riot police, who withdrew from the area without making any arrests, the authorities said.
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This is a riot police who's been really injured but it's so much like this Ancient Greek sculpture.
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Riot police clashed with protesters as they tried to rush Hong Kong's main legislative buildings and blocked traffic.
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However, the French riot police (CRS), the shelters, the local councils, the hospitals — are taking orders from someone.
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Greek riot police used tear gas and water cannon on Wednesday in an effort to disperse the migrants.
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HRW specially cited the death of teenager Dilan Cruz, fatally injured by a projectile fired by riot police.
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Hundreds of riot police officers used batons and pepper spray to beat back demonstrators who had gathered nearby.
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Riot police officers responded by deploying tear gas against protesters who tried unsuccessfully to storm the Legislative Council.
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Some protesters threw bottles and rocks at riot police, who chose not to remove them from the crowd.
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Riot police have said the use of force was justified and that their intervention was gradual and proportionate.
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Most of the armed men were in unmarked uniforms, though some displayed badges of the Berkut riot police.
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In the ensuing clashes between protesters and riot police, six people were hospitalized and five others were arrested.
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Protests in previous weeks were also marked by mass detentions, with riot police arresting more than 2,000 people.
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HONG KONG — One mother fell to her knees before riot police officers and begged for her daughter's release.
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A farmer chants in front of riot police that secure the Greek parliament during a protest in Athens.
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Still, riot police officers used tear-gas to disperse protesters on Friday, as they had on Thursday night.
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He and a group of friends were eying the riot police, trying to stay away from the clashes.
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Colombian riot police turned up three times in the first year, Pimento said, trying to kick them out.
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Protest videos even showed some shouting, "Khamenei is a murderer!" and anti-riot police tear-gassing violent demonstrators.
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A demonstrator is detained by riot police officers during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Nov. 2000.
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During the 2011 protests, Zhuang helped barricade the coastal hamlet of 15,000 people against battalions of riot police.
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A riot police officer on fire reacts during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago on November 4.
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Riot police blocked streets around the MDC headquarters and used water cannon against some youths in downtown Harare.
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Others threw bottles and rocks at riot police, who said groups of "provocateurs" were present in the square.
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Students at CUHK barricaded themselves at the campus, near a bridge that riot police had occupied since Monday.
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In an afternoon clash on Tuesday, students threw bricks and Molotov cocktails at a line of riot police.
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Scenes of standoffs between riot police and protesters linked arm-in-arm were broadcast online via Facebook Live.
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Of the 60 riot police companies nationwide, 50 have been mobilized every weekend for more than two months.
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Golden Dawn members did just that, and started to rush the anti-fascists while riot police looked on.
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In nearby Mecidiyekoy, a large contingent of riot police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse protesters.
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Hundreds of riot police blocked the marchers' path to prevent them advancing along the district's main pedestrian avenue.
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Clashes broke out between the demonstrators and riot police on Sunday but there were no immediate reports of detentions.
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Several hundred people spilled onto a nearby highway, blocking the road for hours and facing off with riot police.
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The hulking riot police, armed with Kalashnikovs, dwarfed and outnumbered them, and shoved the protesters around at any opportunity.
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The thousands who attended risked arrest or worse from an army of riot police trucked in for the occasion.
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Demonstrators clash with riot police during a student protest at the University of Chile in Santiago on Aug. 228.
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Riot police buses are usually stationed in the area, but didn't appear to be the target of the attack.
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Pro-democracy protesters and riot police clashed at Hong Kong's airport on the fifth day of demonstrators occupying it.
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An anti-extradition bill protester shouts to riot police after a march in Hong Kong's tourism district, July 7.
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On Monday night, more than 100 riot police arrested 84 people, including a reporter, according to the Sacramento Bee.
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Riot police tried to disperse protesters in the capital Harare but military armored vehicles unexpectedly rolled onto the streets.
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They did so last September and it turned rowdy when participants breached security barricades and clashed with riot police.
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Tractors are a handy prop: governments fear sending riot police to attack anything that routinely appears in children's books.
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Black-clad riot police equipped with helmets, shields and tear-gas barred access to Chinatown, and dispersed the crowds.
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It was just about 6 PM when the really serious riot police arrived, looking like characters from Fallout 2.
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But riot police pushed protesters out of the park after the rally was ruled unlawful and violence broke out.
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Around 100 riot police stood outside the court house in downtown Harare, accompanied by water cannon and armored cars.
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The locals against the English, the Russians against everyone, with the riot police in the middle of it all.
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Martelly formally left office during a ceremony at the national assembly, guarded outside by U.N. troops and riot police.
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Riot police, batons at the ready, looked on, nonplussed as hundreds of supporters danced, sang and prayed in defiance.
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On one side, there were riot police and their batons; on the other, people throwing rotten eggs at them.
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Riot police were also dispatched to the scene, cordoning off the area and interrupting traffic in the neighboring area.
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Baton-wielding riot police broke up Monday's protests and detained hundreds of demonstrators in Moscow and other Russian cities.
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More violence was reported at several border-crossing points Saturday, with riot police firing tear gas at the protestors.
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Local television stations have estimated just under 200,000 people were gathered, although riot police did not offer official figures.
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Riot police officers were stationed outside the area, as there were concerns that the operation would lead to unrest.
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Riot police and armored vehicles filled the otherwise empty streets of central Cairo, but most people stayed at home.
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The protesters in Hong Kong began carrying umbrellas to guard against the use of pepper spray by riot police.
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In the wake of the unrest, Mr. Toskas said, two riot police units would be sent to the island.
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Late Tuesday night, the riot police were sent to Hong Kong airport, where they began to clash with protesters.
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In Paris and the western city of Rennes on Thursday, riot police clashed with youths demonstrating against both candidates.
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Shop fronts were locked, and riot police surrounded the headquarters of the opposition MDC and blocked off nearby streets.
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Riot police trapped hundreds of anti-government protesters Monday night on a university campus, according to The Associated Press.
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The possibility of intervention by Beijing was raised once again when riot police clashed with protesters on Sunday night.
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French soccer supporters pass by a burning car set on fire by young troublemakers during clashes with riot police.
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Riot police can be seen charging to the concourses, with one levelling a rubber bullet shotgun at CSA fans.
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Protesters hunkered down and barricaded themselves against police, flinging firebombs and debris and even firing arrows at riot police.
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And in Paris, some 2000,21979 swarmed the Sorbonne in May, turning cars into barricades and clashing with riot police.
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Tensions increased late Tuesday when some protesters clashed inside the airport with riot police who tried to remove demonstrators.
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When some protesters tried unsuccessfully to storm the building, riot police officers responded with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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They also noted that some riot police officers did not wear badges during the episode, perhaps to evade prosecution.
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"Factory of lies," the crowd chanted outside the building, before being sprayed with tear gas by riot police officers.
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Following a lengthy standoff with riot police stationed inside, hundreds of protesters stormed into the complex around 21 p.m.
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Following a lengthy standoff with riot police stationed inside, hundreds of protesters stormed into the complex around 9 p.m.
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As hundreds of anti-riot police officers jumped down from their vehicles, their commander issued the villagers an order.
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Footage showed riot police bundling protesters into buses near the headquarters of the FSB security service in central Moscow.
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The riot police brought out to contain the protests had formed a ring around them and were closing in.
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At the top of Moscow's main drag, Tverskaya, riot police tried to divide the bulging crowds into smaller groups.
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This year, Budweiser's "Typical American" commercial features people doing extraordinary things—like fighting fires, protesting, and hugging riot police.
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Riot police with batons, shields and masks confronted the migrants through the wire, yelling at them to stay back.
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As the workers demonstrated in their uniforms, some clashed with riot police, who fired tear gas at the crowds.
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Since the protests began on July 14th, baton-wielding riot police have arrested more than 2,500 people, often violently.
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In recent days, the Spanish authorities had deployed anti-riot police officers to prepare for any major street protests.
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Then, riot police charge into a car and hit four people with batons before dousing them in pepper spray.
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A protester is apprehended by riot police during a nationwide day of protests and strikes in Paris, Jan. 73.
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The riot police halted a protest march to isolate a group of masked demonstrators from the otherwise peaceful protest.
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But riot police sealed off nearby streets by mid-morning, forcing some protesters onto the square behind the museum.
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It turns out you can't run a centrally controlled economy without a lot of waste, corruption and riot police.
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In several cities across the country, protesters set buses on fire, targeted metro stations and clashed with riot police.
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A man holds a sign reading "Peace" as demonstrators clash with riot police in Santiago, Chile, on Nov. 5.
