Istanbul police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at May Day demonstrators Istanbul police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at May Day demonstrators Police in Istanbul fired tear gas and rubber bullets into crowds of May Day demonstrators Monday, and arrested 207 people.
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Sheriff's deputies fire rubber bullets at Dakota Access Pipeline protesters Sheriff's deputies fire rubber bullets at Dakota Access Pipeline protesters Police wearing riot gear pepper-sprayed and fired rubber bullets at protesters attempting to cross a creek near the planned route of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota Wednesday afternoon.
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And the police charge down the road shooting rubber bullets.
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They shot rubber bullets and tear gas into the terraces.
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Police in riot gear fired tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Police responded with stun grenades, tear gas, and rubber bullets.
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V: It sounds like the police just fired [rubber bullets].
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People are injured by rubber bullets, tear gas, pepper spray.
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They fired rubber bullets for the first time in decades.
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Rocks and rubber bullets in Sunday clashes Sunday was quieter.
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Officers moved in with rubber bullets, pepper spray and smoke bombs.
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"Neither rubber bullets nor pellets will stop our fight," said Arteaga.
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They also shot rubber bullets and tear gas toward the crowd.
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Police have wielded tear gas, rubber bullets, and batons against participants.
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Police have fired rubber bullets and live rounds into the crowd.
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They said police have also used rubber bullets on some nights.
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BEFORE THE tear gas and the rubber bullets, there was music.
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In response, police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators.
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Witnesses told CNN that police dispersed the youth with rubber bullets.
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That could include rubber bullets, which can put out an eye.
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Police used rubber bullets and tear gas, according to BBC News.
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But make no mistake about it: they don't have rubber bullets.
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A lot of people getting sprayed, getting hit with rubber bullets.
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They beat people with batons, fired rubber bullets and wounded pensioners.
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As clashes continued, security forces deployed water cannons and rubber bullets.
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Law enforcement officers have responded with rubber bullets and tear gas.
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People were injured by live rounds, rubber bullets and tear gas.
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Police fired rubber bullets in some areas to disperse the crowds.
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Police have responded with tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons.
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But she was enraged watching police fire rubber bullets at protesters.
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Sunday, and the water and rubber bullets started about an hour later.
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Police responded by firing rubber bullets and tear gas at the protesters.
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Hundreds were injured when police used batons and rubber bullets on voters.
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Last week police shot one student leader 13 times with rubber bullets.
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Riot police in Cairo hit demonstrators with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Protesters at the scene said police fired tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Then they dispersed Mr Bemba's supporters using tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Police have responded by firing tear gas, rubber bullets, and water cannons.
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They talk about tear gas, rubber bullets, sound cannons and concussion grenades.
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Police responded with rubber bullets, pepper spray, flash grenades and tear gas.
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They marched forward, and they began shooting tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Their protests were met with tear gas, water cannons, and rubber bullets.
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Riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets to drive them away.
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The police have responded with tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon.
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There was tear gas and the sounds of rubber bullets being fired.
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Police shot rubber bullets and jets of blue-dyed water at them.
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Police fired tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and bean bag rounds.
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Police have used water cannons, rubber bullets, and tear gas against protesters.
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Leslie now goes to a demonstration expecting tear gas and rubber bullets.
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On Tuesday, police also used rubber bullets, per the New York Times.
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The police have not acknowledged using rubber bullets against protesters for decades.
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RUBBER BULLETS, TEAR GAS Tensions spiralled on June 12 when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at anti-extradition protesters near the heart of the city, sending plumes of smoke billowing among some of the world's tallest skyscrapers.
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Are they going to spray us or shoot us with rubber bullets still?
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They sprayed pepper spray and shot rubber bullets during this peaceful march pic.twitter.
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Another man was shot in the face with rubber bullets after getting swatted.
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Officers used stun grenades, tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.
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Some large protests erupted, with police teargassing and firing rubber bullets at demonstrators.
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Police responded to demonstrators by firing tear gas, rubber bullets, and water cannons.
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Police responded using tear gas, rubber bullets, water cannons and arresting 269 people.
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Soon afterwards they fired rubber bullets and small bean-bags filled with birdshot.
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Some residents sported large red welts they said were caused by rubber bullets.
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Police eventually used tear gas and rubber bullets to break up the crowd.
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Local broadcaster RTHK and other local media reported police also fired rubber bullets.
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They dragged away voters and fired rubber bullets, injuring more than 800 people.
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Police also deployed water cannons and fired rubber bullets into crowds of protesters.
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We have seen water protectors maced, arrested and fired upon with rubber bullets.
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The vehicle retreated, but the police fired rubber bullets and he was hit.
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Officers clad in riot gear responded by firing tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Palestinian medics reported dozens injured by stun grenades, tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Police fired 1,458 tear gas and 1,391 rounds of rubber bullets on Monday.
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In 2015, a man in Maryland was shot by rubber bullets after being swatted.
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Police fired rubber bullets to disperse one group, witnesses said, and detained several people.
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At least 31 people were wounded by Israeli gunfire and rubber bullets, medics said.
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Some protesters said they were hit by rubber bullets and others beaten with batons.
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A CNN crew saw national police shoot tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators.
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Police responded that day by firing tear gas, rubber bullets and bean bag rounds.
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He said CBP does not have rubber bullets in its inventory on the border.
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Two photojournalists, Sérgio Andrade da Silva and Alex Silveira, were blinded by rubber bullets.
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Videos of protests being quashed with rubber bullets and tear gas have gone viral.
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Police have responded with rubber bullets and tear gas, amid allegations of excessive force.
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Most of them were suffering from injuries caused by tear gas and rubber bullets.
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The police have also fired tear gas, bean bags, and rubber bullets at crowds.
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I've been beaten by soldiers, punched in the face and shot with rubber bullets.
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Israeli soldiers fired rubber bullets at me as I zigzagged through the West Bank.
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Of those, 399 were hurt by live fire rounds and 16 by rubber bullets.
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Noting previous episodes, Catalan lawmakers banned the use of rubber bullets by the police.
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Police push back with brute force, throwing tear gas canisters and shooting rubber bullets.
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Others suffered the effects of teargas or were hit by rubber bullets or shrapnel.
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Before long, I heard the pop of beanbag rounds and rubber bullets being fired.
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Many protesters say they have been blinded by rubber bullets and tear gas canisters.
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Officers had shot rubber bullets into crowds of people, hitting pedestrians and innocent bystanders.
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Rubber bullets were reportedly fired by police, with one person said to be detained.
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Several suffered from bone fractures, some were hit by rubber bullets, and one became unconscious.
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Some threw bottles and fireworks at police, who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Eleven protesters was hit by live fire and another 20 by rubber bullets, medics said.
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The charged officer told local television he believed his gun was loaded with rubber bullets.
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A stampede started after police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.
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The strikes turned violence earlier this month, and police used rubber bullets and tear gas.
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Protests continued this weekend, with police responding with tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets.
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Police fired 88 volleys of tear gas and 27 rubber bullets on Sunday, they said.
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Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets, while protesters threw objects and charged police lines.
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Protesters who had advanced closer to Venezuela were met with rubber bullets and live ammunition.
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Police fired rubber bullets and protesters said at least 40 people, mostly students, were injured.
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He told CNN that national guardsmen recently shot him in the leg with rubber bullets.
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A few dozen human-rights activists defied the ban; police sprayed them with rubber bullets.
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Police have fired rubber bullets, tear gas, water cannons and, in some cases, live rounds.
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HONG KONG RIOT POLICE FIRE RUBBER BULLETS AT CITY UNIVERSITY CAMPUS -CABLE TV, CITING SOURCE
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Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets, while protesters hurled homemade petrol bombs at police.
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He said rubber bullets were only used in instances of "imminent danger" to police officers.
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Rubber bullets and tear gas for the people, mallets and Stanley knives for their homes.
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The Palestinians threw rocks, and the army shot rubber bullets and a few live rounds.
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Last week, demonstrations turned violent, as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters.
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Protesters threw bricks and Molotov cocktails; the police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Many more were treated in Baghdad hospitals for injuries from rubber bullets and tear gas.
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Police have fired tear gas, pepper spray, water cannon, rubber bullets and occasional live rounds.
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He confirmed that they didn't receive any reports of casualties by live or rubber bullets.
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The police and soldiers retaliate with tear gas, water cannon blasts, rubber bullets and buckshot.
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Police have suspended the use of rubber bullets except in cases of threat to life.
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Police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse the protesters, News24 Online service said.
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Police responded with full force, using water cannons, tear gas, rubber bullets and beanbag rounds.
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He still bears scars from being shot with rubber bullets during street protests last year.
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Tear gas and rubber bullets, they say, are used to disperse riots or illegal gatherings.
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The officers lashed out with blows, rubber bullets, beanbag rounds, pepper spray and tear gas.
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Only last month the security forces fired rubber bullets at retired army officers demanding higher pensions.
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Police used tear gas and rubber bullets on protesters trying to storm the Legislative Council building.
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Their weapons — bricks, poles and Molotov cocktails — are often met with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Of the injured, 42 were wounded with rubber bullets and two were treated for gunshot wounds.
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There were rubber bullets flying everywhere in a crowd that was already blinded by tear gas.
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It is 23 degrees [-5 °C] out there with mace, rubber bullets, pepper spray, etc.
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In Jakarta, demonstrators burned signs in protest, and in Istanbul police shot marchers with rubber bullets.
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The Tamimis, and Mr Ehrenreich, make a point of always calling them that, not "rubber bullets".
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Three people were injured by rubber bullets, including a 10-year-old girl, local media reported.
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A year ago in Nepal, police fired rubber bullets at people protesting the country's new constitution.
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Israeli troops firing live ammunition and rubber bullets killed at least 17 Palestinians during the demonstrations.
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Riots inevitably broke out, to which police responded by firing rubber bullets and using water cannons.
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The Greek authorities used tear gas, batons, stun grenades and rubber bullets to repel the migrants.
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The Israeli military has responded with live gunfire as well as rubber bullets and tear gas.
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Security forces have violently cracked down on protesters with tear gas, sound bombs and rubber bullets.
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Security forces fired tear gas, rubber bullets and eventually live ammunition to disperse demonstrators in Tehran.
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The government has responded by trying to repress the protests with rubber bullets and tear gas.
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Reuters reported that officers fired approximately 1,400 rounds of tear gas and nearly 900 rubber bullets.
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Police used tear gas and rubber bullets to prevent crowds of protesters from storming the parliament.
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A 13-year-old boy on the border said he had been hit twice by rubber bullets.
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"Part of the training definitely involves what happens when people get hit by rubber bullets," Tavera said.
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As Indiana teachers argued this week, however, shooting teachers with rubber bullets shouldn't be one of them.
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Protestors also reported being hit with rubber bullets, teargas, pepper spray, and percussion grenades during the clashes.
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The Morton County Sheriff's Department has used rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons to disperse crowds.
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Activists said police used tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters in the latest unrest, injuring some.
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According to the Miami Herald, police also shot rubber bullets at the crowd, injuring protestors and journalists.
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Several people were overcome with tear gas, while some were bruised by rubber bullets and others beaten.
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Bassem Tamimi, the casualty&aposs uncle, said soldiers responded with live rounds, rubber bullets and tear gas.
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The officers then fired rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse the worshipers and move them back.
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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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Police used tear gas on some protesters, and there have been reports of rubber bullets being fired.
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The security forces used rubber bullets, water cannon and tear gas to disperse the thousands of demonstrators.
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They have inhaled tear gas, been shot with rubber bullets, and unjustly imprisoned for their political views.
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Demonstrators in Managua threw rocks and set fires as police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Video from the scene showed officers carrying sticks and firing tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters.
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The PAP, while armed, relies primarily on tools such as rubber bullets, tear gas, and water cannons.
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"Neither rubber bullets nor pellets will stop our fight for Venezuela's independence," Arteaga said in the video.
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Some hurled petrol bombs at police, who returned fire with rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons.
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According to eyewitness accounts, students threw rocks and the police responded with rubber bullets and tear gas.
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The police used rubber bullets and canisters of tear gas to stop them from advancing toward Islamabad.
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Police reportedly used water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets, while property was damaged and shopfronts vandalised.
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Some were injured when the crowd was shot at with rubber bullets and sprayed with tear gas.
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Police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators who remained after the statement was read.
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Police have been using rubber bullets and teargas against protestors, leading to concerns from human rights groups.
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The police hit unarmed protesters with batons and fired rubber bullets at individuals or crowds without warning.
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They dispersed after the police began firing tear gas and rubber bullets on an Istanbul side street.
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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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Of course, other objects — from chemical mace to surveillance technology to rubber bullets — are designed to control.
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More than 200 Chileans have suffered severe eye injuries alone in clashes with police using rubber bullets.
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Others have fashioned armor from carpet scraps to thwart rubber bullets and buckshot, lethal at close range.
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Police reportedly responded with tear gas, water cannon, rubber bullets and live rounds fired into the air.
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Police waiting inside threw some projectiles back and then burst out, firing tear-gas and rubber bullets.
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One opposition lawmaker, Juan Guaido, filmed himself bleeding from wounds he said were inflicted by rubber bullets.
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Soon police fired tear gas and rubber bullets; "that's what we wanted them to do," he says.
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The small intersection filled with thick clouds of tear gas, extensive fires, and rounds of rubber bullets.
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The police in Port-au-Prince fired tear gas and rubber bullets at one contingent of protesters.
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In September 2015, detainees staging a hunger strike were shot with rubber bullets, according to the report.
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Violent clashes left at least four Venezuelans dead and many injured from rubber bullets and tear-gas.
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Police declared the protest a riot and used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.
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Protesters were met with a violent police reaction, including the firing of rubber bullets and tear gas canisters.
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Protests are continuing in Hong Kong, with police using tear gas, water cannons, and rubber bullets on demonstrators.
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Hong Kong police regularly use tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and water cannons to disperse unauthorized demonstrations.
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Reports from social media show tear gas, rubber bullets and water canons being used to remove the protesters.
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Police responded by firing multiple rounds of tear gas, rubber bullets and blue dye from a water cannon.
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They continuously shot rubber bullets and used concussion grenades and chemical weapons such as mace and pepper spray.
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Firing rounds of tear gas and rubber bullets, the police blocked streets and prevented any advance by villagers.
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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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Istanbul Video shows police firing rubber bullets and detaining protesters in Turkey's largest city as demonstrations became violent.
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Handley said he saw several people hit with rubber bullets, including people who were hit in the face.
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A CNN team witnessed police officers using rubber bullets against demonstrators and protesters throwing bricks at the police.
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On Sunday, police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse activists after thousands ringed Beijing's Liaison Office.
