Police Tactics Mute Protesters and Message
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New York police have developed what amounts to a pre-emptive strike policy, cutting off demonstrations before they affect the Republican convention.
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More than 200 sign-waving and chanting protesters were arrested Saturday after blocking a Columbus Day parade for more than an hour, police said.
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RANGOON, Burma, Aug. 23 -- Defiant pro-democracy activists took to the streets Thursday for the third time this week, forming a human chain to try to prevent officers from dragging them into waiting trucks and buses.
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They wear orange clothes, wave orange banners, tie orange ribbons and even use orange tape to demarcate boundaries for protest meetings.
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They say the clean vehicles' silent nature poses real threats to pedestrians, blind and otherwise, and call for laws to encourage--or, better yet, require--minimum noise output.
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Police are often "too busy" or "not interested" when illegal immigrants are reported, MPs are told by parking firm NCP.
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SANTIAGO -- Chilean riot police used water cannons and tear gas yesterday to break up a demonstration by hundreds of rock-throwing protesters before more than 20,000 people marched to vent their anger at Pacific Rim leaders, particularly US President
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All is not quiet on the speech front.
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Police northwest of Paris used tear gas, rubber pellets and fired a warning shot to disperse a crowd that surrounded their vehicle after they tried to stop a driver for not wearing a seat belt, a police union official said Monday.
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The F.B.I. has been questioning demonstrators in an effort to forestall violent protests at the Republican National Convention.
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A spray used by the police to stop aggressors in their tracks is more harmful than previously thought.
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Hundreds of protesters clashed anew with security forces Monday ahead of this week's Group of Eight summit in Heiligendamm, and police said they briefly halted a demonstration in a nearby city and were pelted with stones.
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The latest crackdown comes before a protest planned this week against new government curbs on the news media, a government official acknowledged Wednesday.
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The PSD is now trying to get out of a crisis by hiding away from it. A month ago, the monitoring of the candidates run by the Coalition for a Clean Parliament (CPC) were given a tough reply by the ruling party.
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Hundreds of protesters clashed with police Monday ahead of this week's Group of Eight meeting, as anti-globalization activists challenged attempts by security officials to keep them away from the summit town of Heiligendamm.
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Police with riot shields fired warning shots and dispersed a group of monks who had defied a ban on demonstrations.