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Daniil Grachev, an LGBTQ rights activist, is arrested by riot police during a pride event in St. Petersburg, 22010.
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The protests were largely peaceful with riot police containing the crowds which have thinned over the past 8 days.
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Hundreds of Russian riot police confronted members of a Roma community near the southern city of Tula on Thursday.
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Riot police in Turkey, Russia, France, and Italy clashed with crowds of agitated protesters and arrested hundreds of them.
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French riot police used water cannons and tear gas on Saturday to disperse anti-capitalism protesters in Bayonne, near Biarritz.
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The only consistent adult presences provided by the state are the CRS (the French riot police) and the CAP security.
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Consumer culture and riot police meet in this series of Snuggies printed with crowd control weaponry by artist Johannah Herr.
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Rights groups say at least 45 people have been killed and more than 1,000 detained during clashes with riot police.
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Journalists reported that several undercover security officers disguised as migrants were also working inside the camp alongside the riot police.
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Catalonia's 2m or so separatists recall Spanish riot police baton-walloping citizens waiting to vote in a referendum on independence.
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Angry civilians have blocked off highways and squared off with riot police, wresting control of water distribution from the government.
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A demonstrator is detained by riot police during a rally against Columbus Day in downtown Santiago, Chile, on Oct. 9.
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On the bridge in Beirut, riot police scuffled with protesters who were sitting on the ground to keep it closed.
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A protester is sprayed with mace by riot police after throwing a chair through a window of a business Saturday.
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Hillary Clinton's evisceration of Donald Trump As the demonstrators bunched around the event, riot police pushed many of them back.
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A military statement said riot police were "dealing with anyone trying to damage state institutions in accordance with the law".
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Protests have turned violent over the result, with demonstrators burning ballot boxes and clashing with riot police in several cities.
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The South China Morning Post cited unidentified sources as saying about 5,000 riot police would be ready for any trouble.
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When the first wave of riot police swept into the southern Chinese "democracy village" of Wukan shortly after 3 a.m.
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Marius Militaru, a spokesman for Romania&aposs riot police, said police are pursuing charges against eight people for the violence.
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A journalist filming the rally for Romania&aposs Hotnews online website said he was kicked and shoved by riot police.
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Later the demonstration moved to eastern Paris where firefighters rampaged despite more teargas grenades and faced off against riot police.
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Police attempted to break up the protests using tear gas, and riot police were present inside and outside the building.
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More were ferried across from the island of Chios, where riot police clashed hours earlier with demonstrators protesting the expulsions.
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Scores of riot police stood guard, keeping journalists and volunteers out as helmeted workers tackled the shelters one by one.
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He said officers stood idly by as counterprotesters "attacked participants of the rally" before riot police broke up the crowds.
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Earlier on Thursday, residents set fire to furniture and tires and threw stones at riot police, who deployed water cannon.
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Firecrackers and bottles were also thrown at riot police who attempted to disperse the crowd as police helicopters circled overhead.
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Police and riot police moved into the camp around 6:30pm, carrying out searches to locate any weapons or suspects.
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Unions condemned "the grave violation of rights and freedoms" after riot police attacked Catalans in a bid to disrupt voting.
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Several police vehicles were blocked by protesters and riot police moved in, pushing some protesters back and using pepper spray.
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That was just to protect themselves from retribution by the riot police, who watched them closely but did not intervene.
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The protesters moved towards riot police chanting anti-fascist slogans, waving Soviet flags and anti-government banners and throwing firecrackers.
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As blood pooled on the asphalt, a crowd of angry citizens surrounded riot police officers who had arrived as reinforcements.
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The usually busy Tahrir Square was deserted except for armored vehicles with tear-gas launchers and dozens of riot police.
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Demonstrators and riot police clashed at Hong Kong's airport late on Tuesday after flights were canceled for a second day.
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Hundreds of protesters and dozens of riot police gathered in front of the entrance leading to the heavily fortified building.
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German riot police have mobilized to disperse the crowds using pepper spray, water cannons and tear gas as clashes continue.
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When some of the protesters attempted to escape earlier Monday, they were driven back by riot police firing tear gas.
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They were met with significant resistance as protesters set fire to the entrance and threw petrol bombs at riot police.
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A Reuters reporter counted at least 30 police buses and coaches in the area, packed with hundreds of riot police.
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Riot police take positions near the Eiffel Tower in Paris during clashes with young troublemakers during the Euro 2016 final.
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In footage released by the Spanish Interior Ministry, some protesters were seen throwing objects and metal barriers at riot police.
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Spanish riot police forcefully removed a few hundred would-be voters from a polling station at a school in Barcelona.
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Here, the riot police are the ones stopping the protests by locking people up and using water cannons and batons.
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We didnt have the numbers, said one masked male protester who fled from Prince Edward station pursued by riot police.
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"We didn't have the numbers," said one masked male protester who fled from Prince Edward station pursued by riot police.
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We didnt have the numbers, said one male masked protester who fled from Prince Edward station, pursued by riot police.
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By the start of June, the government unleashed a wave of terror, inflicted by riot police, snipers, and paramilitary gunmen.
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Maduro's power grab followed months of violent clashes between protesters and riot police that has left over 120 people dead.
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Scenes of riot police brandishing tear gas and water cannons at young protesters were broadcast on televisions around the world.
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Protesters lit dumpsters on fire and hurled stones as riot police launched volleys of tear gas and fired water cannons.
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Riot police responded with canisters of tear gas and rubber bullets after demonstrators threw bricks and smoke bombs, AP reports.
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As the riot police pushed protesters back, Ms. Caine-Conley and her fellow clergy members were regrouping inside the restaurant.
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The comments came after another weekend of mass protest marches that descended into violent clashes between riot police and protesters.
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Four vehicles carrying riot police approached the embassy later but were forced back by the protesters who blocked their path.
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Among those traded were riot police officers accused of killing protesters during mass demonstrations in the capital, Kyiv, in 2014.
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With the help of riot police, he and his former vice-president were able to take their oaths of office.
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Police said more than 15,000 officers had been deployed to keep the peace including riot police and border security forces.
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Security was very tight ahead of Lam's third policy address, with riot police stationed outside and water cannon on standby.
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Thousands of black-clad protesters occupied highways near government headquarters on Sunday, hurling Molotov cocktails and bricks at riot police.
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After burning tires in the streets, scores of his supporters attacked riot police near the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) headquarters.
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As soon as riot police disperse, protesters tear bricks off major roads and scatter them along approaches to university campuses.
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The wide road, normally bustling with traffic and pedestrians, was deathly quiet except for the footsteps of the riot police.
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We maneuvered around a clutch of protesters who were wearing gas masks and idling by a gantlet of riot police.
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Riot police patrolled several past protest hotspots while tourists and shoppers, many wearing Santa hats or reindeer antlers, strolled past.
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Others pushed through or climbed over a steel gate before riot police stopped them with tear gas and smoke canisters.
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Far right protesters use smoke shells next to riot police during an anti-Islam rally in Prague, Czech Republic, Feb.
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Reuters television images showed riot police charging at protesters with batons in central Paris, firing stun grenades and tear gas.
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Riot police blocked roads leading to the court in the capital Harare and vehicles carrying water cannon were parked nearby.
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Vehicles carrying water cannon reappeared on streets near the court house while riot police patrolled the city center in groups.
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Over 1,000 migrants have stormed past riot police to get to the US border through the Tijuana River #MigrantCaravan pic.twitter.
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The Guardian newspaper reported that hundreds of England fans were baton charged by riot police after they threw beer glasses.
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Dozens of protesters were arrested by riot police officers who "severely beat up female students," the semiofficial Fars news agency reported.
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Violence returned to protests against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega when riot police confronted students who had seized a university.
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It's less than a mile from the site of the protest, but roads were blocked by police buses and riot police.
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Some of the protesters then marched through central Moscow before riot police halted them with metal barriers and sometimes rough detentions.
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Another rally is planned for Paris on Saturday, a week after hundreds of protesters clashed with riot police in the capital.
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The riot police responded with tear gas and stun grenades to repel the protesting farmers, making six arrests in the process.
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A Spanish riot police officer shoots rubber bullets at people trying to reach a voting site in Barcelona on Oct. 1.
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French riot police briefly used water cannons and tear gas on Saturday to disperse anti-capitalism protesters in Bayonne, near Biarritz.
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Three lines of riot police on Independence Avenue, Minsk's main thoroughfare, prevented other would-be protesters from getting even that close.
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Two women in front of a riot police line during a May Day protest in San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 1.
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Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed 1.73% lower amid violent clashes between protesters and riot police over a controversial extradition bill.
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Cover: A local resident struggles with riot police at the Fai Ming Estate, in Fanling district of Hong Kong, Sunday, Jan.