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Dozens of people have also been injured as police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrations.
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In some instances, standoffs between opposition supporters and police escalated, with officers firing tear gas and rubber bullets.
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After the rally, police broke up protest crowds with tear gas, pepper spray, stun grenades and rubber bullets.
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He mistakenly loaded his rifle with live ammunition instead of rubber bullets when trying to scare her away.
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While protests have been mostly, peaceful, police have used tear gas and fired rubber bullets to disperse crowds.
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Israeli forces responded with tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets as small groups of protesters threw rocks.
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That was my mistake: The protesters, some of them also struck by rubber bullets, understandably turned against us.
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Authorities fired rubber bullets and tear gas in clashes with demonstrators armed with firebombs and bows and arrows.
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It mainly uses tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets to control protests that frequently escalate into riots.
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Outfitted in riot gear, Baton Rouge police used tear gas on demonstrators and fired rubber bullets at them.
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These protests were met with violence, with police firing tear gas, rubber bullets, and beanbags at the crowds.
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Police have used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters, and disturbances continued in Managua on Saturday.
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But Mr. Maduro parried off the attempt with tear gas and rubber bullets, closing border bridges into Venezuela.
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They argued that the gathering had been calm until the police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Iraqi security forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse crowds of protesters Saturday, killing one person.
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Police responded with tear gas, water cannons, rubber bullets and live rounds fired into the air, Reuters reported.
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"Neither rubber bullets nor pellets will stop our fight for Venezuela's independence," Mr. Arteaga posted later on Twitter.
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"I can't give back my knowledge of tear gas and rubber bullets," said Wong, the HKU student leader.
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The mob was armed with sticks, knives and petrol bombs, and only dispersed after police fired rubber bullets.
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Some who took off running to escape the onslaught of rubber bullets were chased and tackled by officers.
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Officers fired tear gas, rubber bullets and beanbag rounds to clear demonstrators occupying roads near the Legislative Council.
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It was unclear whether they had fired live rounds or rubber bullets, or if there were any injuries.
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One or more people threw rocks at Border Patrol agents, who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to try and disperse protesters, according to NBC producer Annie Rose Ramos.
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Last year, Turkish police dispersed revelers at Istanbul's gay pride parade using water cannons, rubber bullets and tear gas.
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Villagers threw bricks at police as they advanced with shields, batons and helmets, firing rubber bullets and using teargas.
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At one point, police were reportedly forced to use rubber bullets and pepper balls to break up the crowd.
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Police reportedly fired rubber bullets and percussion grenades at the water protectors, and one protester's arm was severely injured.
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Over 830 arrests, a student leader shot 13 times with rubber bullets, and a priest shot with live ammunition.
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On Sunday, police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse activists after thousands had ringed Beijing's Liaison Office.
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The government said in a statement that the mob was dispersed after police with riot shields fired rubber bullets.
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Police fired multiple rounds of tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters, turning nearby streets into smoke-filled battlegrounds.
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Police have also fired 1,000 rounds of tear gas and about 160 rubber bullets since June 9, they added.
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In Turkey on Sunday, police fired rubber bullets to disperse a crowd of hundreds of people in central Istanbul.
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When protesters refused, police employed non-lethal rubber bullets, tear gas, and a long-range acoustic device, or LRAD.
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Police fired teargas and rubber bullets, witnesses said, while protesters hurled homemade petrol bombs at police at one location.
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Border Patrol agents countered using "less lethal devices," which included tear gas and "other projectiles," but not rubber bullets.
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National guardsmen under his command have openly and indiscriminately fired tear gas canisters and rubber bullets against peaceful demonstrators.
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And people like this 21-year-old Hong Kong student have spent their summer dodging chemical and rubber bullets.
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A. During Occupy, police officers were seen moving truckloads of rubber bullets and tear gas grenades into government buildings.
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Jimmy points out 30 dirty spots where their op has been hit with both rubber bullets and live ammunition.
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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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That was followed by street clashes on Wednesday, as the police used tear gas and rubber bullets on demonstrators.
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The demonstrations paralyzed Dhaka, the capital city of 19 million, and the police began fighting back with rubber bullets.
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The activists throw bricks and the occasional Molotov cocktail, and the cops shoot tear gas and rubber bullets back.
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Hundreds of others were wounded, primarily by rubber bullets and tear gas, and in some cases by live ammunition.
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On June 12th, shortly after the unrest began, young protesters wept after the police fired rubber bullets at them.
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But in the end the Hong Kong police used tear gas, rubber bullets and arrests to disperse the protesters.
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Israel has used rubber bullets as a deterrent, but military officials say they are effective only at short range.
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The police, who have used batons, rubber bullets and tear gas against protesters, have faced allegations of excessive force.
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Risking their future, our fellow citizens have braved batons, tear gas, rubber bullets and even slashing by triad members.
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Mr. Maduro has responded by sending National Guardsmen armed with water cannons and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds.
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Moreover, exports such as tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and stun guns are also banned by the legislation.
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"Could you promise that no more tear gas or rubber bullets will be fired inside campus?" another asked pointedly.
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Police countered petrol bombs and rocks with tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and eventually the occasional live round.
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Police spokesman Emerson Massera told journalists police used chemical weapons and rubber bullets after being attacked at the party.
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According to protesters and news accounts, the officers also fired rubber bullets, pepper spray, concussion grenades and tear gas.
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From our view, military tanks, tear gas, rubber bullets and dishonest narratives won't be bridging this gap anytime soon.
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The Morton County Sheriff's Department did not respond to questions about whether police used tear gas and rubber bullets.
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But there was widespread shock when police used batons and rubber bullets on protesters on the day of the vote.
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Police fired rubber bullets at activists, and critics focused on the destruction of property rather than the violence of dehumanization.
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Over the summer, authorities have used live ammunition, tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and water cannons to disperse demonstrators.
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TONIGHT, unarmed protectors are being attacked with water cannons in subzero temperatures, rubber bullets, tear gas, LRADs, and pepper spray.
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A brawl broke out, with some throwing rocks and bottles at police, who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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The source said that Venezuelan soldiers had also fired rubber bullets but it was not immediately possible to verify that.
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Police dressed in riot gear were also using rubber bullets, tear gas, and concussion grenades, according to The Washington Post.
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Human rights groups said 109 people were injured in the incidents, most of them hit with pellets or rubber bullets.
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Police have fired pepper spray, tear gas and rubber bullets, actions which have been seen by protesters as heavy-handed.
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Police in Istanbul fired tear gas and rubber bullets into crowds of May Day demonstrators Monday, and arrested 207 people.
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The week of Trump's victory, police in Portland, Oregon, fired rubber bullets against largely peaceful demonstrators after black bloc provocations.
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At first police used tear gas and rubber bullets, but were forced to open fire when protests intensified, Bhatia added.
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The protest ultimately led to police force, as men in uniform used tear gas and rubber bullets against the activists.
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Police in riot gear responded by surrounding the march and unleashing rubber bullets, water cannons, flash grenades, and pepper spray.
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Demonstrators threw stones at metal barriers set up outside parliament, and security forces responded with rubber bullets and tear gas.
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Protesters threw Molotov cocktails and glass bottles at police lines, while officers responded by firing tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Spanish police used batons and rubber bullets to stop people voting in Sunday's referendum, which Madrid had banned as unconstitutional.
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The TV station showed several residents with minor injuries from rubber bullets and said some police officers were also hurt.
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Of those, 12 had gunshot wounds, 24 were hit by rubber bullets and 172 were treated for tear gas inhalation.
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During the weeks of protests, police have deployed different dispersion methods such as rubber bullets, tear gas, and water hoses.
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Video from the scene Saturday showed law enforcement forces carrying sticks and firing tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters.
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Hundreds of people have been injured so far by water cannons, rubber bullets, and teargas deployed by Morton County police.
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Angry demonstrations were met with camouflage-clad police who patrolled the neighborhood in armored vehicles, dispersing crowds with rubber bullets.
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Rocks and petrol bombs from protesters are being met with rubber bullets and tear gas by authorities across the country.
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On Wednesday, the police also fired 150 canisters of tear gas and, for the first time in decades, rubber bullets.
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At least 240 people were injured, many hit by rubber bullets fired by security forces, who also used tear gas.
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In 2015, for example, police drove off participants in Istanbul's annual gay pride parade with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Chile's human rights watchdog says 445 people suffered eye injuries, primarily due to police tear gas canisters and rubber bullets.
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Gatica became one of two people blinded in both eyes after he was shot with rubber bullets on Nov. 8.
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Since August 5th police have used more tear gas and rubber bullets than in the previous two months put together.
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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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National police officers used rubber bullets and truncheons as they tried to shut down polling stations and seize ballot boxes.
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"I don't think there's any role for rubber bullets in policing protests," Dr. Haar, who's an emergency room physician, said.
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The second measure would bar the sale of munitions such as tear gas and rubber bullets to Hong Kong police.
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He also signed another bill banning the sale of munitions like tear gas and rubber bullets to Hong Kong police.
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The second measure would bar the sale of items such as tear gas and rubber bullets to Hong Kong police.
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More than 200 people have been hit in the eyes with tear gas canisters and rubber bullets, doctors have said.
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Two people were reported injured by rubber bullets in San Cristobal, an opposition hotbed near the country's border with Colombia.
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The second measure signed by Trump bars the sale of tear gas and rubber bullets to the Hong Kong police.
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American Indians in North Dakota braved rubber bullets and water cannons to protect their drinking water from an oil pipeline.
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In response, police used rubber bullets, pepper spray, and water cannons to disperse the protestors, arresting 141 people in all.
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Palestinian health officials said Israeli forces used mostly gunfire against the protesters, in addition to tear gas and rubber bullets.
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It triggered the most violent protests in decades when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the crowds.
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"Stop shooting, or else we sing 'Hallelujah to the Lord'," read one protest placard after the rubber bullets were fired.
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In chaotic scenes, police responded with rubber bullets and tear gas as some charged them with umbrellas and threw plastic bottles.
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Sometimes protesters threw rocks, to which soldiers responded with tear gas, stun grenades, water cannons, rubber bullets, and sometimes live ammunition.
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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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Marlin Sierra, director of human rights organization CENIDH, said it had logged 25 deaths, mostly caused by firearms and rubber bullets.
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Tensions spiralled on June 12 when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters near the heart of the city.
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Police, who fired tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowd, have been criticised for using excessive force on unarmed demonstrators.
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Street demonstrations through the week were met with tear gas and rubber bullets from the police, plunging the city into turmoil.
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Demonstrators have hurled petrol bombs and other objects at police, who have responded with tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon.
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On the streets of Caracas, tear gas, water cannons, tanks and rubber bullets are a daily backdrop for the unfolding crisis.
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To date, they have been subjected to vicious dogs and rubber bullets and tear gas and water cannons in freezing temperatures.
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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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In the capital city of Managua, demonstrators threw rocks and set fires as police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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In response to rubber bullets and pepper spray from police, protesters reportedly threw bricks and molotov cocktails, according to The Guardian.
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Last week, police deployed tear gas, rubber bullets, and even beat protesters with batons in efforts to forcefully clear the streets.
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Venezuela's national guard reportedly shot rubber bullets and tear gas as anti-Maduro protesters attempted to bring aid across the border.
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The police on Saturday fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who had shown up to march despite a ban.
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Until Wednesday's army takeover, even minor anti-government protests in Zimbabwe had been met with tear gas, rubber bullets and batons.
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I wear running shoes so I can escape from the police, and long pants as protection from shrapnel and rubber bullets.
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Opposition lawmaker Jose Manuel Olivares said Vallenilla had been killed by the national guard firing rubber bullets at point blank range.
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Students run a gantlet of rubber bullets, water cannons, stun grenades and tear gas just to make it to the library.
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After Catalonia's own police force failed to do so, the national forces moved in with batons and rubber bullets, wounding hundreds.
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Weekly demonstrations and sit-ins have at times turned tense and violent when police arrive spraying tear gas and rubber bullets.
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The police pushed back, hitting the protesters with batons, rubber bullets, pepper spray and more than 150 canisters of tear gas.
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Thousands of injuries to Yellow Vest protesters, including some partial blindings from rubber bullets, have damaged the image of the police.
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Public fury grew as police battled protesters with tear gas and rubber bullets, and as the government refused to back down.
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CNN's team in Ureña, Venezuela, saw dozens of people throwing rocks toward Venezuela's National Guard, who fired back with rubber bullets.
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In December, police officers entered a church near the state legislative building and shot rubber bullets at rioters from a window.
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They became almost daily occurrences after security forces last Wednesday attacked crowds of peaceful protesters with rubber bullets and water cannons.
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" Asked to comment on law enforcement tactics, including the use of rubber bullets, Mr. Obama said: "It is a challenging situation.
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American police officers made frequent use of rubber bullets during the protests in Ferguson, Mo., in 2014, sometimes causing serious injuries.
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In September, police violently dispersed protesters against the impeachment in São Paulo, using tear gas bombs, water jets, and rubber bullets.
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Tensions spiraled on June 12 when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters near the heart of the city.
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A series of skirmishes between Russian and Polish fans followed, broken up by police who used rubber bullets and tear gas.
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Police forcibly dragged would-be voters from the polls and shot rubber bullets into crowds, leading to more than 800 injuries.
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Rubber bullets fired at close range, rocks, and tear gas canisters have caused most of the injuries, doctors and rights groups say.
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Four people were wounded by live gunfire in the West Bank and another 20 were hit by rubber bullets, health officials said.
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Simply titled "Fixed Pepsi Ad," ThirtyRev's video shows police using tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper spray, and concussion grenades on water protectors.
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Police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper spray on Wednesday in a series of skirmishes to clear demonstrators from the legislature.
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"Several people report that the police fired rubber bullets" at the intersection of two Barcelona streets, the newspaper said on its website.
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Ricardo Rosselló to resign, civil rights groups are concerned about police using tear gas, pepper spray, and allegedly rubber bullets against demonstrators.
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She listed blasting water canons in below freezing temperatures, spraying mace, using rubber bullets and other tactics that have injured #NoDAPL protesters.
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Law enforcement have begun using concussion grenades, mace and rubber bullets against protestors and police say some protestors have thrown Molotov cocktails.
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Police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper spray in a series of skirmishes to clear demonstrators from around the city's legislature.
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In the day's most violent clashes, police in Burri fired rubber bullets and tear gas and chased demonstrators with batons, witnesses said.
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Downtown areas of Jakarta became a battlefield overnight, with police firing tear gas and rubber bullets and protesters throwing rocks and firecrackers.
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In response, police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators, many of whom had armed themselves with improvised shields and sticks.
