Vietnam farmer a hero after shootout with police
February 10, 2012
| AP
When local police arrived in riot gear to evict the Vuon clan, family members were ready with homemade land mines and improvised shotguns. In a guerrilla-style ambush...
14 arrested at UMass- Amherst after Super Bowl
February 05, 2012
| AP
A spokesman for the University of Massachusetts in Amherst says 14 people have been arrested after police in riot gear were forced to disperse hundreds of students when the...
Police converge on Occupy site in Washington, DC
February 04, 2012
| AP
Dozens of U.S. Park Police officers in riot gear and on horseback converged before dawn Saturday on one of the nation's last remaining Occupy sites. Officers arrived and placed...
Riot police surround Occupy DC camp
February 04, 2012
| AFP
Police in riot gear surrounded an anti-Wall Street protesters' camp in downtown Washington early Saturday in apparent preparation for a crackdown against the Occupy DC encampment...
Police clear tents from Occupy site in DC
February 04, 2012
| AP
Dozens of U.S. Park Police officers in riot gear and on horseback converged before dawn Saturday on one of the nation's last remaining Occupy sites, with police clearing the...
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Riot control refers to the measures used by police, military, or other security forces to control, disperse, and arrest civilians who are involved in a riot, demonstration, or protest. Law enforcement officers or soldiers have long used non-lethal weapons such as batons and whips to disperse crowds and detain rioters. Since the 1980s, riot control officers have also used tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, and electric tasers. In some cases, riot squads may also use Long Range Acoustic Devices, water cannons, armoured fighting vehicles, police dogs or mounted police on horses. Officers performing...
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