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Similar scenes have played out throughout Hong Kong on June 12th, after violent confrontations between riot police and mainly young protesters.
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The violence erupted as anti-riot police moved in to dislodge protesters blocking a highway in the southern state of Oaxaca.
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Riot police in helmets and carrying batons fired pepper spray as the standoff continued into the sweltering heat of the evening.
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"The riot police grabbed me and yanked me to the ground face first and stomped on my arm," Gonzalez tells PEOPLE.
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Chanting "liberty", they headed towards riot police, who had arrayed themselves behind transparent shields on the Venezuelan side of the bridge.
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Chaos briefly reigned inside the station when riot police charged up the stairs with batons, hitting protesters and using pepper spray.
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A demonstrator is taken away by riot police during a protest against the money spent on the Rio's 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Puerto Ricans have since taken to the streets to protest and faced off with riot police outside of the governor's mansion.
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For nearly half an hour, dozens of masked youth took over the front of the procession, clashing with riot police officers.
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On a recent Sunday afternoon, protesters and riot police officers faced off outside the Peninsula, one of Hong Kong's oldest hotels.
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Riot police fired thousands of rounds of tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters, who responded with bricks and petrol bombs.
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At the same time, it upheld government decisions to deploy extra riot police and not to build a new reception center.
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This time, the building was fortified with water-filled plastic barriers, and several battalions of riot police and other elite units.
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This he fails signally to do, and riot police end up stomping into the library, shields and batons at the ready.
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Riot police have been deployed in growing numbers in recent days, but the military has so far stayed in its barracks.
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Baton-wielding riot police broke up opposition protests on Monday and detained hundreds of demonstrators in Moscow and other Russian cities.
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A laptop plays YouTube footage of riot police squabbling with student protesters in the opening shot of Umlilo's new music video.
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They occupied it for hours; most had cleared out when riot police officers used tear gas to scatter the remaining crowd.
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Riot police arrived as back up after journalists and others confronted the officer for answers after he fired a warning shot.
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The city would send riot police with shields and batons, as a bloody reminder that the fight would always be unbalanced.
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Strikes spread to prisons in dozens of other cities, where guards burned tires, clashed with the riot police and blocked entrances.
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Turkish anti-riot police officers push back women during a rally marking International Women's Day in Istanbul on March 8, 2020.
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Riot police clashed with protesters and all outbound flights were canceled late afternoon because of a large protest at the airport.
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After several hours of upheaval, riot police officers intervened early Monday, transporting the migrants by bus back to the overcrowded camps.
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Others cursed and taunted those riot police who were stationed nearby, and who retreated into the shadows of a nearby footbridge.
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Demonstrators and a riot police vehicle are seen amid laser beams during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Nov. 12.
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While there were no signs of fresh protests in the days that followed, riot police remained deployed outside major metro stations.
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Others made futile charges through plumes of tear gas in an attempt to break through cordons of armed riot police officers.
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Many shops in affected malls closed early after battalions of riot police stormed in, pepper spraying crowds and making multiple arrests.
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Dozens of police vans had to turn around because of the blockade, until about 200 riot police and two trucks arrived.
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College students Oscar Tsoi and Joanna Ho raced past candy-colored Christmas trees, on the tail of riot police and protesters.
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During a recent lunchtime protest, he watched as an older man crossing the street was suddenly tackled by riot police officers.
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For now, the regime is seeking to quash the demonstrations with riot police and admonitions to the protesters to go home.
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When he got there, he found seven riot police officers still stationed at the church — and the power still turned off.
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A protester who refused to be named for fear of repercussions said anti-riot police directly opened fire at the protesters.
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Separately, riot police in Istanbul blocked a gay pride parade that was once a beacon of L.G.B.T.Q. celebrations in the region.
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Local security forces and riot police officers had attempted to disperse the crowd and open the roads, but failed, residents said.
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Some in the crowd threw bottles and fire crackers at officers, and riot police used water canon to disperse the protesters.
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In Moscow, some protesters tried to block security vans with cars, and the authorities deployed the riot police and surveillance helicopters.
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In mid-November, students turned several university campuses into fortresses, barricading themselves inside and clashing with riot police on the periphery.
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When Ms. Moayeri got word of protests at Tehran University, she found students and riot police throwing stones at each other.
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The Guardian reported that around 203 riot police surrounded soccer fans as they drank in bars around the old French harbor.
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When the trucks arrive, the protesters are usually wrestled out of the way by busloads of riot police deployed from Tokyo.
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Large parts of the city were blocked off by riot police, although the protests have reduced in scale compared with November.
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A police spokesman told the Guardian that scuffles broke out between the two groups, and riot police had deployed tear gas.
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Other protesters hurl verbal abuse at Ken Nwadike, 22, for his efforts to bridge the gap between riot police and demonstrators.
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Riot police were seen making arrests, but the tense standoff ended without violence, keeping the police's truck-mounted water cannon dry.
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Riot police began clearing the streets and pushing counterprotesters and media onto the sidewalks for the police vans to pass through.
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The past few days have been marked with violence as protesters clashed with riot police in the 17th consecutive weekend of demonstrations.
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Mr Rajoy's response was to send in riot police to try to stop the referendum, a public-relations disaster for Spanish democracy.
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Riot police and intelligence services tried to clear the area, but the army shielded them before announcing Bashir's overthrow on April 11.
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After spending some time trying to navigate the crowd, Misik said, she came close to the first row of riot police assembled.
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Riot police officers armed with Taser guns turn out in force each time housing lists are announced and relocations are carried out.
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In addition to riot police, unaccountable groups of armed thugs loyal to shadowy religious associations rather than the government patrol the streets.
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Video footage posted on Twitter by Iranian journalist Mehdi Sayyari showed riot police using force and pepper spray to disperse the crowd.
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It also says 900 people were injured as riot police tried to stop the vote, but the Spanish government questions that figure.
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Riot police in helmets and carrying batons earlier fired pepper spray as the standoff continued into the sweltering heat of the evening.
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Kenya, which relies on tourism as one of its chief foreign exchange earners, deployed anti-riot police carrying clubs and glass shields.
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ON SEPTEMBER 20th riot police were summoned to Lincoln prison and inmates moved out after what tight-lipped authorities called a "disturbance".
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French riot police hose a smoldering caravan after it caught fire during clashes with migrants in a makeshift camp near Calais, France.
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Riot police were reported to have fired on protesters, but the federal government claims that unknown gunmen began firing at both sides.
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A day after the meeting, as riot police tried to disperse protesters in Harare, military armored vehicles unexpectedly rolled onto the streets.
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Late on Saturday they flashed laser pointers at riot police and lifted bricks and scavenged building materials to barricade roads in Kowloon.
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There, riot police and other officers surrounded and questioned scores of men in white shirts for several hours, live media coverage showed.
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Belgian riot police clashed Sunday with hundreds of right-wing hooligans at a temporary shrine honoring victims of the Brussels suicide bombings.
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Wednesday's protest was the first major anti-Maduro march since 2017, when 125 people died during months of clashes with riot police.
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One skirmish this week between a man and a group of riot police officers happened just feet from Hong Kong's stock exchange.
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A dozen protesters gathered in the main university campus, throwing rocks at riot police who responded with a volley of tear gas.
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Several police vehicles were blocked by protesters and riot police moved in amid chaotic scenes, using pepper spray to keep people back.
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Violence spilled out onto the streets of Tuen Mun outside the "V city" mall, with running battles between riot police and protesters.
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Over 890 people were injured as Spanish riot police tried to stop the vote Sunday, according to the Catalan Department of Health.
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Riot police stormed several shopping malls packed with families and children in the eastern suburb of Taikoo Shing on Sunday, including Cityplaza.
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Several police vehicles were blocked by protesters, and riot police moved in, pushing some protesters back and using pepper spray at times.
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Operations at the city's international airport were seriously disrupted as riot police used pepper spray to disperse thousands of black-clad protesters.
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In August, riot police fired tear gas into the crowd at an anti-government rally and beat protesters holding their hands up.
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As tempers flared at the government, protesters also pushed away anti-riot police forces who had provided security earlier in the day.
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They lit a bonfire in the middle of the street and began taunting riot police with cries of "the people want teargas".
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The police also lobbed tear gas at a column of protesters who managed to break through the ranks of riot police officers.
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Shop fronts were locked, and riot police surrounded the headquarters of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change and blocked off nearby streets.
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Dozens of riot police gathered outside several universities early on Thursday as students fortified their positions with metal poles, bricks and chairs.
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Riot police used stun grenades and tear gas to clear protesters in the torch's path in a poor suburb on Wednesday evening.