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There police had fired tear gas and rubber bullets at supporters of Mr Museveni's main electoral rival, Kizza Besigye (pictured riding pillion).
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Security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at students who took to the streets last month to demand better road safety.
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Just last week, police used non-lethal tactics such as pepper spray and rubber bullets to dispel protestors; 141 people were arrested.
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The act prompted police to respond with rounds of tear gas and rubber bullets against the estimated 430,000 people marching in protest.
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"They're actually firing off blanks or they're actually using rubber bullets in some of the trainings that we have seen," she added.
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Then, just before Thanksgiving, on a 2000-degree night, the police used water cannons, tear gas, and rubber bullets on the activists.
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Police had arrested 24 workers and injured three others after dispersing union protestors with tear gas and rubber bullets, Roman told Reuters.
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Miranda took cover next to a kiosk and was hit by six rubber bullets, four of them piercing her skin, she said.
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Demonstrators in Managua threw rocks and set fires in unrest that started Wednesday, and police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Most of the injuries were minor, the ministry said, adding that they were caused by bullets, rubber bullets, tear gas and asphyxiation.
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There was shock at home and abroad when police used batons and rubber bullets on protesters on the day of the vote.
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Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who had shown up to march despite a police ban from doing so.
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"This necessitates police response and the use of force, including rubber bullets, bean bag rounds and tear gas for dispersal," he said.
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Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the crowd, and armed supporters of Ortega opened fire on demonstrators, local media said.
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On April 10, refugees attempted to forcibly cross the border, prompting the Macedonian military to respond with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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In the last month, police have cracked down on protesters several times, hitting them with rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons.
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National forces in riot gear began charging into schools as soon as the polls opened, clearing crowds with truncheons and rubber bullets.
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Police have responded to violence with tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, water cannon and baton charges, prompting complaints of excessive force.
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Police have repeatedly fired tear gas and rubber bullets, while some officers admitted to disguising themselves as anti-government protestors during rallies.
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Medical officials in Baghdad said one protester was killed and dozens were injured, some with live ammunition and others with rubber bullets.
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Police said more than 100 petrol bombs were thrown by protesters, 260 tear gas canisters fired by police and 130 rubber bullets.
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The rally outside parliament on June 20 descended into violent clashes with police, who used tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters.
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Police have responded with tear gas, batons, rubber bullets, water cannons, and bean bag rounds, arresting more than 1,300 demonstrators so far.
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Rubber bullets: Veby Mega Indah, 39, an Indonesian journalist working for Suara Hong Kong News, was covering the protests on Sept. 29.
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The Chilean Ophthalmological Society said 221 people had suffered from severe eye trauma in the demonstrations, mostly due to police rubber bullets.
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Some 900 people were injured during the vote when police tried to disrupt voting, firing rubber bullets and charging crowds with truncheons.
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Violence flared in the financial centre on Wednesday as police used gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters opposing an extradition bill.
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According to the Catalan government, at least 337 people were injured by Spanish police, who reportedly used rubber bullets to disperse crowds.
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Some 900 people were injured on polling day when police fired rubber bullets and stormed crowds with truncheons to disrupt the voting.
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Police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper spray in a series of skirmishes on Wednesday to clear demonstrators from the city's legislature.
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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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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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Spain made a conciliatory gesture in apologizing for Sunday's referendum violence, where Spanish police used batons and rubber bullets to stop people voting.
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Like millions of Americans, I saw the horrifying images of mothers shielding their children as they ran from tear gas and rubber bullets.
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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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Those at the camp said police used mace, tear gas, rubber bullets, water cannons and sound bombs to remove protesters from the camp.
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The video claims to show police attacking a migrant camp, nicknamed the "Jungle", with teargas, rubber bullets and concussion grenades on January 5th.
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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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Protesters marched for more than a month, during which police and demonstrators clashed in clouds of tear gas and flurries of rubber bullets.
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In Bethlehem, the AP reports protesters threw rocks at Israeli soldiers, resulting in the soldiers firing back with rubber bullets and tear gas.
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Protests in Hong Kong again turned violent Sunday, with police using rubber bullets and tear gas, and protestors throwing Molotov cocktails and bricks.
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Greece said police on the Macedonian side of their joint frontier used teargas, rubber bullets and stun grenades to push back the migrants.
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Using bright lights, loud noises and sometimes even rubber bullets, patrollers help to safely scare away bears that may wander into their streets.
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The day was marred by police violence — voters were pulled from polling booths by their hair, and rubber bullets were used on crowds.
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After being criticised for using excessive force, including rubber bullets, on protesters on June 12th, Hong Kong's police force had become more passive.
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The work isn't without risk: though Kiev's Pride was free from violence this year, Istanbul police deployed tear gas, rubber bullets, and beatings.
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Police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper spray in a series of skirmishes on Wednesday to clear demonstrators from the city's legislature.
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Last week saw some of the most violent protests in decades, when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the crowds.
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The protectors who got hit with rubber bullets and tied themselves to construction equipment and soaked with water cannons were overwhelmingly Native American.
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Palestinians in Bethlehem and on the outskirts of Ramallah clashed with Israeli soldiers, who used water cannon and rubber bullets on the protesters.
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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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They're now trapped in a deadly standoff between Greek police — armed with teargas and rubber bullets — and Turkish officials on the northern border.
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Police have fired tear gas, rubber bullets, bean bag rounds and water cannons at protesters, who have retaliated with petrol bombs and bricks.
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Police have used teargas against protesters and have been captured on video shooting people with rubber bullets from just a few feet away.
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They have used tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition against demonstrators who the military said hurled rocks or petrol bombs at them.
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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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The second bill bans the sale of American-made tear gas, rubber bullets or other crowd-control equipment to the Hong Kong authorities.
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Some 900 people were injured on polling day when police fired rubber bullets and charged at crowds with truncheons to disrupt the vote.
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The demonstrations have become increasingly violent, as protesters have clashed with police, who are using tear gas and rubber bullets to dispel them.
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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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The Sunday march, for its part, focused on recent police brutality, such as the point-blank use of rubber bullets against retreating protesters.
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"The main part of the demonstration had not arrived, and they started throwing percussion grenades, tear gas and rubber bullets," Mr. Guimarães said.
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Multiple arrests were made around the campus Monday, as protesters attempted to leave, only to be met with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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A second Senate bill would ban the export of tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and stun guns to the Hong Kong police.
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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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The Sunday march, for its part, focused on recent police brutality, such as the point-blank use of rubber bullets against retreating protesters.
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In addition, 3,098 people were injured by bullet fragments or other shrapnel, or were struck directly by tear gas canisters or rubber bullets.
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In the streets, anti-government demonstrators clashed with forces loyal to the president amid reports of live fire, rubber bullets and tear gas.
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Local first responders said that security forces used rubber bullets against the migrants, and that one person, Honduran Henry Adalid, 26, was killed.
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When the protests first erupted on Thursday, police used tear gas and rubber bullets to prevent crowds of protesters from storming Georgia's parliament.
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Most troublingly, Sheley says the amendment opens a loophole that weakens the restrictions on drones equipped with weapons like tear gas or rubber bullets.
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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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Rubber bullets and tear gas were fired into the crowds and clashes erupted between the students and activists from the ruling party's youth league.
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In the dark, the demonstrators cannot see far as they face off against Israeli security forces firing tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition.
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"We don't want Daniel," said Lester Hamilton, 35, who was struck by rubber bullets in protests last week and remained encamped at the university.
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But Thursday's debate was suspended after it sparked riots in the capital that were put down by police firing rubber bullets and tear gas.
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He told Mashable in a phone call Thursday afternoon that he's seen people get maced, shocked with a Taser and hit with rubber bullets.
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Last Wednesday's protest turned violent, and 11 people were arrested after clashes with police, who used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse crowds.
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Hong Kong police repeatedly fired tear gas and also shot rubber bullets into large crowds of protesters gathered around the local legislature on Wednesday.
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The past weekend saw more clashes between protesters and police, who again fired rubber bullets and tear gas as the demonstrations grow increasingly violent.
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That follows another weekend of clashes between protesters and police, who again fired rubber bullets and tear gas as the demonstrations grow increasingly violent.
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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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Approximately 1,000 people invaded the area, setting fire to the main hall, while police used rubber bullets and clashed with demonstrators in the streets.
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Law enforcement also fired rubber bullets and sprayed protesters with water in temperatures that reached as low as 18 Fahrenheit (minus 8 Celsius) overnight.
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Residents have protested the shooting ever since, blocking highways and marching throughout the city as police met them with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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One member of the lower house of Congress, who had been participating in protests that afternoon, underwent surgery after being hit by rubber bullets.
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" He also said in a statement that the police "never used and is not going to use rubber bullets or gas against peaceful protesters.
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And one pattern: security forces shooting pellet rounds, or rubber bullets, against nonviolent crowds, like in the case of the photographer we mentioned earlier.
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Late last month, hundreds of police in riot gear used pepper spray and rubber bullets to evict protesters from land owned by Energy Transfer.
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The cops shot two guys [with rubber bullets], and they were walking down the side of the hill—with cop boats coming around, too.
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Some in the crowd in Moscow carried knives and pistols that fire rubber bullets, which are legal in Russia for self-defense, Interfax reported.
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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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Enraging Venezuelans and rights advocates, the police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at grieving relatives who gathered outside the jail overnight demanding information.
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Istanbul police fired tear gas and rubber bullets on LGBTQ supporters to enforce a ban on Pride parades in Turkey's largest city on Sunday.
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Starting from mid-afternoon, police fired rounds of tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and bean bags -- and at least 2224 people were injured.
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And protests which started peacefully this week have devolved into running battles with police with missiles being thrown, fires lit and rubber bullets fired.
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The police offered protesters one way out of a besieged campus, raining down tear gas and rubber bullets on those who attempted to flee.
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Hong Kong's police force has sought to put down months of increasingly violent anti-government protests with tear gas, rubber bullets and pepper spray.
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Universities suspended classes last week after clashes in which police fired stun grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas at stone-throwing students at Wits.
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Palestinian protesters used slingshots and threw rocks during the demonstrations, according to the network, and Israeli forces responded with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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But the Venezuelan military blocked that aid from coming in from Colombia and fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters near the border.
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After a week of relative calm and a vote that boosted protesters' cause, officers fired tear gas and rubber bullets, and demonstrators attacked shops.
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Police have responded with tear gas, water cannon, rubber bullets and several live rounds into the air, prompting accusations of brutality which they deny.
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Witnesses said soldiers arrived and fired tear gas, stun grenades, rubber bullets and possibly live bullets in the air while settlers shot live ammunition.
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On Saturday, Israeli troops using live ammunition and rubber bullets shot and wounded about 70 Palestinians among demonstrators at the border, Palestinian officials said.
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This just days after police hit hundreds of the unarmed activists with rubber bullets, concussion grenades, and water cannons in the sub-freezing weather.
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Some protesters were taken to a hospital after being hit by rubber bullets, said Dallas Goldtooth, an organizer with the advocacy coalition Indigenous Environmental Network.
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The extradition bill triggered the most violent protests in decades when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the crowds earlier this month.
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There were some blockages in Hong Kong's central business district, and the police used tear gas and rubber bullets in response to some rock-throwing.
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Protests through the week were met with tear gas and rubber bullets from police, plunging the city into turmoil and piling heavy pressure on Lam.
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World Briefing Several university students were injured in a clash with campus guards who fired rubber bullets and tear gas on Wednesday, university officials said.
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PESSIMISTIC The past weekend saw more clashes between protesters and police, who again fired rubber bullets and tear gas as the demonstrations grow increasingly violent.
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One member of Paraguay's lower house of Congress, who had been participating in protests on Friday, underwent surgery after also being hit by rubber bullets.
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Dastis has defended the actions of Spanish police who used batons and rubber bullets to disperse non-violent protesters at polling stations on Oct. 1.
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Regional health officials said six people were injured when the crowd was shot at with rubber bullets and sprayed with tear gas by security forces.
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NBC News couldn't independently confirm the use of rubber bullets, and a sheriff's spokesman, Rob Keller, told NBC News that no water cannon were deployed.
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Glencore said a security company at its Wonderkop Smelter, fired rubber bullets to disperse the protesters, who were demanding employment, with eight sustaining minor injuries.
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Buses, boats and rubber bullets Gonzalez Vidal's journey for freedom and opportunity began when he and his family left Cuba for Ecuador two years ago.
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The protest was against recent staff dismissals and the company said its security had tried to disperse the crowd with rubber bullets and paint-balls.
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Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said police who regularly patrol Jerusalem's Old City use stun grenades in clashes, but are not routinely armed with rubber bullets.
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A Hong Kong democracy activist, Joshua Wong, this week tweeted pictures of teargas shells and rubber bullets he said were used by police against protesters.
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Update: On Sunday night, activists at Standing Rock reported that the authorities had used rubber bullets, tear gas, pepper spray, and water cannons against them.
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They said many of their injuries came from security forces who fire tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets, sometimes from boats on the river.
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They said many of their injuries came from security forces who fire tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets, sometimes from boats on the river.
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Demonstrations throughout the week were met with tear gas, bean bag rounds and rubber bullets from police, leading to turmoil and significant pressure on Lam.
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Stone-throwing youths have been met by rubber bullets and tear gas canisters lobbed by security forces while many of Maduro's supporters have remained steadfast.
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Portland police on Friday said they had arrested at least 26 people after using pepper spray and rubber bullets to try to disperse the crowd.
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On the second night of the protests, I split from my crew to get footage of the National Guard spraying the crowd with rubber bullets.
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Near one protest, masked youths and national guardsmen fought running skirmishes, and the police swiftly repressed several attempted demonstrations with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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In Istanbul, participants were forced to disperse after the Turkish police fired tear gas and rubber bullets, and in Singapore participants protested anti-gay statutes.
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But the crackdown also left thousands of peaceful protesters choking on tear gas and many others smarting from pepper spray or injured by rubber bullets.
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A group of protesters attempting to storm the building threw umbrellas and other objects at the police, who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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It began peacefully until some protesters pried up bricks and threw them at police officers, and police responded by firing rubber bullets and tear gas.
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A health clinic in Caracas reported treating 69 people, mostly hurt by rubber bullets and tear gas but also including one wounded by live ammunition.
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The violence — the brutality by the police and the use of rubber bullets against peaceful civilians trying to exercise their franchise — was no small matter.
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What's happening: Pro-democracy protesters have accused Hong Kong police of brutality and faced tear gas, rubber bullets and officers disguised as anti-government protesters.
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That started to gradually change and women began building roadblocks, throwing back tear gas cannisters as well as facing rubber bullets and bean-bag rounds.