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Young troublemakers clash with riot police under the Eiffel Tower near the Paris fan zone during the Euro 2016 final soccer match.
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In Brasilia, people protested outside the National Congress building, and riot police blocked a group trying to march on Globo TV offices.
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The disturbances lasted over an hour before riot police surrounded and then arrested some demonstrators while the rest of the crowd dispersed.
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The Associated Press reported that skirmishes broke out when the demonstrators tried to get past rows of riot police flanking the building.
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Riot police fire tear gas during a clearing at a demonstration in Tai Wan on August 20183, 22018 in Hong Kong, China.
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Riot police detain a protester during a clearing at a demonstration in Kowloon Tong on August 10, 2019 in Hong Kong, China.
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But he grew emotional when he heard about tense standoffs between the riot police and young protesters, and decided to join in.
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Wearing brightly colored roadside hazard vests, they have burned cars, broken windows and confronted riot police, particularly in fancy neighborhoods in Paris.
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The roadblock in Las Maderas lasted a month before riot police and paramilitary members organized an assault against it, on June 10.
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In Russia, the riot police have been beating and imprisoning protesters who have peacefully demonstrated to call for free and fair elections.
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But the city still felt hushed all day, even as protesters with umbrellas and gas masks squared off against the riot police.
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Turkish anti riot police try to disperse employees as they enter at Zaman Daily`s headquarters on March 20163, 22016 in Istanbul.
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Turkish anti riot police try to disperse employees as they enter at Zaman Daily`s headquarters on March 25, 22016 in Istanbul.
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Riot police officers were deployed along the roads, and in at least two towns, the army was called to assist the police.
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The riot police take their formations, and the metal barricades on the sides of the roads are coated with pepper spray residue.
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Fully equipped riot police were on patrol, accompanied by water cannons and black vehicles that are sometimes used as mobile detention centers.
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Riot police fired tear gas at a group of unaccompanied minors parading through the remains of the camp, carrying sticks and shouting.
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Riot police shine lights at protesters outside Ma On Shan police station in the New Territories of Hong Kong on Oct. 9.
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As night fell, they were chased by riot police through narrow alleyways and some were attacked by pro-government thugs wielding knives.
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" Other Weibo users responded by posting screenshots of their characters dressed as riot police and wielding guns, with the posts captioned: "Ready!
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Riot police lined both sides of the central Boulevard Beaumarchais and had erected a barricades across the traffic circle in Bastille Square.
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As the protest continued well into the night, riot police used a water canon and increasingly sprayed tear gas into the crowd.
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The riot police take their formations, and the metal barricades on the sides of the roads are coated with pepper spray residue.
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Over the course of a few months, protestors staged sit-in street protests and carried umbrellas against pepper spray from riot police.
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Vandals left hardly a storefront or cafe unscathed on Saturday, breaking windows and looting luxury stores as they clashed with riot police.
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Belgian riot police clashed with members of the far-right group, many of whom were clad in black with masks and hoods.
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Outside the central government offices, riot police beat flag-waving protesters back with batons, leaving several with blood streaming down their foreheads.
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A small group of protesters stormed the Legislative Council and riot police fired pepper spray as the standoff continued into the night.
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Plainclothes police began shoving members of the group, and many women fled the square when riot police fired rubber bullets into the crowd.
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Surrounded by riot police, he brutally dragged a woman from the crowd and then repeatedly beat a young male protester on the ground.
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Surrounded by riot police, he brutally drags a woman from a demonstration and then repeatedly beats a young male protester on the ground.
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Riot police scuffled with demonstrators late Saturday and fired several tear gas volleys to keep them away from the prime minister&aposs office.
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Up to 5,000 riot police fired 150 rounds of tear gas, rubber bullets and bean bag rounds during the course of Wednesday's clashes.
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At least 81 people were injured throughout the day, as an estimated 5,000 riot police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters.
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Emine Ocak's picture - the image of a white-haired elderly woman shouting as she was taken by riot police - went viral across Twitter.
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While mourners countered the group with chants such as "No to hatred," according to CNN, riot police corralled them down a nearby street.
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The assault by the riot police targeted protesters angered by an attack on a record store launching the new Radiohead album on Saturday.
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A shopping cart full of Molotov cocktails emerges from the crowd of anti-fascists and is rammed into the line of riot police.
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A child takes cover as Mexican riot police clash with the migrant caravan on the border of Mexico and Guatemala on Oct. 19.
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An injured man lies on the ground during clashes between immigrants and Greek riot police outside a refugee camp in Thessaloniki, April 6.
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Riot police fired dozens of rounds of tear gas at demonstrators, dispersing large crowds that were gathered outside government headquarters on Friday night.
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Demonstrators make a line as riot police officers attempt to repel them with a water cannon during protests in Santiago, Chile, Oct. 222.
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Demonstrators are held back by riot police during a protest against the KKK and neo-Nazi groups at the 1988 Democratic National Convention.
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They walked from the Law Society of Zimbabwe offices to the Constitutional Court, where they presented a petition while riot police looked on.
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As the rally ended and demonstrators headed for metro entrances, riot police fired tear gas canisters that caused panic and led to clashes.
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On Sunday, riot police fired rounds of tear gas and rubber bullets as demonstrators marched toward the Chinese government's office in the city.
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The Spanish government sent masked riot police to raid polling sites and confiscate ballot boxes and later called for a new "legitimate" election.
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On Friday night, crowds of protesters surrounded a police station where Chan was being held, drawing out riot police to the street outside.
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This weekend, police sent rows of menacing riot police to break down a peaceful protest, arresting more than a thousand people in Moscow.
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There riot police fired tear gas to disperse a large group of mostly young activists, who had charged police lines with metal barricades.
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Reuters photo of the day Clash Panathinaikos v Standard Liege, Athens: An injured riot police officer reacts during clashes with Standard Liege fans.
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A video on social media showed a white bus ploughing through a group of around 40 riot police officers in a narrow street.
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The demonstrations were peaceful but on Friday, riot police fired tear gas and used water cannon on a huge rally in central Bucharest.
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As the talks began, a few dozen anti-G7 protesters clashed with baton-wielding riot police on the edges of the walled city.
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Violent protests continued into Friday as anti-riot police used tear gas, but it was not immediately clear if there were further casualties.
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Hundreds of riot police moved into the area to ensure public order amid fears militants might flock to the area to reinforce numbers.
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Ambassador Karlov was assassinated on the 16th by a Turkish Counter Riot police officer and Chandelon allegedly committed suicide on the 19 th .
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Mayhem ensued, with riot police racing down windy streets, dodging objects thrown from tall apartment buildings as they deployed to squash the unrest.
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The crowd chanted "We will win by resisting" in front of Istanbul University as dozens of riot police wearing gas masks looked on.
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Last Sunday, Istanbul riot police used tear gas and rubber pellets to disperse a march for transgender people, which had also been banned.
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He was greeted by cheers and cries of "A new Gambia!" as riot police attempted to control a large crowd of supporters outside.
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Riot police faced off with supporters of Kizza Besigye after his vehicle was towed from a rally in the capital city on Monday.
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Police said 20 people were injured in clashes when protesters threw rocks and firecrackers at riot police, who responded by firing water cannon.
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The attack by riot police, which lasted 15 minutes, came in response to black-clad and masked protesters throwing bricks and petrol bombs.
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Madrid had banned the vote and sought to thwart it by sending in riot police who use batons and rubber bullets on voters.
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Peru war ships, commandos on rafts hovering on the horizon and riot police in full gear took away from surfing's famous chill attitude.
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The bomb was detonated as the bus carrying riot police passed an area near the campus of Diyarbakir's Dicle University, the sources said.
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The streets of the capital Monrovia remained calm with riot police deployed to protect the Supreme Court building and the election commission headquarters.
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But the mood was somber in Goma, where Fayulu supporters were dispersed by anti-riot police deployed to many areas in the city.
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"Mia Madre" opens on a tense scene of a group of striking workers squaring off against the riot police outside a factory gate.
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French riot police charged at groups of England fans on several occasions, as bottles and other improvised missiles were hurled in their direction.
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At these construction sites, the pipeline is being laid as fast as possible, while riot police threaten peaceful defenders and undertake mass arrests.
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As protesters stepped back from heavily armored riot police, Evans stood alone, maintaining her calm as two officers ran up to arrest her.
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Tensions boiled over last year when riot police used tear gas to subdue protesters attacking the site where the church was being built.
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Less than an hour after Kenyatta spoke, Kenyan national television carried pictures of riot police swinging clubs at civilians with their hands up.
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Reuters reported that firefighters — who are asking for better pay and benefits, as well as professional respect — also faced off against riot police.
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Spanish riot police used truncheons and rubber bullets on voters, drawing worldwide criticism and tipping Spain into its biggest constitutional crisis in decades.
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The streets of the capital, Monrovia, remained calm with riot police deployed to protect the Supreme Court building and the elections commission headquarters.
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The video clip showed a row of Turkish riot police behind shields with four taking turns to fire tear gas toward Greek territory.
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The INSIDER Summary:Footage of a Domino's delivery man making his way through crowds of protesters and riot police in Hamburg has gone viral.
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To control the bad press, Mr. Mnangagwa sent a minister to disperse the riot police, tweeted his regrets and promised an independent investigation.
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Moments before the match started, riot police charged into the stands to break up AEK fans who had hurled flares and smoke canisters.
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"Contrary to allegations circulating on social media, the incident did not rise to the level of a riot," police said in a statement.
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At a rally in central Hong Kong, Stephanie Cheng, a 20-year-old student, didn't flinch when riot police officers stormed the crowd.
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The demonstrations, mainly led by students, were quelled by a violent police crackdown and the deployment in force of riot police outside universities.
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Turkish riot police use water cannon and tear gas to disperse supporters at Zaman daily newspaper headquarters in Istanbul on March 5, 2016.
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Some protesters threw bottles and rocks at riot police but multiple video recordings show police beating non-violent protesters holding their hands up.
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A cordon of heavily armed riot police officers wielding tear gas and rubber bullets have cornered anti-Beijing protesters at Hong Kong Polytechnic.
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Just blocks away, protests turned violent as demonstrators broke shop windows and lit fires, and riot police used pepper spray to disperse them.
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Water cannon and anti-riot police remained outside MDC offices, a reminder of the clashes between opposition and the security forces this week.
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Residents on the islands of Lesbos and Chios clashed with riot police guarding the construction of new detention facilities on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Riot police sought to disperse the crowds by firing several rounds of tear gas, pepper spray and what appeared to be rubber bullets.
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People sing the Ukrainian national anthem at barricades in front of riot police Kyiv's Maidan central square during the Ukrainian revolution of 2014.
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That declaration followed a referendum on secession, deemed constitutionally illegal by the courts and to which central government responded by sending riot police.
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Riot police showed up on a highway under the light of Bank of America Stadium on Wednesday after protesters rushed onto the road.
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After riot police launched tear gas toward anti-government protesters, a man carries a woman affected by the substance in Caracas, Venezuela, Feb.
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Demonstrators make a line as riot police officers attempt to repel them with a water cannon during protests in Santiago, Chile, Oct. 20.
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A demonstrator catches fire during a clash with riot police within a protest in Caracas against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, May 3, 2017.
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More than 400 people required medical assistance, the emergency intervention agency ISU said, including two riot police who got separated from their unit.
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Riot police arrived following the attack and guarded the station after it was closed, with a metal grill pulled down to block entry.
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In Mong Kok, riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the mob but later appeared uncertain whether to continue their actions.
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Masked protestors torched the streets as government helicopters fluttered above the city and riot police detonated pepper spray, tear gas and water cannons.
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In the early hours, riot police wielding batons and shields chased dozens of protesters as they broke up a siege of police headquarters.
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Video footage posted on social media showed protesters setting fire to garbage dumpsters in Tehran streets to block riot police from attacking them.
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By contrast, video footage of a protester offering free hugs to riot police on Thursday night is making the rounds on social media.
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Images of skinheads raising their arms in Nazi salutes, chasing anyone they saw as outsiders and wrestling with riot police shocked many Germans.
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Another counterprotester stood in front of the wall of riot police, who knocked over a female photographer shortly after as they charged forward.
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Riot police used tear gas in districts including Wong Tai Sin, Tin Shui Wai, Tai Po, and Admiralty close to the city's government headquarters.
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On Monday, this became evident when hundreds of young activists stormed the city government headquarters resulting in a tense stand off with riot police.
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The government drafted riot police to deal with the illegal protest, with multiple reports of them wielding batons while rounding up hundreds of protesters.
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Riot police armed with helmets and shields appeared from the balcony of police headquarters but withdrew back inside after heavy chanting from the crowd.
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Later that day, up to 2014,000 riot police fired 150 rounds of tear gas, rubber bullets and bean bag rounds in clashes with protesters.
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In Madrid Mariano Rajoy, the stolid conservative who sent in the riot police, has given way as prime minister to Pedro Sánchez, a Socialist.
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Images of auto workers with shaved heads and red head bands clashing with riot police have come to epitomize today's public perception of unions.
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Demonstrators in Santiago, Chile, clash with riot police during a national teachers strike against the government in demand of better working conditions, June 20.
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Demonstrators stand behind a barricade during clashes with riot police during a protest against Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega's government in Managua, Nicaragua, May 30.
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The latest "yellow vest" marches began peacefully but degenerated in the afternoon as protesters threw missiles at riot police blocking bridges over the Seine.
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Two water cannon trucks and a phalanx of police vehicles with flashing lights joined riot police on foot as they advanced up the street.
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Demonstrators scuffled with riot police, threw stones and eggs at government buildings and set off flares before police used batons to disperse the crowd.
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ISTANBUL — A rush-hour car bomb attack targeting a bus carrying riot police killed 11 people and wounded 36 others Tuesday, Istanbul's governor said.
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Activists shared videos on social media showing riot police with batons chasing protesters and throwing stones back at them in Boukidaren, near Al-Hoceima.
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Authorities banned that march, citing security concerns and riot police fired tear gas and rubber pellets to disperse around 50 people who turned up.
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The detentions were made after riot police surrounded a bus packed with Russia fans near Cannes on the French Riviera as it headed north.
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Anti-riot police backed by a fleet of tow trucks took several hours to clear the vehicles from the capital's Paseo de la Castellana.
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And so, in propaganda terms, was the video footage of riot police beating protesters who were blockading schools where voting was to take place.
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Riot police in helmets and carrying batons fired pepper spray in response in a standoff that lasted into the sweltering heat of the evening.
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WHEN a democracy sends riot police to beat old ladies over the head with batons and stop them voting, something has gone badly wrong.
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They say these were fired by colectivos, paramilitary groups loyal to the regime, rather than by the riot police, who did not carry guns.
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Riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters, who set a cart on fire and pushed it in the direction of officers.
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Some said he provoked an explosive confrontation by rolling out riot police frequently accused of heavy-handedness instead of seeking dialogue with the protesters.
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Hundreds of riot police were drafted in to keep the groups separate, arresting several people as scuffles broke out and Australian flags were burned.
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The clashes at the Paris fan zone, where supporters trying to force their way in were pushed back by riot police, were relatively minor.
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What they found instead were Greek riot police wearing helmets and armed with batons and shields formed a human barrier in the small passageway.
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Female police officers and riot police pushed the leader of the protest, Nawal Ben Aissa, a prominent member of Hirak, away from the group.
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While people in Kinshasa took to the streets to celebrate, Fayulu supporters who protested Tshisekedi's victory were dispersed by anti-riot police in Goma.
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Riot police were sent to disperse the demonstrators as they tried to storm parliament, and approximately 240 people were hurt in the brutal crackdown.
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The protests at the Hong Kong airport turned violent late Tuesday night, after the riot police showed up armed with clubs and pepper spray.
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Photos and video posted online showed skirmishes between riot police and protesters as authorities tried to clear the airport to get flights operating again.
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At least 2,500 supporters and activists of Mr. Khan's party clashed with the riot police at the border of Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Provinces.
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Moments later, a police car containing ordinary constables — as opposed to riot police — spotted the protesters and started crossing the road to reach us.
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The latest "yellow vest" marches began peacefully but degenerated on Saturday afternoon as protesters threw missiles at riot police blocking bridges over the Seine.
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About 120,000 gathered in Bucharest alone, according to riot police, and overall about 300,000 protested around the country and in several western European capitals.
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Well, from my work with the Arab Spring I felt resentful of riot police and resentful of the use of authority to oppress people.
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As Mawarire appeared in court on Wednesday, dozens of riot police backed by armored vehicles and water cannon took up position outside the building.
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This is how many people will remember the last night at Upton Park: an evening of coach smashing, bottle throwing, riot police and squalor.
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Turkey identified the killer as 22-year-old Mevlut Mert Altintas, who had worked for the Ankara riot police for 2-1/2 years.
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In a video message to the nation on Monday evening, Erdogan said Altintas had graduated from a police academy before joining the riot police.
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While residents in Kinshasa took to the streets to celebrate, Fayulu's supporters who protested Tshisekedi's victory were dispersed by anti-riot police in Goma.