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Some clashes between protesters and police became violent, and tear gas, petrol bombs, rubber bullets and water cannons became part of the city's new normal.
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The police used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons, and local lawmakers scrambled to stop officers from charging inside the campus and arresting hundreds.
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Even before marchers arrived there from Ramallah, clashes pitted demonstrators throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails against Israeli security forces firing tear gas and rubber bullets.
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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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On Monday, the police shut down roads and fired rubber bullets and tear gas at thousands of Mr. Khan's supporters, preventing them from reaching Islamabad.
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Demonstrators hurled rocks at shield-wielding private security guards while police fired rubber bullets and teargas to disperse the crowd at the Wits Johannesburg campus.
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The clashes continued into the evening, with officers firing more rubber bullets and tear gas, while protesters vandalized shops perceived to be friendly to Beijing.
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Police told protesters to put down their weapons and surrender or face a bombardment of tear gas and rubber bullets, the New York Times reports.
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Spain has been jolted by the Catalan vote and the Spanish police response to it, with batons and rubber bullets used to prevent people voting.
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Hong Kong police said late on Monday that 32 people had been arrested since Wednesday, when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters.
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The vote had been marred by violence, with Spanish national police yanking would-be voters from polls, beating protesters, and shooting rubber bullets into crowds.
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Clashes erupted again on the streets of Hong Kong Wednesday, as police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters demonstrating against a controversial extradition law.
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Spain has been rocked by the Catalan vote and the Spanish police response to it, which saw batons and rubber bullets used to prevent people voting.
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In one location police fired tear gas and rubber bullets, but groups of protesters, many wearing goggles and gas-masks, remained scattered across a wide area.
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Police fired round after round of tear gas, much of it without warning, and deployed pepper spray and rubber bullets at protesters who would not move.
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Police have retaliated with tear gas and rubber bullets, while pro-Beijing and anti-Beijing factions have assaulted each other on streets and in subway stations.
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Later, as he arrived in Curitiba, police fired rubber bullets and tear gas into a crowd of supporters awaiting the former president, according to news reports.
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Protesters threw petrol bombs and set fires as police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets, bean bag rounds and a water cannon tinted with blue dye.
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Overnight, police fired teargas and rubber bullets to disperse a crowd in the rural New Territories after protesters denounced the government's refusal to seal the border.
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Overnight, police fired teargas and rubber bullets to disperse a crowd in the rural New Territories after protesters denounced the government's refusal to seal the border.
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Confrontations between protesters and police intensified in recent weeks after law enforcement officials moved in with mace, rubber bullets, water blasts, sound bombs and attack dogs.
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Palestinian health officials said at least one Palestinian suffered a live bullet wound in the West Bank and some 30 protesters were hit by rubber bullets.
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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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The two sides then clashed in a residential area, with police firing rubber bullets and tear gas, and protesters pushing a burning cart toward the authorities.
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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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In recent weeks, protesters have thrown everything from excrement to petrol bombs at security forces, who have used tear gas and rubber bullets to block marches.
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Protesters threw Molotov cocktails and troops fired rubber bullets in the air Friday afternoon in one part of the capital, Caracas, video distributed by Reuters showed.
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Protests have been comparatively peaceful by day, becoming more violent after dark as police use tear gas and rubber bullets to battle self-proclaimed "revolutionary" youths.
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The police responded with rubber bullets and tear gas, leaving several people with bloody backs and faces, according to interviews with villagers and images posted online.
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About 900 people were injured when officers used rubber bullets and batons against voters in scenes that shocked Spain and the world, and escalated the dispute.
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Much like this summer, Hong Kong's citizens took to the streets, and their calls for democracy were met with pepper spray, tear gas and rubber bullets.
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They withdrew when police fired rubber bullets, but regrouped in smaller pockets to light fires in the street from wooden pallets, cardboard boxes and other debris.
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There are tragic exceptions: a police chief who was shot and wounded by a homeowner in Oklahoma, a man seriously injured by rubber bullets in Maryland.
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Two dozen of the victims were minors, and 14 of the survivors were blinded by snipers who fired rubber bullets, said Vilma Núñez, the organization's president.
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The marches against the government began in 2017, and many musicians took part, some bringing their instruments to play amid the tear gas and rubber bullets.
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And I played during the 2017 protests, where the national guard shot at me with rubber bullets, threw tear gas at me and destroyed my violin.
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Since the start of the protests, police have used 160 rubber bullets, 150 sponge bullets and fired 1,000 rounds of tear gas, a police spokesperson said.
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Later Sunday, protesters smashed store windows and concrete planters along city sidewalks; police made a handful of arrests and shot rubber bullets to disperse the protesters.
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By The New York Times The police used tear gas, rubber bullets, water cannons and armored vehicles to try breach the barricades all day on Sunday.
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As the day wore on, government security forces used water cannons, rubber bullets and batons against protesters, just as they have for the last three months.
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Officers should also consider using additional actions such as rubber bullets, water cannon with tear liquid and bean bag rounds against any cases of "Active Aggression".
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Police and protesters clashed in multiple districts, with the latter throwing petrol bombs and setting fires as the authorities responded with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Journalist organizations have also complained that the police have interfered with coverage of the protests, arresting reporters and hitting them with rubber bullets and pepper spray.
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Over the course of the day, over 100 rounds of tear gas and rubber bullets were launched at protesters on the campus, according to The Post.
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In 2015, police officers in Maryland shot a man with rubber bullets after being called to a nonexistent hostage situation, causing broken bones and bruised lungs.
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So far the crisis has been largely violence-free, except for the day of the referendum when national police assaulted voters with batons and rubber bullets.
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Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters as tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of central Hong Kong Sunday, the BBC reports.
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Authorities said 420 people have been arrested over the protests since June 9, while police have fired 1,000 rounds of tear gas and about 160 rubber bullets.
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Friday's protests were patrolled by Catalonia's local police force, unlike during last year's illegal referendum when national officers' use of batons and rubber bullets caused an outcry.
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Glencore said a security company at its Wonderkop Smelter fired rubber bullets to disperse the protestors, who were demanding employment, resulting in eight people sustaining minor injuries.
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Israeli forces — including 100 military snipers who were deployed to the border in advance of the protests — have responded with tear gas, rubber bullets, and live ammunition.
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The protests, in which police have fired teargas and rubber bullets, began over a draft law that would have allowed the extradition of suspects to mainland courts.
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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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Iraqi security forces used live and rubber bullets as well as tear gas to dislodge the protesters from the district that houses government buildings, parliament, and embassies.
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Protesters find safety in numbers, so police try to thin out crowds with gas and rubber bullets before charging to grab as many people as they can.
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Overnight, police fired teargas and rubber bullets to disperse a crowd in the city's rural New Territories after protesters denounced the government's refusal to seal the border.
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Protesters in Hong Kong braved pepper spray and rubber bullets to successfully delay debate on a controversial bill that would expose Hongkongers to extradition to mainland China.
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On Sunday, police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse activists after thousands had ringed the Liaison Office, the main Beijing representative office in the city.
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The move comes after another weekend of fierce clashes between protesters and police, who again fired rubber bullets and tear gas as the demonstrations grow increasingly violent.
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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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Police used rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper spray to disperse protesters who were throwing cans outside the Presidential Palace in Brasilia, state-run news media reported.
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For more than three months, tear gas, rubber bullets, rocks and petrol bombs have flown between protesters and security forces in hotspots around the OPEC member nation.
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Those fights followed larger outbreaks of violence in central Hong Kong last month, when police forced back activists with tear gas, rubber bullets and bean-bag rounds.
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The signs and chants of the peaceful protesters demanding basic rights and fair elections are met with tear gas, rubber bullets, water cannons and even sniper fire.
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Police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse a rally on June 20 but has failed to deter demonstrators from returning to the streets since then.
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Anti-Trump protests in Portland were already declared "riots" by police, who arrested 26 people while pelting the crowd with rubber bullets and teargas, as NBC reported.
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There are other options, of course: the stinger grenade, which pelts people with rubber bullets; a non-lethal Taser; or even a paintball gun filled with PepperBalls.
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"From that moment things intensified, the police began to use a lot of gas and rubber bullets, the noise of the repeated fire was loud," he said.
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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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Street protests and unrest intensified during and after the election, with government forces using rubber bullets, tear gas and batons against opposition protesters, according to several reports.
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The woman in Laurel Chor's picture appears to be angrily appealing to the police, telling them not to fire rubber bullets or harm any of the protesters.
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Spanish police launched a violent crackdown in an effort to thwart the referendum, using rubber bullets and batons on voters in scenes that shocked Spain's European neighbors.
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The insane thing is setting dogs on people and shooting rubber bullets at them so you can continue to destroy the world -- that absolutely makes no sense.
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Images of the national police force in riot gear using rubber bullets and truncheons to shut polling stations and seize ballot boxes spread quickly around the world.
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The protests escalated on Monday after demonstrators objected to police tactics — including firing tear gas and rubber bullets — during other protests in Hong Kong over the weekend.
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This week Amnesty International said Hong Kong police have violated human rights by using gas, rubber bullets and pepper ball projectiles on the protestors in confined spaces.
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Police clashed with protesters in back-to-back demonstrations last weekend, firing tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse large crowds as bricks were thrown at officers.
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The police have used water cannons, tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets while dispersing crowds, and their tactics have been criticized by protesters and international watchdogs.
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They can warn people off with tear gas or rubber bullets, which are often inaccurate and ineffective, and if that doesn't work, they can use live fire.
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The police fired tear gas and rubber bullets, and the local news media reported that an Indonesian journalist in Wan Chai had been struck in the eye.
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Police have responded with tear gas, water cannons, rubber bullets, bean-bag rounds and several live rounds, warning the crowds beforehand with a series of coloured banners.
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The police fired rubber bullets to disperse A.N.C. supporters who were headed toward Democratic Alliance marchers, and clashes between rival protesters were reported elsewhere in the country.
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Trump's bills would require an annual certification of Hong Kong's autonomy, and bar the sale of ammunition including tear gas and rubber bullets to Hong Kong police.
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One police officer was shot in the leg with an arrow, as the force responded with round after round of tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons.
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At night she could still hear the pop of rubber bullets and the screams of protesters who had been caught by police when she tried to sleep.
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Seeking shelter under the eaves of a mall, I watched as a police officer, on the steps of a footbridge, fired round after round of rubber bullets.
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On the other side of the barricades and beyond the flames of burning debris were lines of riot police, armed with batons, tear gas and rubber bullets.
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And the opposition's effort to deliver humanitarian aid over the weekend was easily fended off by forces loyal to him, armed with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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The streets of one of the safest cities in the world now regularly become battlegrounds with police firing rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse illegal demonstrations.
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Thus far in 2019, police have fired over 3,000 canisters and hundreds of rubber bullets in an effort to quell the protests, according to the Washington Post.
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On Wednesday, protesters surrounded the legislature and swarmed onto a major highway, before being forced back by riot police firing volleys of tear gas and rubber bullets.
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The protests over the past 10 days have been largely peaceful although police on Wednesday last week used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds.
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DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at opposition party supporters in the capital Dhaka on Wednesday as tension soared weeks before a general election.
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In late November, dozens of people were hospitalized and hundreds injured after police used fire hoses, rubber bullets, and several other forms of force to curb the demonstration.
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In July this year, Turkish riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets against activists who assembled in the capital Istanbul in protest at the gay pride ban.
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Activists at the scene reported on Twitter that police were also spraying protesters with water in sub-freezing temperatures and firing rubber bullets, injuring some in the crowd.
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It was initially peaceful but riot police later repeatedly fired tear gas and rubber bullets into crowds and some protesters clashed with officers and threw objects at them.
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On Sunday police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse activists on the edge of Hong Kong's glittering financial district after they had fled China's Liaison Office.
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Umpula and Lameki both said the security forces had opened fire to disperse the protesters, but it was unclear if they had fired live rounds or rubber bullets.
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That was also shown in its response to recent student demonstrations over road traffic deaths, including the use of rubber bullets and the arrest of a prominent photographer.
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As protesters blocked streets with metal barriers and hurled water bottles, police fired tear gas and rubber bullets, and threatened to use more force to disperse the crowds.
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In 2015, North Dakota passed a bill allowing police to use armed drones, but, unlike Connecticut, limited them to "less lethal" weapons like rubber bullets and tear gas.
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Outside La Fortaleza, the centuries-old fortress that serves as the governor's mansion, police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds at around 11 p.m.
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Details: The nonprofit Venezuelan Observatory of Social Conflict told The Washington Post 1 man died and dozens more were injured by tear gas, live ammunition and rubber bullets.
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Protesters in the government area were followed closely by riot police who responded to them by firing multiple rounds of tear gas and rubber bullets at the crowd.
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Many in the city have accused the police of using excessive force during protests, and criticized tactics that have included the use of rubber bullets and tear gas.
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As for the protests, the marches yesterday started out peacefully, but ended with law enforcement firing tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who charged at police. 4.
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Sponge Rounds are considered a softer crowd control weapon than rubber bullets, but they can be as lethal if pointed at the upper body from a close range.
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Comparing acoustic signatures, Forensic Architecture then matched the fatal shots to the distinct sounds of live ammunition, contradicting the military's claim that only rubber bullets had been fired.
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Adding to tensions around Grasberg, several Freeport workers and police were injured in a clash in Papua on Thursday, when officers fired rubber bullets at demonstrators in Timika.
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In November 2016, after some protesters set fires on a highway crossing, law enforcement reportedly fired rubber bullets, sprayed water and used tear gas to make demonstrators disperse.
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More than 2,000 were wounded as Palestinians surged toward a border fence and security officers were authorized to use tear gaze, rubber bullets, and lethal ammunition in response.
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Yes, a few dozen provocateurs did damage property and throw objects at the police, after being provoked by the officers' tear gas, rubber bullets and military-style maneuvers.
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Killing the mammals might seem like a drastic step, but Oregon wildlife officials say attempts to scare off sea lions with pyrotechnics and rubber bullets only helped temporarily.
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A deputy field coordinator with medical charity Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) told Reuters that, of around 300 people treated, more than 30 had injuries caused by rubber bullets.
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"The indiscriminate use of chemicals, rubber bullets and stun grenades against vulnerable populations, and particularly without reasons for such force, is a dangerous and deplorable act," Kyritsis said.
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For hours, police officers fired hundreds of rounds of tear gas and rubber bullets and students hurled Molotov cocktails and bricks, and practiced firing bows with flaming arrows.
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At least 30 people were being treated Tuesday night in a makeshift first-aid center on campus, apparently for exposure to tear gas and injuries from rubber bullets.
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In Bethlehem, another contested city in the region, Israeli troops responded to Palestinians throwing stones with tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades, according to The Associated Press.
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The campus of a Hong Kong university transformed into an apocalyptic scene on Monday as riot police armed with tear gas and rubber bullets surrounded pro-democracy protesters.
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In the field, these men and women, most of them in their 20s, tend to those who have been subjected to tear gas, rubber bullets, and flying stones.
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About 900 people were injured when officers fired rubber bullets and charged crowds with truncheons in scenes that shocked Spain and the world, and dramatically escalated the dispute.
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In two back-to-back protests last weekend, police attempted to clear large crowds with rubber bullets and tear gas, while protesters pushed a flaming cart at police.
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While Israeli troops fatally shot four Palestinians, the Palestinian Red Crescent reported that other protesters sustained wounds after being hit by Israeli tear gas canisters and rubber bullets.
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More than 80 Palestinians were wounded in the occupied West Bank and Gaza by Israeli live fire and rubber bullets, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance service.
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Earlier Wednesday security personnel fired tear gas and rubber bullets at hundreds of protesters -- some of whom were seen trying to climb the building's walls -- eyewitnesses told CNN.
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JOHANNESBURG — Anti-immigrant protesters led a violent march into South Africa's administrative capital, Pretoria, on Friday, and the police responded with rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons.
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McCann devotes sections to "the mushroom effect," or how the heads of suicide bombers are nearly always separated from their torsos, and the damage that rubber bullets cause.
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DAMAGED METRO 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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"We still don't have (gas) masks but in the midst of tear gas we've treated patients wounded by rubber bullets or asphyxiating," said a doctor known as 'gypsy.
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On Wednesday, protesters surrounded the legislature and swarmed on to a major highway, before being forced back by riot police firing volleys of tear gas and rubber bullets.
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The Kyrgyz State Committee on National Security confirmed its special forces unit was seeking to detain Atambayev at the village outside the capital Bishkek and had used rubber bullets.
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They come with changes of clothes to avoid detection after they disperse, and gas masks against tear gas (which the police used, along with rubber bullets, on July 21st).
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BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spanish police fired rubber bullets in a Barcelona street on Sunday in disturbances over a banned Catalan independence referendum, according to people quoted by El Periodico newspaper.
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POLICE FIRE RUBBER BULLETS DURING XXXTENTACION MEMORIAL EVENT IN LA: REPORT TMZ previously reported that according to an eyewitness, the "Look at Me" rapper "appeared lifeless with no pulse."
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Demonstrators in Hong Kong protesting a proposed bill that would allow people to be extradited to mainland China have been faced with police using rubber bullets and tear gas.
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Police have responded with tear gas, water cannon, rubber bullets and occasional live rounds, wounding several protesters, many of whom received treatment from volunteer medical workers at the roadside.
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They postponed the march after police used tear gas and fired rubber bullets to stop crowds angered by the visit of a Russian lawmaker from storming the parliament building.
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With helicopters circling overhead, US authorities fired tear gas and, according to witnesses, rubber bullets, as some of those marchers approached a metal fence that separates California and Mexico.
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On Wednesday, police wielding batons and riot shields fired tear gas and rubber bullets at crowds, while protesters used open umbrellas in defense, with some throwing objects at police.
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Five people died during last week's strike as National Guard troops seeking to dismantle blockades fired tear gas and rubber bullets at masked youths hurling stones and Molotov cocktails.
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On June 12, three days after the first major march against the extradition bill, protesters and police faced off, with police firing pepper spray, tear gas and rubber bullets.
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As anger rose among the throngs of men, police struggled to disperse the growing crowds, firing rubber bullets and trying to corral rioters into certain sections of the city.
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Once that kind of stuff happened, the police response was very different at that point — that's when you had the tear gas, the rubber bullets, and all of that.
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Princess Black Even after the attacks every night with tear gas and rubber bullets, people were still talking about looting as if that was something that went on forever.
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Most of the chaos was centered here in Barcelona, the regional capital, where police fired rubber bullets and used batons on voters trying to enter and defend polling stations.
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Hong Kong's youth have been at the forefront of the city's biggest and most violent protests in decades, with police firing rubber bullets and tear gas in chaotic scenes.
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"We used a water cannon, blanks and rubber bullets as well as physical force," Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Georgi Kostov told reporters outside what is Bulgaria's biggest refugee camp.
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The protests were largely peaceful but sometimes devolved into chaos, as law officers fired rubber bullets and tear gas and sprayed water at some activists they say were unruly.
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Police, widely criticized for failing to better protect the public from last weekend's attack, responded on Sunday with tear gas, rubber bullets and sponge grenades, a crowd control weapon.
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That rally fell a week after some 900 people were injured when police fired rubber bullets and stormed crowds with truncheons to disrupt a referendum ruled illgal in Madrid.
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State-run news reported that police used rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper spray to break up protesters who had been throwing cans outside the Presidential Palace in Brasilia.
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Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets during protests in the southern Chinese village of Wukan, a place long celebrated in China for its residents' struggle for local democracy.
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A protest in Hong Kong on Sunday evening ended in violence after police deployed tear gas and rubber bullets against a group of pro-democracy activists demonstrating against extradition.
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Spanish riot police reportedly used rubber bullets and batons against members of the public trying to vote on Sunday, as well as storming polling stations to seize ballot boxes.
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Police in Hong Kong on Wednesday used tear gas and rubber bullets against demonstrators protesting a bill that would allow citizens to be sent to mainland China for trials.
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As local residents not taking part in the protest crossed the road, protesters urged them to hurry, opening umbrellas to protect them from potential tear gas or rubber bullets.
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Riot police were seen firing rubber bullets at pro-independence protesters attempting to cast their ballots, and video footage showed police kicking people who would not leave polling stations.
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He said the agents knew he intended to cover the protests, which have prompted the police to use rubber bullets, pepper spray and water cannons against hundreds of people.
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In 2015, riot police used water cannons and rubber bullets to drive hundreds of participants away, and in 2016, tear gas was used on those who tried to march.
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Last year, ultra-nationalist groups vowed to prevent the marches, calling them "immoral," and marchers were violently dispersed in 2015 by riot police with rubber bullets and water cannons.
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Last Saturday, the "yellow vests" marked a 44th week of violence, with thousands of people rioting in six major French cities, with tear gas, water cannons, and rubber bullets.
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These protests became violent in mid-June, when police responded to a relatively peaceful, if large, lunchtime protest by deploying tear gas and shooting rubber bullets into the crowd.
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When some protesters charged the police in an attempt to enter the building, riot control officers opened fire with rubber bullets and more than 150 canisters of tear gas.
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The police also fired rubber bullets into the crowd for the first time in decades, and wounded a driver for a radio station with a shot in the eye.
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I cannot imagine that anyone who came to Standing Rock and saw their fellow protectors get hit with rubber bullets and water cannons will ever forget that victorious sound.
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Rubber bullets, truncheons and tear gas now greet the protesters, preferred by forces sent by Mr. Macron's interior minister, who sat in the front row at the news conference.
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They wielded batons and fired rubber bullets in an attempt to close down polling stations and disperse voters — clashes that dominated news coverage, as the vote descended into chaos.
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Protesters, including many middle- and high-schoolers, are demanding safety on the country's clogged and anarchic roads, and say they have been met with rubber bullets and tear gas.
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All of the routes out of the besieged campus are blocked by a cordon of heavily armed riot police officers using a hailstorm of tear gas and rubber bullets.
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A second bill, which Trump also signed, bans the export to the Hong Kong police of crowd-control munitions, such as teargas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and stun guns.
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A second bill, which Trump also signed, bans the export to the Hong Kong police of crowd-control munitions, such as teargas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and stun guns.
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As tensions have grown, the police have increasingly used tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper spray and water cannons loaded with chemicals that cause intense pain on contact with skin.
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At their most violent, the Yellow Vest protests saw people break shop windows, the police fire tear gas and rubber bullets and Mr. Macron consider a state of emergency.
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Hong Kong police have fired around 10,000 rounds of tear gas and about 4,800 rubber bullets during the months of unrest, the city's security minister John Lee said Wednesday.
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Recent weeks have seen young people setting large fires in the street and throwing petrol bombs at riot police, who respond with tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons.
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In at least one location, a Reuters correspondent saw police opening fire with tear gas and rubber bullets, and chasing and beating demonstrators, after youths hurled stones at them.
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Luis Almagro, the secretary general of the Organization of American States, condemned the use of tear gas, gunfire, rubber bullets, and repression by police against peaceful demonstrators on Tuesday.
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This past weekend was no exception, as North Dakota law enforcement used water cannons and rubber bullets to push back protectors from a barricaded bridge leading to construction sites.
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Protests have paralyzed parts of the capital city for seven days in a row and Chilean police have responded to demonstrators by firing tear gas, rubber bullets, and water cannons.
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Protests continued through the week and were met with tear gas, bean bag rounds and rubber bullets from police, plunging the city into turmoil and piling heavy pressure on Lam.
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Demonstrations continued through the week and were met with tear gas, bean bag rounds and rubber bullets from police, plunging the city into turmoil and piling heavy pressure on Lam.
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Protests that continued through the week were met with tear gas, bean bag rounds and rubber bullets from police, plunging the city into turmoil and piling heavy pressure on Lam.
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On Sunday police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse crowds of activists on the edge of Hong Kong's glittering financial district after they had fled China's Liaison Office.
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Police in Hong Kong used rubber bullets, tear gas and water hoses on crowds demonstrating against a proposed law that would allow people to be extradited to the Chinese mainland.
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The evening culminated with the trashing of a police station and arson at a nearby bank, at which point the SWAT team showed up with rubber bullets and tear gas.
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Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets on Sunday as they sought to defend China's main representative office from protesters who set up road blocks and hurled bricks and sticks.
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She traces her transformation from silent sympathizer to frenetic den mother to June 12, when the police escalated their tactics by firing rubber bullets and beanbag rounds at unarmed protesters.
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Security forces firing tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons made it impossible for rescue workers to properly treat the victim, Chile's publicly-funded National Institute for Human Rights said.
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Police fired tear gas, rubber bullets and a water cannon at protesters during Saturday and early Sunday, as the violence spilled from Hong Kong island across the harbor to Kowloon.
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Police fired tear gas, rubber bullets and a water cannon at protesters on Saturday and early Sunday as the violence spilled from Hong Kong island across the harbour to Kowloon.
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The Chinese fishermen ignored radio warnings, the statement said, adding that Taiwan coastguard fired rubber bullets, hitting some of the fishermen in the legs, but did not cause major injuries.
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Some 61 people have been killed in the unrest, which frequently pits rock-throwing hooded youth against National Guard soldiers firing tear gas, spraying water cannons or firing rubber bullets.
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Blasting these innocent people with concussion grenades, rubber bullets the size of baseballs and a water cannon in freezing weather was a deliberate act of terror sanctioned by the sheriff.
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Trucks laden with U.S. food and medicine on the Colombian border repeatedly attempted to push past lines of troops on Saturday, but were met with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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What happened when Michael Brown met Ferguson officer Darren Wilson Protestors quickly took to the streets, clashing with police, who used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.
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The blow to the head he suffered turned out to be fatal, but while he was lying there, still alive, the National Guard allegedly kept shooting rubber bullets at him.
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An uneasy calm had settled over the city after police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper spray in a series of skirmishes to clear demonstrators from the city's legislature.
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More than 18903 people were injured after the police, who were sent by the government in Madrid from other parts of Spain, used rubber bullets and truncheons to disperse voters.
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That prompted a siege in which the authorities tried to storm the civilian prison on Friday using tear gas bombs and rubber bullets in an attempt to end the rebellion.
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Last week, hundreds of protesters in the administrative capital Pretoria set fire to buildings, looted mostly foreign-owned businesses and clashed with police, who fired rubber bullets at the crowds.
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On Saturday, troops loyal to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro blocked convoys of U.S. humanitarian aid from crossing from Colombia to Venezuela, using teargas and rubber bullets and killing two protesters.
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The use of rubber bullets represented a turning point in the police response and was the first time the government acknowledged using the nonlethal rounds in Hong Kong in decades.
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When some protesters charged the police as they tried to enter the building, riot control officers opened fire with rubber bullets and tear gas, casting a smoky pall over downtown.
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Nearly 900 people have been arrested since the demonstrations began with frequent clashes between protesters and police, who have at times fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse activists.
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In 2015, a 20-year-old man in Maryland was shot in the face with rubber bullets by police after someone allegedly reported a fake hostage situation at his house.
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A policeman and a protester remain in critical condition, Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau said on Sunday, adding that "several people" had been blinded in one eye by police rubber bullets.
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Around 300 migrants, including women and children, were injured on Sunday when they sought to break through the border fence and the Macedonian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Halloween masks have not been banned, which will make it difficult for police - who have responded to the violence with tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon - to identify protesters.
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Halloween masks have not been banned, which will make it difficult for police - who have responded to the violence with tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon - to identify protesters.
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The Colombian foreign minister said 285 people were hurt, and 37 hospitalized, after the Venezuelan National Guard fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters near the Colombian border Saturday.
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More than 6,000 people have been arrested since the demonstrations escalated in June — nearly 40% students — while police have fired around 16,000 rounds of teargas and about 10,000 rubber bullets.
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A policeman and a protester remained in critical condition, Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau said on Sunday, adding that "several people" had been blinded in one eye by police rubber bullets.
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Hong Kong's hot summer of street protests has entered its 13th week, the demonstrations' intensity only increasing with hundreds of arrests, clouds of tear gas and volleys of rubber bullets.
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More than 100 people were wounded, after police fired about 1,400 rounds of tear gas, 900 rubber bullets and six live rounds as protesters threw petrol bombs and wielded sticks.
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Dozens of smaller protests have been held throughout the summer, many of them turning violent, with police firing tear gas and rubber bullets, and protesters throwing bricks and petrol bombs.
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Most weekends, black-clad protesters throng the streets in demonstrations that have increasingly descended into violent clashes with police, who often fire tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds.
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Police have fired thousands of rounds of tear gas and rubber bullets at brick- and petrol bomb-throwing protesters and arrested more than 2,300 people since June, many young teenagers.
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Close-range rubber bullets, flying rocks, tear gas canisters and tear gas have caused the majority of wounds and health problems, according to over a dozen doctors and rights groups.
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The authorities have brought water cannons, rubber bullets, tear gas, helicopters and dogs against what has become one of the largest gatherings of tribes, from all nations, in a century.
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As Human Rights Watch reported, the Venezuelan government used live ammunition against protesters, but also fired rubber bullets and teargas canisters at point-blank range with the intent to kill.
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But the French court on Friday endorsed the police argument that it could not keep the peace without rubber bullets, even as it noted that "very serious" injuries had resulted.