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Hundreds were injured as riot police officers sent from other parts of the country dispersed voters, at times using rubber bullets, and seized ballots.
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The initially peaceful protests have degenerated into encounters between baton-wielding riot police and activists, leading to scores of injuries and about 1,300 arrests.
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I had to accept my limits: I couldn't be a protester scurrying up a vertical hill to evade the riot police on I-77.
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After a night of demonstrations and riot police in the streets, altercations between protesters, police, and Trump supporters started up again early Friday morning.
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Half a dozen police vans with flashing red lights parked near the protesters and riot police officers with helmets, batons and shields stood nearby.
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Plus, carrying a larger digital camera would have drawn the curiosity of riot police, while a phone helped him blend in with the crowds.
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It came a few hours after a firebomb attack on a riot police unit in central Athens that followed a march for Mr. Koufodinas.
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Why it matters: Activists have been repeatedly met with tear gas by riot police, as Hong Kongers mark the 10th straight weekend of protests.
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CNN notes that nearly 1,000 flights were canceled this week over the massive protests at the airport, which saw riot police clash with activists.
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Greek soldiers and riot police have been manning the borderland as thousands of migrants have made a rush for the frontier in recent days.
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Greek soldiers and riot police have been manning the borderland, as thousands of migrants have made a rush for the frontier in recent days.
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Tahrir Square was deserted except for 243 or so government supporters bused in to wave Sisi signs and take selfies with the riot police.
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Spain: Protesters from Catalonia's separatist movement clashed with riot police officers Wednesday night outside a soccer match between Barcelona and its rival Real Madrid.
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One by one, hundreds were picked off by riot police, who dragged and pulled them by their arms and legs, some by their hair.
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Some said he provoked an explosive confrontation by rolling out riot police frequently accused of heavy-handedness instead of seeking dialog with the protesters.
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Anti-riot police officers shoot against protesters after a demonstration called by the local Republic Defence Committees (CDR) in Barcelona on October 22019, 215.
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A Turkish anti-riot police officer stands guard in front of the headquarters of Turkish daily newspaper Zaman in Istanbul on March 5, 53.
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As riot police tried storming a campus occupied by activists, they were met by protesters fighting back with Molotov cocktails and bows-and-arrows.
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Greece: Protests over planned migrant camps on the Aegean Islands led to violent clashes between riot police officers and residents that left dozens injured.
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Riot police in black balaclavas were firing smoke grenades that smashed through skulls and chest bones, and snipers were shooting activists from the rooftops.
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Another photo of the protester showed him lying on the ground bleeding profusely from his head, as a riot police officer knelt over him.
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Congress acted on the measure, which had been stalled, after the riot police challenged student activists on campuses for the first time this month.
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Riot police in Hong Kong detain a woman as anti-government protesters gather at Sha Tin Mass Transit Railway (MTR) station on September 25.
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Others, chanting and cheering, pushed through or climbed over a steel gate Friday until riot police repelled them with tear gas and smoke canisters.
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Cover: Riot police past by a Christmas decor in a mall during a protest rally on Christmas Eve in Hong Kong on Tuesday, Dec.
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Protesters set fire to the entrance of PolyU to stop riot police who had stationed themselves outside the perimeter of the campus from entering.
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December 1: Tear gas surrounds protesters as they clash with riot police during a "Yellow Vest" demonstration near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
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According to local daily La Voix du Nord, riot police officers used up more than 2913 canisters of tear gas to disperse the migrants.
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According to local daily La Voix du Nord, riot police officers used up more than 63 canisters of tear gas to disperse the migrants.
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Puerto Rico riot police clashed with protesters Wednesday night, as thousands rallied for a 5th consecutive day in Old San Juan to call for Gov.
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One officer in Moscow was identified as a former Ukrainian riot-police commander who took part in the repression of protests in Kiev in 2014.
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Istanbul riot police fired tear gas and rubber pellets on Sunday to disperse a march for transgender people, which was also prohibited by the authorities.
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Dutch riot police arrested 13 people, spokeswoman Marjolein Koek said, as media showed police using dogs and a water cannon to break up the crowd.
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A Reuters reporter saw protesters tossing rocks and trash toward riot police in Imzouren, a town 450 km (279 miles) northeast of the capital Rabat.
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Most weekends, a portion Hong Kong's roads and highways are transformed into battlegrounds between protesters and the riot police, as was the case on Aug.
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Hong Kong riot police used tear gas and water cannons on thousands of demonstrators to break up a rally against police brutality Sunday, Reuters reports.
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The next month, more than 100 riot police officers were on hand to arrest the group of workers when they tried to return to work.
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Sahin said the dead included seven police officers and four civilians and that the attack had targeted vehicles carrying members of a riot police unit.
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Riot police in helmets and carrying batons fired pepper spray in response in a standoff that was lasting into the sweltering heat of the evening.
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Tens of thousands of people marched in Caracas in support of Guaido early on Tuesday, clashing with riot police along the main Francisco Fajardo thoroughfare.
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German riot police started to clear activists this month from treehouses at the site, which was bought by RWE decades ago to expand lignite mining.
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Videos and photos widely shared online, which could not be verified by CNN, showed large numbers of heavily armed riot police holding shields and firearms.
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Videos and photos taken by locals and shared online showed villagers hurling rocks and other projectiles at heavily armed riot police holding shields and firearms.
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His supporters gathered at the courthouse as anti-riot police watched from a distance, but he never showed up — sparking fears he had gone missing.
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Last Saturday, protesters staged a march in the small town of Yuen Long, near Hong Kong's border with China, where they clashed with riot police.
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See RIOT POLICE As a Fulbright scholar in China, R. W. McMorrow worked and lived in a helmet factory, and wrote about it for Harper's.
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Riot police were deployed at metro stations across the territory and large queues were forming at railway platforms as commuters made their way to work.
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At night, he dons a mask, black helmet and body armor, and heads out into the streets to face off against the city's riot police.
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City officials were quick to say the police had not fired any live rounds, but riot police personnel did fire repeated rounds of tear gas.
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Last week, riot police backed by a fleet of tow trucks had to clear hundreds of vehicles blocking the capital's Paseo de la Castellana thoroughfare.
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In April, the riot police were called in to break up a crowd at the opening of the Dandy Diner, a vegan restaurant in Berlin.
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"Croatia has sent additional forces of border and riot police to monitor the area at and near the border with Serbia," a police statement said.
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Tambudzai Jabangwe, a 68-year-old widow, shouted at anti-riot police officers for protecting a government that was destroying jobs for the country's children.
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Scores of riot police tried to disperse the crowds, grappling some people to the ground and beating others with batons near the city's stock exchange.
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On Friday afternoon, two colleagues from the Ministry of Health spent their lunch break taking photos of each other amid a phalanx of riot police.
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In June 2013, while between jobs, I saw footage on social media of protesters being beaten by heavy-handed riot police in Taksim Square, Istanbul.
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Brigitte's Riot Police skin isn't Overwatch's first foray into police admiration, that honor goes to Korean mecha-pilot D.Va's "Police Officer" skin, back in 2017.
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The Spanish government said last week that it would send 600 riot police officers to help Catalan security forces handle the protests and any backlash.
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Riot police clashed with voters outside a Barcelona voting station, where dozens of police used riot shields to push people back, a Reuters witness said.
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After midnight, hundreds of riot police used tear gas to disperse protesters who had broken into and occupied the city's legislative complex for three hours.
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I'd seen the Rio riot police use excessive violence against the public, but the underground security guards have a history in that department as well.
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Armed riot police brutally suppressed street protests against soaring food prices in September 2013, killing as many as 170 people, according to Human Rights Watch.
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Some protestors issued apologies this week after demonstrations in Hong Kong International Airport devolved into "hand-to-hand clashes with riot police," the Post reports.
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Pepper-spray carrying riot police then entered the airport for the first time since the protests began and clashes erupted, according to the Washington Post.
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The abrupt decision by authorities to suspend flights was interpreted by protesters as a signal that riot police would soon attempt to clear the airport.
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Unlike Armenian leaders, however, Mr. Putin cracked down hard, sending in the riot police and making an example of some protesters with lengthy jail sentences.
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Hundreds of protesters fought with riot police officers outside a shuttered town hall in Tuen Mun, close to Hong Kong's border with the Chinese mainland.
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The ban, he said, would have little impact on the growing number of young protesters willing — and often eager — to confront the armed riot police.
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Protesters threw tear gas canisters back at riot police and some young men, their faces covered, smashed bank storefronts and ATMs, a Reuters witness said.