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Lam to apologize for the police's actions on Wednesday, when they fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who tried to encircle and then storm the Legislative Council offices.
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Codelco made the sweetened offer on Tuesday after clashes at the mine, when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas as striking workers tried to block access to a site.
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The regime sometimes allowed these protests to take place without incident, but more often responded with tear gas, rubber bullets, and mass arrests, particularly when protests escalated into violent riots.
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Lo, speaking at a press briefing, said 22 police officers were injured in the protests that turned violent on Wednesday as police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper spray.
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Police wearing riot gear pepper-sprayed and fired rubber bullets at protesters attempting to cross a creek near the planned route of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota Wednesday afternoon.
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" Rubber bullets and pepper spray Nearly seven months after Trump's election, police in Portland, Oregon, geared up for the 10th protest since Election Day pitting the alt-right and "hard left.
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Protest groups accused police of using excessive force, and videos posted on social media showed officers beating unarmed protesters and firing rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at point blank range.
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Police presence is considerably smaller Friday than it was last week, when they used tear gas and rubber bullets to clear tens of thousands of protests from Harcourt and surrounding streets.
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In a video statement posted on Twitter by the Indigenous Environmental Network, a medic reported at least four wounds from rubber bullets, with three of those to the face or head.
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On Tuesday, police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannon to disperse the crowd of 3,000 protesters in Loikaw, capital of the eastern state of Kayah, also known as Karenni.
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Violent clashes on Wednesday when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters near the heart of the financial centre grabbed global headlines and forced some banks to shut branches.
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Met by rubber bullets, water cannon and tear gas fired by the National Guard, the protesters say the crisis demands an early presidential election that they are sure Maduro would lose.
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Police, national guardsmen and paramilitary groups drove back lorries carrying food and medical supplies, and used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse people who were trying to escort the aid.
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BARCELONA, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Spanish police fired rubber bullets in a Barcelona street on Sunday in disturbances over a banned Catalan independence referendum, according to people quoted by El Periodico newspaper.
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Braving tear gas, rubber bullets and beanbag rounds earlier this month when protests turned violent, Dino says he has drawn and painted as much as he can about the mass rallies.
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Less-than-lethal weapons like rubber bullets and bean-bag rounds are a bad compromise, using a projectile that's too slow to kill, and too big and heavy for real accuracy.
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Hong Kong's Beijing-appointed leader Carrie Lam, eventually caved in after some of the worst violence seen in decades on the city's streets, with police firing tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Politicians across the globe criticized armed Spanish police who used truncheons and rubber bullets on voters, injuring hundreds in a crackdown on Sunday's secession vote, considered illegal under Spain's 1978 Constitution.
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They've reportedly been subjected to a litany of abuses, including arrest en masse, assault with pepper spray, attacks with rubber bullets and sound cannon, and detainment in dog kennel–esque barracks.
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The Bismarck Tribune reported that a resulting standoff, which lasted several hours, consisted of authorities blasting the protesters with tear gas, concussion grenades, rubber bullets and water cannons in freezing temperatures.
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The fights followed larger outbreaks of violence between police and protesters in central Hong Kong last month, with police forcing back activists with tear gas, rubber bullets and bean-bag rounds.
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After riot police charged the crowd in Caracas' Altamira plaza, firing rubber bullets and tear gas canisters, she said an officer wrestled her to the ground and stole her mobile phone.
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Tensions flared on Tuesday when Chilean police fired rubber bullets and tear gas in clashes with miners striking at the mine as the workers tried to block access to a site.
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After hours of confrontation between protesters and the police dozens had been taken to hospitals with injuries from rubber bullets or stones, thrown by protesters, as well as tear gas poisoning.
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In 2010, when thousands of Sahrawis demonstrated for their political freedom, Morocco responded by attacking them with helicopters and ground troops, using rubber bullets and water cannons to disperse the uprising.
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Demonstrators threw up barricades across Hong Kong at the weekend, as police fired tear gas into crowded underground train stations as well as rubber bullets and pepper pellets at close range.
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Riot police and protesters turned a university campus into a battleground where thousands of police rounds of tear gas and rubber bullets were met with petrol bombs, bricks and flaming arrows.
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"On the other side, unfortunately, I cannot agree on the use of force, not even that type of force that is tear gas or rubber bullets," Mayor Juan Manuel Gastelum said.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Saturday demanded that Taiwan release two mainland fishermen who have been detained after the island's coastguard fired rubber bullets at them amid simmering tensions between the rivals.
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Protesters routinely spend hours in clashes with National Guard troops and police, who disperse them and break up improvised barricades with a combination of tear gas, rubber bullets and armored vehicles.
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During last year's independence vote, Spanish police attempted to shut down impromptu voting stations, provoking an international outcry with the use of batons and rubber bullets in melees that injured dozens.
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A news release issued by MSF quoted one doctor with the charity saying said three children had been taken in to its field clinic with head injuries caused by rubber bullets.
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"The idea of celebrating Thanksgiving while people are getting shot with water cannons and rubber bullets for trying to protect their water makes us really sad," Brady Bennon told The Oregonian.
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According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, at least 49 people were wounded in clashes on Thursday in the West Bank, with most of the injuries from tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Hong Kong's Beijing-appointed leader Carrie Lam eventually caved in after some of the worst violence seen in decades on the city's streets, with police firing tear gas and rubber bullets.
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The extradition bill — and the police's heavy-handed response to protests earlier this year, including the use of rubber bullets and tear gas — has effectively revived the city's pro-democracy movement.
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It is not clear whether those firearms and ammunition included nonlethal guns and rubber bullets or bean bag rounds like those that have been used against the protesters in recent days.
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A total of 1,416 were injured by a combination of live and rubber bullets and gas inhalation by the end of Friday's marches, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, according to CNN.
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Venezuelan Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez said Sunday -- after security forces had fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters -- that the country's security forces had protected the border in "exemplary" fashion.
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Within seconds, state security officers lurking in the shadows surrounded the protesters, and Marwan's mind flashed back to tear gas, beatings, rubber bullets — sometimes even live ones — and threats of rape.
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A second bill, also approved by both chambers, would ban the export of crowd-control munitions, including tear gas, rubber bullets, stun guns and tasers, to the Hong Kong police force.
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The Colombian foreign minister said 285 people were hurt, with 37 requiring hospitalization, after the Venezuelan National Guard fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters near the Colombian border Saturday.
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Cops fired rubber bullets at the driver's side window -- and once they shattered the glass, SUPERDOG sprung into action ... flying through the glass and into the car to incapacitate the suspect.
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As it stands, they're still in danger of abuse from local law enforcement, who have recently taken to employing violent measures—tear gas, rubber bullets and water hoses—against the demonstrators.
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The police's use of tear gas and rubber bullets was a turning point in their response to the demonstrations, and reflected the government's determination to keep the legislature from being overrun.
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But he quit his job to protest police brutality after they fired rubber bullets, bean bag rounds and 150 canisters of teargas at protesters, and jailed several students on rioting charges.
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Thousands of Palestinians poured into Jerusalem's Old City to participate, and Israeli security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets, injuring at least 450 Palestinians, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
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Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam suspended the extradition bill after violent protests last month when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas, but she has rejected calls to scrap it.
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Police fired tear gas, bean bag rounds and rubber bullets at young protesters who gathered this week around the Chinese-ruled city's legislature and government headquarters in the tens of thousands.
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He'd been shot at by the police with rubber bullets, bullets that were almost two inches in diameter, topped with a grey rubber bulb and finished with a black plastic base.
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Violence flared in the Georgian capital late on Thursday, where police used tear gas and rubber bullets to stop crowds furious about the visit of a Russian delegation from storming parliament.
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Last week, riot police fired rubber bullets and tear gas grenades at students from the public Central University of Venezuela in Caracas, who demonstrated in demand of a referendum on removing Maduro.
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Videos showed police on several occasions pulling unarmed protesters to the ground and beating them with batons, and CNN saw police point guns which fire rubber bullets at journalists and retreating protesters.
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Look closely at Snuggies for the Revolution and you'll find kaleidoscopic rubber bullets, tasers, tear gas, police batons, and grenade launchers emblazoned on what might be the absolute embodiment of American consumerism.
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police fired rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of students protesting against rape on campus at Rhodes University on Wednesday, forcing classes to be called off for the day.
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Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas early on Tuesday as workers at the mine tried to block access to the site operated by state-owned Codelco, the world's largest copper miner.
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They are also calling for the police to be investigated for alleged brutality after officers fired rubber bullets and tear gas this month at a crowd that had surrounded the government headquarters.
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The police's response to the protests - by firing rubber bullets, water cannons, and teargas at unarmed students - has drawn international criticism for the government, including from the United States and United Nations.
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Earlier that day, police attempted to remove water protectors from private property — using pepper spray, as well as tasers, rubber bullets, and sound canons, according to an eyewitness account in Mother Jones.
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Demonstrations continued through the week and were met with tear gas, bean bag rounds and rubber bullets from police, plunging the Asian finance hub into turmoil and piling heavy pressure on Lam.
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Protesters are also increasingly venting their anger at police after riot squads sprayed tear gas and fired rubber bullets at protesters on June 12, actions the police commissioner has described as justified.
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Macri was criticized for the arrest of a popular community activist and came under fire for the police's use of rubber bullets against a community group rehearsing for Carnival that included children.
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Demonstrators protesting a proposed extradition bill have been clashing with Hong Kong police, fending off rubber bullets, tear gas and high-pressure water hoses well into Wednesday night, AP and Reuters report.
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" Police used "concussions grenades, rubber bullets, tear gas, water cannons," she said, "and then they fired up the [Long-Range Acoustic Device] but as far as I know, it was never used.
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The Morton County Sheriff's Office described the clash as a "riot" prompted by "very aggressive" activists, while protesters said authorities used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon in below-freezing temperatures.
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Anger at police has mounted after violence during a demonstration against the extradition bill on June 12 in which riot squads fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters outside the legislature.
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" In the Venezuelan border towns of San Antonio and Urena, troops fired tear gas and rubber bullets at opposition supporters, including lawmakers, walking towards the frontier waving Venezuelan flags and chanting "freedom.
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In the country's commercial hub Johannesburg, four people were injured after police "fired rubber bullets at protesters who were attacking other protesters with stones," Johannesburg Metro Police Department spokesman Wayne Minaar said.
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He joined the movement he now addresses as a leader after police broke up the first demonstration against the lawmaker's speech on June 20 with tear gas and rubber bullets, injuring hundreds.
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Per Mashable, sources at Apple believe an unknown party assaulted the buses in transit with rocks, BB guns, rubber bullets, or something else—though no explanation is yet forthcoming for the damage.
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On Sunday night, much of downtown came to a standstill after riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who had defied a police ban to march through the city.
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A hospital official said one man had suffered a serious head wound from a rubber bullet fired from close range but an Israeli police spokesman denied that rubber bullets had been used.
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On June 15th, as local French fans tried to celebrate another late win, this time over Albania, English fans hurled bottles at riot police, who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Protesters have thrown petrol bombs and vandalised banks, stores and metro stations, while police have fired rubber bullets, tear gas, water cannon and, in some cases, live ammunition in scenes of chaos.
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This week also saw students protest at universities across the city, leading to pitched battles with police, who fired rubber bullets and tear gas, while protesters used petrol bombs, bricks, and javelins.
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I find it incomprehensible that Piñera's troops would target an observer of the INDH (National Institute of Human Rights), who was hit by six or seven rubber bullets, depending on the source.
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Police blocked the roads and dispersed protesters on several nights with military-grade equipment, including body armor, rifles, tear gas, rubber bullets, and even armored, mine-resistant vehicles that are basically tanks.
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During one of the airport protests, the slogan was "Don't trust Hong Kong police," because of the way the police handled recent protests, shooting rubber bullets and tear gas into the crowds.
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The prosecutor's office said Melia was suspected of organising the protests, including an attempt to storm the legislature that led to violent clashes with police, who fired tear gas and rubber bullets.
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When tens of thousands of students took to the streets of Spain to protest new education laws in 1987, riot police officers violently dispersed the demonstrators, firing tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Only two weeks ago, Turkish police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who attempted to stage an LGBTQ Pride parade in defiance of a government-issued ruling banning the march.
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SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A Chilean student blinded in both eyes by police rubber bullets in a protest last year appeared in public on Wednesday for the first time to rejoin anti-government protests.
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After migrant families — including mothers with infants and small children — gathered at the border fence in Tijuana, the US military fired tear gas and rubber bullets to violently disperse the asylum-seekers.
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Protesters gathered in their hundreds across the territory, singing and chanting, in contrast to the violence of many previous weekends when police have responded with tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon.
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The battle at PolyU, in which the police fired more than 1,000 cans of tear gas and rubber bullets, represented the force's most direct intervention onto one of the city's university campuses.
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As the state's interior minister, he developed a hard-line reputation by introducing the use of rubber bullets and forcing arrested demonstrators to pay police costs as a condition of their release.
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Police have responded with tear gas, water cannon, rubber bullets, bean bag rounds and several live rounds fired in the air, warning the crowds beforehand with a series of different coloured banners.
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Editorial President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has sought in recent days to cow crowds of protesters with barrages of rubber bullets and tear gas canisters tossed by ground forces and from helicopters.
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The police have fired nearly 16,000 rounds of tear gas and 10,000 rubber bullets since the protests began in June over a now-withdrawn bill that would have allowed extraditions to China.
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In a text message on Monday, a student protester at the East West University described seeking refuge inside a classroom after being attacked by police officers with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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The situation subsequently escalated and drew national attention when police reacted to protesters, even those acting peacefully, with military-grade equipment, such as armored vehicles, tear gas, rubber bullets, and sound cannons.
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police on Sunday briefly detained at least one woman and fired rubber bullets to disperse a crowd of hundreds of people trying to mark International Women's Day in central Istanbul.
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"I've been watching the news, how they're spraying everybody and using rubber bullets, and these guys are fighting for what they believe in and as a veteran we took an oath," he said.
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Body armor was employed not just by the militarized police at Standing Rock, but also by water protectors who realized they were facing body-threatening assault from rubber bullets and tear-gas canisters.
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An estimated 5,000 riot police fired tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and bean bags at tens of thousands of protesters as they forcibly cleared streets around the city's Legislative Council in Admiralty.
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The police aimed water cannons at crowds, according to some local news reports, and some protesters accused the officers of firing rubber bullets at them, showing the welts on their bodies to journalists.
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Only a little more than two weeks after actress Shailene Woodley was arrested at a peaceful protest in North Dakota, law enforcement returned Thursday with mace, rubber bullets, water blasts and sound bombs.
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Tensions spiraled on June 12 when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters near the heart of the city, sending plumes of smoke billowing among some of the world's tallest skyscrapers.
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Tensions spiralled on June 12 when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters near the heart of the city, sending plumes of smoke billowing among some of the world's tallest skyscrapers.
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RESTIVE WEEKEND Demonstrators threw up barricades across Hong Kong at the weekend, as police fired tear gas into crowded underground train stations as well as rubber bullets and pepper pellets at close range.
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By the end of it nearly 300 people had been injured on the Colombian border by tear gas and rubber bullets fired by Venezuelan security forces and by live ammunition from paramilitary colectivos.
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Late Sunday, law enforcers and protesters clashed, injuring more than 150 people as tear gas, freezing cold water and rubber bullets were used to disperse what authorities said was an aggressive a crowd.
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A 2014 report from the Physicians for Human Rights and International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations, however, found that tear gas and rubber bullets can still be lethal, particularly when used against crowds.
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Hong Kong police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at demonstrators who threw plastic bottles on Wednesday over an extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial.
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The city's police force has come under scrutiny after officers fired rubber bullets and tear gas last month to disperse demonstrators in some of the worst violence to roil Hong Kong in decades.
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During months of opposition protests last year, National Guard members were Maduro's first line of defense against protesters, firing tear gas and rubber bullets as rocks and Molotov cocktails were hurled toward them.
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Police hit people with batons, fired rubber bullets into crowds and forcibly removed would-be voters from polling stations in actions that were condemned internationally but were described by the government as "proportionate".
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Wuilly Arteaga, 23, had become one of the best-known faces of protests against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, playing the National Anthem as tear gas enveloped him and rubber bullets flew around him.
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Reuters was unable to determine what or who prompted the police to fire on protesters, why live ammunition and not rubber bullets was deployed, and why some people were shot in the head.
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ELSEWHERE ➔ Hong Kong: Police in Hong Kong on Monday used rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons to trap protesters who began demonstrating on the campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University on Sunday.
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However, after events on Sunday, when police swung truncheons and fired rubber bullets in the direction of mostly peaceful demonstrators to shut down the referendum, pro-independence parties may again win the election.
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An Instagram post shared by the arts group Border Click claims migrants, protesters, and one of their photographers were shot with rubber bullets by CBP officers on the US side during Sunday's protests.
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But tensions soon boiled over, when police fired rubber bullets and teargas to clear protesters from the streets, injuring dozens and further stoking outrage between the city's pro-Beijing government and its residents.
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Istanbul's gay and transgender community gathered for a small rally that ended with tear gas and rubber bullets on Sunday after their annual march was banned for the fifth consecutive year.
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Imagine, further, that 43 million Americans had risen in protest, only to be met by tear gas and rubber bullets while Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan rushed the bill through a pliant Congress.
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An analysis of videos posted on social media showed that the government went from using tear gas to rubber bullets, then real bullets and finally military firepower like assault rifles and grenade launchers.
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Nearly 900 people have been arrested since the demonstrations escalated in mid-June with frequent clashes between protesters and police, who have at times fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse activists.
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"CLIMATE OF FEAR" Nearly 900 people have been arrested since the demonstrations began with frequent clashes between protesters and police, who have at times fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse activists.
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Beirut this weekend saw the worst violence since protests against the country's elite erupted in October, with hundreds injured as security forces deployed water cannon and rubber bullets to disperse stone-throwing protesters.
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The riot police showed a blatant disregard for their human rights obligations, instead launching teargas canisters at protesters' heads, firing rubber bullets in their eyes and attacking people at hospitals and a mosque.
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Reuters reported that as many as 46 people were treated for injuries after protesters reportedly threw fireworks and stones at police who used tear gas canisters and rubber bullets on anti-government demonstrators.
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There have been violent confrontations near the route of the pipeline with state and local law enforcement, who used tear gas, rubber bullets and water hoses on the protesters, even in freezing weather.
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National Guard troops and government-aligned militias beat crowds back with tear gas, rubber bullets and other weapons, and at least three people were killed, according to human rights groups and news reports.
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Beirut this weekend saw the worst violence since protests against the country's elite erupted in October, with hundreds injured as security forces deployed water cannon and rubber bullets to disperse stone-throwing protesters.
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"There's been a lack of respect for the Wiphala," said Josue Pillco, a construction worker from La Paz, who said he was shot by police with rubber bullets while walking back from work.
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After a weekend of violent confrontations between young pro-democracy protesters and police using tear-gas and rubber bullets, 44 people arrested during the clashes were told they would be charged with rioting.
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Footage shared on social media from previous rallies has shown security forces beating protesters in the streets, firing rubber bullets and live ammunition and attacking patients and staff being treated in a hospital.
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Rosas said police and army personnel had broken international law in the use of live ammunition in crowd control and its own protocols in the liberal use of rubber bullets and tear gas.
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Security forces used teargas, water cannon and rubber bullets to push protesters, who pelted them with rocks and firecrackers, away from the main sit-in site and government buildings in the capital city.
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Codelco delivered its most recent proposal on Tuesday after clashes at the mine that led to police firing rubber bullets and tear gas as striking workers tried to block access to a site.
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Tens of thousands of Catalans demonstrated in the streets of the northeastern region against action by the police, who tried to disrupt Sunday's vote by firing rubber bullets and charging into crowds with truncheons.
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"Projectiles in the form of tear gas canisters, rubber bullets, and concussion grenades led to numerous blunt force traumas including head wounds, lacerations, serious orthopedic injuries, eye trauma, and internal bleeding," the council wrote.
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The latest deaths come amid a month of protests that have sparked politically-motivated shootings and clashes between security forces armed with rubber bullets and tear gas and protesters wielding rocks and Molotov cocktails.
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Last month, the department used sponge rubber bullets and other riot control equipment to disperse a group of activists that threw projectiles at officers as authorities prevented them from reaching a pipeline work site.
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With helicopters circling overhead, US border authorities fired tear gas and, according to witnesses, rubber bullets as some of the marchers approached the United States at a metal fence where train tracks run through.
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Hong Kong Police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets to break up protests in Hong Kong's tourist district, prompting the protesters to set shops on fire and throw petrol bombs at police.
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There were chaotic scenes when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters near the heart of the financial centre, which was gripped by 79 days of pro-democracy "Umbrella" protests in 2014.
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The batons, rubber bullets and violence used by Spanish police to prevent voting in what Spanish authorities have said was an illegal referendum had shown a "dreadful external image of Spain", he told reporters.
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Charities working in the camp reported the use of tear gas, rubber bullets, water cannons, bulldozers, mallets, and chainsaws, despite a promise from French authorities that the eviction process would be gradual and peaceful.
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There were chaotic scenes when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters near the heart of the financial center, which was gripped by 79 days of pro-democracy "Umbrella" protests in 2014.
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Students in the capital Managua took over of the National University of Engineering, hurling stones and Molotov cocktails as they faced off with riot police, who responded by firing tear gas and rubber bullets.
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On Sunday police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse activists after they had fled China's Liaison Office, its main representative branch in the city, after defacing some walls and a national emblem.
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Across Catalonia's separatist heartland of Osona county, politicians said police action, using rubber bullets and batons against voters in the independence vote, left little room in the independence camp for anything short of secession.
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There are only four of us in a 12-passenger van, but it still feels cramped, packed as it is with everything we need to survive water cannons and rubber bullets in blizzard conditions.
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Earlier this week Ms. Foo said that police officers had fired 44 rounds of tear gas, 11 rubber bullets, three beanbag rounds and one sponge grenade during operations in the Tseung Kwan O district.
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The Associated Press reports that Saturday's protests remained largely peaceful but noted that some fights broke out between French riot police and protesters, while rubber bullets and tear gas were used to disperse demonstrators.
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On Wednesday, at least two students were injured after the police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades to break up protests at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, university and student representatives said.
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Police have been accused of committing human rights abuses against the predominantly peaceful demonstrators, by using water cannons in freezing temperatures as well as pepper spray, rubber bullets, dogs, tear gas, and concussion grenades.
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Carrie Lam, Hong Kong's leader, said today she hoped a standoff between police and the protesters could be resolved, instructing police to respond humanely after clashes with tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets.
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The medical teams attributed many of the injuries to rubber bullets, pepper spray and shrapnel from concussion grenades, according to Mr. Goldtooth, and said that water sprayed from cannons caused early signs of hypothermia.
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The country is undergoing a major economic and social crisis, fueling daily protests between security forces and protesters lobbing rocks, petrol bombs and feces that are being met with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Charities working in the camp reported the use of tear gas, rubber bullets, water cannons, bulldozers, mallets, and chainsaws, despite a promise from French authorities that the eviction process would be gradual and peaceful.
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In between the two marches, a demonstration outside the local legislature turned violent on Wednesday when protesters trying to storm the building were met with tear gas and rubber bullets from riot police officers.
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About 250 people, including dozens of journalists, were arrested en masse on the first day, and police used tear gas, smoke bombs, pepper spray, flash bangs, and rubber bullets to stop an antiwar protest.
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So he used what money he had left and drove 21 miles to join the fiery protests on Saturday in Paris, where the police moved in with tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets.
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Macedonian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to push back hundreds of migrants and refugees from a border fence at a sprawling refugee camp on the Greek side of the frontier on Sunday.
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Turkish state media reported that a 22-year-old Syrian man from Aleppo was killed when Greek border guards shot him with rubber bullets as he was attempting to sneak across the border Monday.
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Popular protests have rocked the small country of 6 million since October, and have recently spiraled into violent clashes with police as security forces use rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons on demonstrators.
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Inmates using illegal cellphones have also illuminated the conditions inside by sending out photographs and videos showing wounds possibly caused by rubber bullets, meals without any protein, dead rodents and walls darkened by mold.
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The transfer of police control was a major step toward autonomy for Catalonia, but the Mossos came under heavy criticism during Spain's financial crisis for using excessive force, including rubber bullets, during street protests.
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Hong Kong's metro stations and roads re-opened on Monday, after a chaotic weekend that saw police fire water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who set fires and threw petrol bombs.
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By the end of the day, the ministry spokesman in Gaza said there were 758 injuries from live bullets and 148 from rubber bullets, and the rest suffered from gas inhalation and other injuries.
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At least 17 Palestinians were killed by both live ammunition and rubber bullets fired by Israeli troops in Gaza after tens of thousands of Palestinians marched along the Israel-Gaza border Friday, CNN reported.
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October 1 - Almost 900 people are injured when Spanish national police crack down on Catalonia's disputed independence referendum, raiding polling stations and firing rubber bullets in a concerted attempt to deny the vote legitimacy.
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Mario Rozas, the Chilean police chief, said in an interview with CNN three days after the shooting that he had identified the officers who fired rubber bullets and the force was cooperating with prosecutors.
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The protests ran for several months and were quelled by hundreds of riot police firing rubber bullets, hurling tear gas and beating up villagers with batons, victims and witnesses told Reuters at the time.
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In the occupied West Bank, Palestinians set fire to tires and threw stones and firebombs at Israeli troops, who responded with tear gas, water cannons, rubber bullets and, in a few instances, live fire.
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Images of police firing rubber bullets and tear gas beneath gleaming skyscrapers this month near the heart of the financial center grabbed global headlines and drew condemnation from international rights groups and protest organizers.
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One of the dead was aged 16 and at least 400 people were wounded by live gunfire, while others were struck by rubber bullets or treated for tear gas inhalation, Gaza health officials said.
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Police on Saturday fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets at thousands of protesters who trashed restaurants and shop-fronts and set wheelie bins ablaze on Paris' upmarket Champs-Elysees boulevard, a tourist magnet.
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The coalition said protesters on Sunday were trying to remove one of two vehicles -- both burned in the October 27 incident -- from the bridge when authorities started firing the rubber bullets, tear gas and water.
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Videos circulating on social media sites have shown protesters, wearing motorcycle helmets for protection, throwing rocks and homemade fire bombs at armed riot police officers, who have responded by firing tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Protest organizers planned on Tuesday to hold demonstrations that are intended to be clearly pacifist, including a read-in and a bike ride, in response to the police use of tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Protesters have shifted their strategy by staying on the move in an effort to thwart arrests and increased police use of crowd control tactics like tear gas and rubber bullets over the last few weeks.
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State security forces responded with what human rights organizations have called excessive force, firing live and rubber bullets into the crowds, beating activists in the streets, and making sweeping arrests, including of journalists and doctors.
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During the independence vote, which Spanish courts had ruled illegal, police attempted to shut down impromptu voting stations, provoking an international outcry with the use of batons and rubber bullets in melees that injured dozens.
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RUBBER BULLETS, TEAR GAS Beijing's grip over Hong Kong has intensified markedly since Xi took power and after pro-democracy street protests that gripped the city in 2014 but failed to wrestle concessions from China.
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Tensions spiralled on June 12 when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at anti-extradition protesters near the heart of the city, sending plumes of smoke billowing among some of the world's tallest skyscrapers.
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Tensions spiraled on June 12 when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at anti-extradition protesters near the heart of the city, sending plumes of smoke billowing among some of the world's tallest skyscrapers.
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This conversation took place a few miles away from, and about an hour before, activists (who refer to themselves as "water protectors") reported that authorities used rubber bullets, tear gas, and water cannons against them.
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Hong Kong (CNN)Hong Kong descended into scenes of chaos Sunday night, after riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters, and a mob armed with batons attacked people in a metro station.
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The protests were largely peaceful, but at times devolved into chaos as law enforcement officers fired rubber bullets, tear gas and water at some activists who set fires, vandalized construction equipment and blocked building efforts.
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Police and protesters, some dressed in black ninja-style outfits, have fought running street battles for weeks, with police firing tear gas, rubber bullets and occasionally live rounds against brick and petrol-bomb throwing activists.
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On their journey, they have crisscrossed and leapfrogged through Latin America by boarding buses, propeller planes and broken-down boats while also coming face to face with armed military members, rubber bullets and tear gas.
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SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian police fired water cannon and rubber bullets to quell a riot by migrants angered at being confined to their refugee camp due to a health scare, the interior ministry said on Thursday.
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Police unleashed volleys of tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets to halt tens of thousands of protesters as they marched towards Congress to call for Temer's ouster and an end to his austerity program.
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On Sunday police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse activists on the edge of Hong Kong's glittering financial district after they had fled China's Liaison Office, its main representative branch in the city.
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The Palestinian Red Crescent said Saturday it had treated 231 people injured in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza -- including 12 wounded by gunshots, 24 hit by rubber bullets and 172 who inhaled tear gas.
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Other news organizations were similarly removing their journalists from the field and assessing how to cover the story while ensuring that their reporters were not caught in the crossfire of gunshots, bricks and rubber bullets.