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But the time for academic word-parsing has passed; the final days of the term were marked by riot police officers, barricades and metal detectors.
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The government posted riot police officers near polling places across the city, though outside the zones marked with yellow tape where only voters could go.
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More than 380 people and rights groups have filed criminal complaints against riot police since the protest, and prosecutors said they have opened 22 cases.
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The protest have regularly featured ranks of riot police firing volleys of tear gas or baton-charging protesters, often in central business or tourist areas.
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Doctors chanted "No Peter, no work" and held placards reading "Bring Peter back" as riot police stopped them from marching beyond the High Court building.
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Fiery chants and marching triggered a response from the city&aposs riot police, and videos on social media show tear gas launched at the crowds.
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Some clashed with riot police officers near the government headquarters, hurling rocks and bricks as officers responded with tear gas, pepper spray and water cannon.
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Later, a smaller group threaded through crop fields on the island, watched from above by riot police and other security personnel stationed on a bridge.
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PAP riot police have been sent to quell factory strikes and other labor unrest in the Pearl River Delta, one of Chinas key manufacturing areas.
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A riot police officer runs toward separatist demonstrators during clashes after a verdict in a trial over a banned independence referendum in Barcelona, Oct. 153.
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Riot police fired volleys of tear gas and rubber bullets on Saturday to disperse thousands of protesters rallied outside the parliament and in downtown Beirut.
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While helmeted riot police looked on, protesters held signs calling on Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and the United Nations MINUSMA peacekeeping mission to leave.
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In late August, riot police officers charged onto a subway train, fired pepper spray and beat people in the carriage, further tarnishing the force's image.
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In the capital Brasilia, riot police fired pepper spray at more than 5,000 demonstrators who filled the streets outside the presidential palace and Congress building.
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On Monday afternoon, riot police were seen carrying what appeared to be assault rifles at a clearance operation in the nearby Jordan area of Kowloon.
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A row of riot police officers formed a perimeter at the top of the bridge and were positioned firmly at the entrance of the school.
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The president of the CUHK student union, Jacky So, filed an injunction with the high court, hoping to keep riot police off the campus permanently.
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A Turkish riot police officer uses tear gas on people protesting the destruction of trees in a park in Taksim Square, Istanbul, May 28, 2013.
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The riot police would muster near the police stations, young and vulnerable without their threatening masks, drinking tea and wiping the sweat from their foreheads.
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A Turkish riot police officer uses tear gas on people protesting the destruction of trees in a park, in Taksim Square, Istanbul, May 2017, 14.
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Dozens of riot police blocked more than 200 doctors on Wednesday as they marched to parliament to present their petition chanting "no Peter, no work".
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At the overpass, jeeploads of riot police fanned out, and workmen set up a red carpet and a lectern with the Presidential seal on it.
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Flanked by riot police, Suu Kyi briefly greets monks at the gates of her home, energizing the demonstrations, which are soon quashed by the military.
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Riot police and security forces, deploying again in large numbers on Sunday, unleashed water cannons at protesters who remained on the streets into the night.
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A riot police officer in Barcelona, Spain runs towards separatist demonstrators during clashes after a trial verdict over a banned independence referendum on October 15.
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They quickly left when chased off by riot police, though some hung around long enough to throw rubbish bins into the path of police vans.
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As night fell across campus, protesters carried barricades, fresh Molotovs and supplies back near the bridge where riot police remained and new clashes quickly erupted.
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Desperate and hopeless As the weeks turned to months, protesters graduated from throwing water bottles and umbrellas at riot police to bricks and Molotov cocktails.
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Late Wednesday night, several hundred protesters remained in clusters on nearby roads in a tense standoff with riot police officers, occasionally charging at each other.
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But as tempers flared, riot police fired multiple volleys of tear gas at demonstrators who threw plastic bottles in running battles outside the city's legislature.
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Just hours before Trump's arrival, Philippine riot police used water canon to prevent hundreds of anti-American protesters from reaching the U.S. embassy in Manila.
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IMAGES OF burning barricades, riot police and tear gas on the Champs-Elysées in Paris have brought France's gilets jaunes ("yellow vests") to the world's attention.
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Take Tom Ciotkowski, a British human rights defender, who is currently on trial after he tried to document the behavior of French riot police in Calais.
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Riot police used tear gas to disperse some protesters who set bins and a scooter alight, although the situation remained relatively calm compared to previous weekends.
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Hundreds of riot police cordoned off the city's main Taksim Square to prevent the "Trans Pride" rally taking place during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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Young, masked protesters used metal bars and trolleys as battering rams to try to break the doors of headquarters as riot police watched from the inside.
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No one here actually wants to end their night staring down the riot police, and no cop wants to face off against a horde of anarchists.
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French riot police are covered with paint as protesters clash with police forces during a demonstration against French government reforms in Nantes, France, on Nov. 16.
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Spain's constitutional court declared the referendum illegal and sent thousands of Civil Guard national police officers and riot police into the region to shut it down.
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Flanked by riot police, Prabowo's supporters had earlier gathered mainly at the election supervisory agency (Bawaslu) in the heart of the city's commercial and government district.
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Ranks of riot police, carrying shields, hemmed in the crowd and then gradually pushed the protesters back into a street where water cannon trucks opened up.
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"Tyranny opens fire on us," the liberal Apple Daily wrote in Chinese on its front page over a photo of riot police squaring off with demonstrators.
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Within minutes, riot police had (yet again) detained Alexei Navalny, the opposition leader who organised the protest, while the Cossacks and the police hit unarmed protesters.
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PARIS (Reuters) - Masked and hooded youths engaged in running battles with French riot police as thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Paris on Tuesday.
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They hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails at riot police who responded Wednesday to the almost daily demonstrations calling for embattled President Nicolas Maduro to step down.
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In May French riot police cleared more than 1,000 migrants and refugees from a makeshift canal in Saint-Denis, where they had been sleeping under bridges.
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Angry opposition supporters gathered outside Zimbabwe's electoral commission and were met by riot police on Wednesday as the country awaited the results of Monday's presidential election.
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Riot police and protesters have fought street battles, with police firing tear gas, rubber bullets and occasionally live rounds against brick and petrol-bomb throwing activists.
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Riot police and protesters have fought street battles, with police firing tear gas, rubber bullets and occasionally live rounds against brick and petrol-bomb throwing activists.
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Yanukovich is himself being investigated on suspicion of mass murder, but the current trial is of five "Berkut" riot police accused of carrying out the shooting.
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On the same day that the Lahore bomber struck, riot police in the capital, Islamabad, were trying to control a 10,603-strong demonstration against Qadri's execution.
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But when last summer they began to mass in the city's Martyrs' Square to protest at a pile-up of rubbish, riot police quickly dispersed them.
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For months, tear gas clouded the boulevards of Paris most Saturdays as protesters skirmished with riot police, whose heavy-handed response drew condemnation from rights groups.
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For months, tear gas clouded the boulevards of Paris most Saturdays as protesters skirmished with riot police, whose heavy-handed response drew condemnation from rights groups.
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Violent clashes between anti-government protesters and riot police in the Hong Kong airport prompted an outpouring of support Tuesday from U.S. lawmakers for the demonstrators.
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Hong Kong's airport resumed operations on Wednesday, rescheduling hundreds of flights that had been disrupted over the past two days as protesters clashed with riot police.
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Police spokeswoman Charity Charamba told reporters that anti-riot police had deployed in two townships outside Harare and arrested 30 people in connection with the violence.
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There were no injuries among the protesters, assistant superintendent of police Pramod Kumar told CNN, adding that riot police were still at the scene on standby.
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Large groups of riot police officers disrupted a rally in the city's financial district around lunchtime on Wednesday, making multiple arrests and beating protesters with batons.
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Organizers canceled the annual march, which had been carried out largely peacefully since 2003, after authorities deployed hundreds of riot police near the main Taksim square.
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Some riot police, who had been bussed in to Moscow from distant provincial towns, had badly beaten protesters while detaining them during previous demonstrations, Milov said.
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Armed with teargas and metal rods, the French riot police (CRS) spray the sleeping migrants on a nightly basis and confiscate sleeping bags, blankets and belongings.
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Riot police officers in Barcelona shoved and struck protesters with batons to keep an angry crowd from advancing on the office of the Spanish government's representative.
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Riot police had positioned themselves in the area earlier in the day, prepared for the possibility that a peaceful protest could spiral into an angry riot.
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Protesters use steels barricades to form a defensive line inside the Quarry bay MTR station as they face with riot police in Hong Kong, Sunday, Aug.
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It appeared as if Batts wanted to set himself apart from the heavy-handed tactics in Ferguson, where anti-riot police officers bristled with military hardware.