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Police forces have often used non-lethal weapons such as rubber bullets, water cannons, and volleys of tear gas to disperse the immense crowds of protesters that have taken to the streets in recent months.
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TBILISI (Reuters) - Police in Georgia fired rubber bullets at protesters outside the country's parliament building on Thursday, a Reuters witness said, forcing crowds angry over the visit of a Russian lawmaker to begin to disperse.
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The Hong Kong government withdrew the extradition bill that sparked the protests in September, but demonstrations have continued and become increasingly violent as police and protesters exchange rubber bullets, tear gas, Molotov cocktails, and acid.
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In Turkey, members of Istanbul's gay and transgender community gathered for a small rally that ended with tear gas and rubber bullets on Sunday after their annual march was banned for the fifth consecutive year.
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Lam, said it would be impossible to rush through the bill, with the city on edge after street clashes punctuated by police volleys of tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters opposed to the legislation.
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Lam's resignation, the release of people arrested during clashes with the police last week and an investigation into the police's use of batons, tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters in clashes on June 12.
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Striking miners and police clashed earlier on Tuesday, with authorities using rubber bullets and tear gas as workers tried to block access to the state-owned firm's mine, one of its most important copper deposits.
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The airport blockade capped one of the bloodiest weekends in modern Hong Kong history which saw police indiscriminately firing tear gas and rubber bullets in the confined spaces of the city's mass-transit railway stations.
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As some tried to cross the bridge to reach the fortified Green Zone — home to government offices and foreign embassies — police started throwing stun grenades and firing rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse them.
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On October 1, when China marked the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic, police said they deployed a record level of force, including 1,400 rounds of tear gas, 900 rubber bullets and six live rounds.
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Its report includes witness testimony that 24-year-old Kevin Gómez was killed when he was allegedly shot by a soldier with rubber bullets at close range and without warning in the city of Coquimbo.
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Migrants tried to tear down the razor wire fence between the two countries last week but were blocked by Macedonian forces and dozens were wounded when Macedonian police fired teargas and rubber bullets at them.
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As the crush of bodies pressed forward on the bridge, protesters were also turned into easy targets for the police officers who fired round after round of rubber bullets and bean bags in rapid succession.
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SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Protesters against Chile President Sebastian Pinera's government have rallied around a student blinded by police rubber bullets and his family hopes a photo capturing his injuries will increase international pressure on the administration.
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Maduro has deployed all of his security forces, while arming citizen militias (colectivos) to block, repress, beat-up and dispel protests by using tear gas, rubber bullets and trucks mounted with high-pressure water cannons.
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Others see evidence of a disproportionate police response to antifa activists, such as those who criticized law enforcement in Portland for firing rubber bullets and stun grenades into a crowd of antifa protesters on Sunday.
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Many peaceful protests have degenerated into running battles between black-clad protesters and police, who have responded with tear gas, water cannon, rubber bullets, bean bag rounds and several live rounds fired into the air.
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But Ms. González said the explanation made little sense because her brother had already been hit with rubber bullets fired by FAES officers during a protest several days ago, and was barely able to walk.
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Violent clashes on Wednesday when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters grabbed global headlines and forced some banks to shut branches near the protest site in the heart of the financial hub.
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Despite Spanish police using batons and rubber bullets to disrupt the banned referendum, which was declared unconstitutional by Madrid, the Catalan government said 2.26 million people had cast ballots, a turnout of about 42 percent.
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The protesters this time were beaten back by rubber bullets and tear gas, and by hundreds of police in riot gear, who made scores of arrests and barred Hong Kong and foreign journalists from the area.
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Israeli soldiers are confronted by frequent violent Palestinian protests along the Gaza border and have used tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition against demonstrators whom the military said hurled rocks or petrol bombs at them.
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Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters in Hong Kong on Wednesday, hours after tens of thousands of mostly young people surrounded the city's government headquarters and postponed the debate over the controversial bill.
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets at protesters in southern townships of Johannesburg on Tuesday to quell the latest violence over lack of housing and jobs, piling pressure on President Jacob Zuma's government.
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There were chaotic scenes this month when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters near the heart of the financial centre, which was gripped by 79 days of pro-democracy "Umbrella" protests in 2014.
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Tear gas and rubber bullets were used to clear a major occupation on June 12, leading to allegations of police brutality and even angrier protests, several of which targeted the police headquarters and blocked officers inside.
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Protests against a proposed change to Hong Kong's extradition policy continued on Thursday as several thousand protesters demonstrated in the streets — undeterred by the tear gas and rubber bullets police fired at them a day earlier.
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Some carried white carnation flowers and others held banners saying, "Do not shoot, we are HongKonger" - an appeal to police who fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters on Wednesday, injuring more than 70 people.
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On Tuesday tens of thousands of Catalans demonstrated in the streets of the northeastern region against action by the police who tried to disrupt Sunday's vote by firing rubber bullets and charging into crowds with truncheons.
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As the crowds surged, hundreds of riot police with shields advanced, firing rounds of tear gas, rubber bullets and sponge grenades - a crowd-control weapon - at protesters, sending clouds of acrid, burning smoke through the streets.
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Also on Monday police in the Swiss city of Zurich used tear gas and rubber bullets against a group of around 100 Kurdish activists who held an unauthorized demonstration outside the Turkish consulate in the city.
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The teenager lost both of his eyes just two weeks ago, during a July 2 protest in the Andean city of San Cristobal, Venezuela, which turned bloody when police began firing rubber bullets into the crowd.
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ZURICH (Reuters) - Zurich police used tear gas and rubber bullets to try to break up a group of around 100 Kurdish activists holding an unauthorized demonstration outside the Turkish consulate in Switzerland's financial capital on Monday.
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Police fired tear gas, rubber bullets and deployed a water cannon at protesters during Saturday and early Sunday, they said, as the violence spilled from Hong Kong island across the water to the northern Kowloon side.
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Police fired tear gas, rubber bullets and deployed a water cannon at protesters during Saturday and early Sunday, they said, as the violence spilled from Hong Kong island across the water to the northern Kowloon side.
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North West University spokesman Koos Degenaar told Talk Radio 702 that the violence there began after protesters disrupted a student council meeting, prompting security guards to fire tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.
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At least nine people were killed and 900 injured in two nights of the violence in Jakarta last month, with police firing tear gas and rubber bullets and protesters charging them with rocks, sticks and firecrackers.
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In recent weeks, Dakota Access Pipeline protesters have been tear gassed, sprayed with water cannons in freezing temperatures, and shot with rubber bullets by a police force using military-style vehicles and violent riot suppression tactics.
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They took to the streets to protest the police violence that occurred during the referendum—with Spanish riot police closing off polling stations and using batons and rubber bullets to stop voters from casting their ballots.
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As the local police assaulted the encampment and arrested protestors en masse—reportedly shooting them with rubber bullets, mace, and grenades—she couldn't stop thinking about why no one in power was paying attention: Where's Congress?
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The print ad, which appeared today in the New York Times and Canada's Globe and Mail, among others, reads in part:Amid tear gas and rubber bullets, this once vibrant and safe metropolis is at a crossroads.
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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Indigenous people and police clashed in Brazil's capital city on Tuesday, as officers fired rubber bullets and tear gas while tribe members shot arrows in return during a protest against farmers' encroachment on reservations.
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Mr. Kwok said that 1,458 rounds of tear gas and 1,391 rubber bullets were fired on Monday, putting a figure to the dizzying display of smoke and gunfire witnessed on the second day of the siege.
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Four people were killed in Baghdad, where security forces opened fire with live ammunition and rubber bullets against protesters near a bridge over the Tigris river, the sources said, and twelve died in clashes in Najaf.
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Lawyers for Sergeant Flores said the final shot was necessary after Mr. Jaquez kept threatening officers with a knife despite having been hit by four gunshots and multiple rounds of stun gun shocks and rubber bullets.
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Tsang was shot at point-blank range as he fought a police officer with a metal pipe on Tuesday, when demonstrators hurled petrol bombs at police who responded with tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon.
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Then, in some of the worst violence, universities became battlefields, with black-clad students hurling gasoline bombs, throwing bricks and aiming arrows at the riot police, who shot rubber bullets and fired tear gas in return.
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PRETORIA (Reuters) - South African police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets to disperse rival marches by hundreds of protesters in Pretoria on Friday, after mobs looted stores this week believed to belong to immigrants.
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In Hong Kong, Daring Escapes From a Violent Siege at a University The police offered protesters one way out of a besieged campus, raining down tear gas and rubber bullets on those who attempted to flee.
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As the local police assaulted the encampment and arrested protestors en masse—reportedly shooting them with rubber bullets, mace, and grenades—she couldn't stop thinking about why no one in power was paying attention: Where's Congress?
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In one instance outlined in the report, the Egyptian government ignored a communication by the US Embassy in Cairo that asked about the use of US-manufactured riot-control gear, including rubber bullets, and smoke grenades.
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That was just one friction point in the tense standoffs between armed Maduro loyalists and opposition protesters, which at times gave way to violence, with tear gas and rubber bullets being used to disperse the crowds.
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This was after Myers had gained a huge following on YouTube for doing things like blowing up trees with incendiary rounds, shooting his fans with rubber bullets, and driving around town in a tank armed with a .
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Protests in South Africa over student fees and inequality Protests in South Africa over student fees and inequality Over 830 arrests, a student leader shot 13 times with rubber bullets, and a priest shot with live ammunition.
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In scenes that grabbed global headlines on June 12, police fired rubber bullets and tear gas on protesters near the heart of the financial centre, sending plumes of smoke billowing among some of the world's tallest skyscrapers.
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In fact, four people were arrested in public hospitals after participating and getting injured at Wednesday's protest, in which cops deployed 150 rounds of tear gas along with beanbag rounds and rubber bullets into crowds of protestors.
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The company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline continued to move drilling equipment into place near the Missouri River Monday, the day after police used water cannons, tear gas, and rubber bullets to disperse protesters in freezing temperatures.
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Activists accuse the police, who have fired rubber bullets and nearly 2,000 rounds of tear gas to disperse demonstrators, of using excessive force and have called on the government to launch an independent inquiry into their actions.
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The vets, who will be unarmed but wearing body armor, have vowed to protect protesters from police who have arrested hundreds of people in the last two months while utilizing tear gas, rubber bullets, and water cannons.
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Millions have taken to the streets since June in Hong Kong's largest and most violent protests in decades, with police firing rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse activists, and protesters storming and ransacking the Legislative Council.
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As the sea of protesters approached the headquarters of state-run PDVSA oil company, they were met by rubber bullets and a curtain of eye-scorching tear gas, some of it a never-before-seen red color.
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On Sunday, the Macedonian police released tear gas and fired rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of people who tried to break through a border fence in a sprawling refugee camp in the northern Greek town of Idomeni.
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Iraqi security forces used live ammunition, rubber bullets, water cannons and tear gas on Friday to dislodge the demonstrators from the city's central district, which houses the Parliament, other government buildings and a number of foreign embassies.
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The demonstrations so far have been largely peaceful, although in Portland protesters have smashed store front windows, sprayed graffiti and damaged cars as they clashed with police who used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds.
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ATHENS — The Macedonian police used tear gas and rubber bullets on Sunday to disperse hundreds of migrants who tried to break through a border fence in a large refugee camp in the northern Greek town of Idomeni.
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A protest against his plans to reduce spending on pensions led to the firing of tear gas and rubber bullets and tied up traffic in Buenos Aires on December 14th, delaying deliveries by two lolly-laden lorries.
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TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian police used tear gas and rubber bullets on Sunday to break up a protest by residents of a mountainous region against the construction of a hydropower plant, the independent Rustavi-2 TV station reported.
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Manuel Condeminas, a 48-year-old IT manager who tried to block police from driving away with ballot boxes on Sunday, said police had kicked him and others before using their batons and firing the rubber bullets.
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"It could all get worse," the moderate Catalan newspaper La Vanguardia said in an editorial after Spanish police used batons and rubber bullets to disrupt the vote, sparking violence that Catalan officials say injured around 840 people.
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A few thousand protesters in Hong Kong on Thursday readied for potentially more clashes with police over a planned extradition law with mainland China, a day after police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at unarmed demonstrators.
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A small group of protesters throwing petrol bombs and powerful fireworks from behind flimsy homemade shields was able to rip down a section of the fence surrounding the airbase, despite volleys of tear gas and rubber bullets.
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But on Saturday, as nearly 8,000 police officers and members of a paramilitary force moved in to remove the protesters, both sides attacked each other with sticks, officers fired tear gas and rubber bullets, and tents burned.
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When protests have turned violence, police have responded to violence with tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, water cannon and baton charges, as well as firing several live shots in the air, prompting complaints of excessive force.
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After mass demonstrations in which the police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters on Wednesday, the Legislative Council announced today that it would again delay discussing a bill that would allow extraditions to mainland China.
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Thousands of activists, including members of Black Lives Matter, and two thousand military veterans went to Standing Rock, to protest on the Sioux's behalf; last month, they endured rubber bullets and water hoses fired in freezing temperatures.
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As their weapons and supplies dwindled, protesters sought to flee the campus, only to find all their routes blocked by a line of heavily armed riot police officers and a hailstorm of tear gas and rubber bullets.
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Police beatings with batons and metal rods, stomping downed protestors' heads, shootings with beanbags and rubber bullets, spraying with toxic gases, and choke-holds, manhandling and bundling young people into police vans hardly qualify as "humane" treatment.
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In addition, Mr. Macron unleashed France's tough riot police, resulting in well over 2,000 injuries and dozens of blindings from rubber bullets, along with a significant fear factor that kept people from turning out for the demonstrations.
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PARIS — Rejecting complaints that heavy police use of golf-ball-size rubber bullets has caused serious injuries, including blindness and fractures, during the Yellow Vest protests, France's highest administrative court Friday upheld the legality of the weapons.
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At trade shows, manufacturers show off prototype policing robots armed with everything from tear gas to Tasers to shotguns firing rubber bullets to — in one case — an electric cattle prod (this was a Chinese riot control robot).
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National police sent in to Catalonia for the referendum swept into polling stations, hitting people with batons, firing rubber bullets into crowds and forcibly removing would-be voters from polling stations, some dragged away by their hair.
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"I have an empty stomach because I can't find food," said Jeannette Canozo, a 66-year-old homemaker, who said police used rubber bullets against protesters blocking a Caracas avenue with trash and bathtubs in the early morning.
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The demonstrations so far have been largely peaceful, although in Portland protesters smashed store windows, sprayed graffiti and damaged cars late on Friday as they clashed with police who used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds.
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