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Then the migrants held protests in the prison — smashing windows and furniture, and prompting the stationing of riot police officers in Archidona, according to the authorities.
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For the remaining years of Mr. Chun's rule, tear gas, Molotov cocktails and shouts for democracy rocked the campuses, as students clashed with the riot police.
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The fill contains a few nods to the modern era, namely IMHO and LOLCAT, EFILE and EBOOK and, new to The New York Times, RIOT POLICE.
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Some 70,000 riot police — 25,1970 of them in Tokyo — attempted to control the demonstrations and by midevening nearly 1,100 students had been arrested in Toyko alone.
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A few minutes later, the mood changed when riot police officers charged into the plaza, briefly detained two people who wore masks and searched their backpacks.
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I stood on the streets of Wan Chai, alone except for a few fellow marchers who skittered away every few minutes to avoid the riot police.
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Riot police used a water cannon and tear gas against the crowd and more than 450 people needed medical assistance and dozens were taken to hospital.
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"The Hong Kong people are in a critical situation right now," Wong said, mentioning recent clashes with riot police that spurred her to come out Sunday.
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Videos of confrontations between villagers and the riot police in rural Vietnam are widely shared on YouTube and Facebook, which are not blocked in the country.
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The charges against Rowland were dropped mere hours after the riot — police deduced that he had most likely stepped on Page's foot or bumped into her.
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The Maidan Revolution reached its dénouement in late February, 2014, with several days of sniper fire and rolling street battles between antigovernment protesters and riot police.
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Riot police were out in full force and cordoned off a park near parliament where the doctors gathered, to stop ordinary citizens from joining the demonstration.
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They chanted "No election tomorrow" and held up banners reading "You have destroyed the country" as riot police stood blocking roads and a helicopter circled overhead.
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Today's students have become so infantilized by administrators that riot police and concrete barricades are deemed necessary to quell the violent outrage of the intolerant Left.
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The U.S. State Department condemned his death as a killing at the hands of Nicaraguan riot police and urged the government to thoroughly investigate the incident.
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Rather than go hard all over the place, several experts recommended staging riot police in full gear just outside the protest, and even out of sight.
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Riot police turned downtown Hong Kong into a tear-gas-filled battlefield, pushing back against demonstrators opposing a bill that would allow extradition to mainland China.
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Film shot by reporters at the scene, however, show riot police firing on protesters, though it is not clear whether they are federal of state police.
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Violence erupted on Thursday when riot police descended on the demonstration and tried to clear out the protesters, after hundreds of arrests a few days before.
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Riot police charged England fans in the center of Porto after beer glasses were thrown in the special fanzone set up for the Nations League finals.
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The assailant, who was identified as Mevlut Mert Altintas, a 22-year-old member of Ankara's riot police squad, was later killed in a shootout with police.
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HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean riot police chased away journalists waiting for a news conference by opposition leader Nelson Chamisa on Friday, shouting "out, out," a Reuters witness said.
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A video on El Pais website showed helmeted riot police in a standoff with a group of angry voters near a voting station at a Barcelona school.
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On Sunday, more than 100 people gathered with banners and drums, coming face to face with riot police armed with police dogs, plastic shields, and armored helmets.
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Witnesses said masked special operations policemen arrested several protesters, while riot police charged with shields and used pepper spray and tear gas to break up the protests.
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Riot police clashed with protesters on Wednesday, firing tear gas, rubber bullets, and beanbags at the crowd as demonstrators tried to rush Hong Kong's main legislative buildings.
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On a sweltering afternoon in August, antigovernment protesters in gas masks and hard hats flooded a six-lane road, prompting riot police officers to fire tear gas.
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The caravan of mostly Honduran migrants was met at Mexico's southern border by riot police who deployed tear gas in response to clashes between the two groups.
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Hundreds of students in Algiers broke through rows of riot police and streamed to the city centre on Tuesday calling for the resignation of Bensalah, witnesses said.
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French CRS riot police remove French youth and environmental activists as they block a bridge during a demonstration to urge world leaders to act against climate change.
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A woman is sprayed with tear gas by a riot police officer during a "Yellow Vests" protest against higher fuel prices, in Brussels, Belgium, on Dec. 8.
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Hours before the NPC's ruling, thousands took to the streets in anticipation of what it would say; some shouted "Hong Kong independence" and scuffled with riot police.
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Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed fractionally lower at 27,294.71 amid uncertainty, one day after violent clashes between protesters and riot police over a controversial extradition bill.
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Two initially peaceful protests last weekend degenerated into running skirmishes between baton-wielding riot police and activists, resulting in scores of injuries and more than 40 arrests.
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A march on Saturday against an assault the previous weekend by suspected triad gang members ended in violent turmoil as riot police waded in to disperse crowds.
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A Latinx figure on the left has long hair braided with light blue, pink and white ribbons, and one foot rests on a cracked riot police helmet.
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Dozens of people gathered as plainclothes security officers, riot police officers and intelligence officers cordoned off and canvassed the area, which was strewn with shards of glass.
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As some train and bus services resumed, tens of thousands of demonstrators fanned out across several districts, where protests again degenerated into running clashes with riot police.
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On the morning of April 9, a group of approximately 2,500 French riot police attempted to evict the 300 or so activists who remained on the land.
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There's the video of the protester dressed in bright red on the steps of the courthouse, turning briefly to face the five riot police that surround him.
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The unrest reached fever pitch Sunday when riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters as the two groups fought pitched battles in residential areas.
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On Friday, Mnangagwa&aposs government had to pull back three truckloads of riot police who were trying to prevent a news conference by Chamisa challenging the outcome.
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"The just grabbed me by the jacket and said I'm not going anywhere," Woodley said, handing her phone off to a friend to speak with riot police.
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Luxury shops were caught up in the protests, with some shoppers even taking pictures of riot police, while other bystanders - at one stage hundreds - jeered the officers.
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Now his days are spent trying to climb aboard trucks and trains headed across the English Channel and evading riot police armed with batons and tear gas.
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As evening drew in, hundreds of riot police lined up on Manezh Square at the end of Tverskaya Street and drove protesters away from the Kremlin's walls.
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Last weekend two initially peaceful protests degenerated into running skirmishes between baton-wielding riot police and activists, resulting in scores of injuries and more than 40 arrests.
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) put together a special unit to provide security for the event and a heavy riot police presence discouraged protests, activists said.
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Just recently [November 17] at a nonviolent demonstration in downtown Bismarck, riot police beat and dislocated the shoulder of veteran Charles Jordan for having picked a flower.
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Having erred in deploying riot police to try to prevent an illegal independence referendum called by the Generalitat on October 1st, the government is proceeding more gingerly.
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Riot police and army personnel were deployed and used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds that gathered in the capital of Quito and other cities.
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This week, Patrick Visser-Bourdon, a French police official, strode down the Jungle's central alley, flanked by a phalanx of well-armed riot police, some carrying shields.
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Greece fireworks Fireworks explode next to riot police after a rally marking the 2008 police shooting of 15-year-old student, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, in Athens, Greece, Dec.
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Water cannon and more than a dozen anti-riot police were stationed outside the perimeter of the court house while others remained camped outside the MDC headquarters.
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About 50 to 60 riot police barricaded access to the site of the protest, which was taking place peacefully, and them out of the building in groups.
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Hundreds of riot police could be seen resting and re-grouping overnight while gaggles of protesters obtained fresh supplies of water, googles and helmets, Reuters witnesses reported.
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Television footage and pictures this month from the southern African country have shown baton-wielding riot police taking on groups of young men in restive Harare townships.
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Later in the evening, one protester drove a bus into a group of riot police officers who had gathered in northern Tehran, killing three and wounding others.
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Dozens of protesters have already been injured, and video footage of riot police apparently using excessive force against unarmed demonstrators has deepened public anger in the city.
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At the same time, riot police appeared to retreat further into the complex after they'd warned the protesters earlier to back off or they would use force.
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"There's no turning back," Juan Guaidó, the opposition leader, told supporters in Caracas, the capital, where tear gas fired by riot police officers shrouded some protest sites.
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Riot police swarmed into Hong Kong's international airport Tuesday night and dispersed protesters who caused 2 days of chaos and cancellations at the world's 8th busiest airport.
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Mr. Benalla, wearing a riot police helmet but otherwise in civilian clothing, can be seen pulling a woman from one side of the square to the other.
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Greek troops and riot police remained on high alert along the Turkish border on Tuesday, though there were no reports of significant new clashes with the migrants.
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After a day in which riot police blocked traffic and many businesses along the main avenues stayed closed, downtown Lima was bustling as usual by Wednesday morning.
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