Police Riot Control Police around the World

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A thread dedicated to Riot Control Police of Military, Paramilitary, State & Local Police Forces around the world.

Rank of Icelandic National Police officers in full riot gear during the 2008 Icelandic lorry driver protests.

 

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Riot police move in to clear the protesters inside a mall in Hong Kong on July 14, 2019. (Kin Cheung/AP Photo)

Riot police fire tear gas as protesters march between Causeway Bay and Wan Chai in opposition to the national security law last year. Photo: Sam Tsang

 

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French police officer aims at protesters during a demonstration of the "yellow vests" movement in Nantes, France Jan 26, 2019. [Photo/Agencies]

 

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Cleveland Police, 2016.

Officers wearing riot gear line the edge of the California state capitol grounds after removing protesters on May 1, 2020. Photo: Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

Georgia State Capitol, 2020.

Police officers in riot gear at a protest in Minneapolis. Credit...Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

A protester walks with police officers during a protest over the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Police in riot gear with batons stand their ground near the Occupy Portland encampment on Nov. 13, 2011, in Portland, Oregon.

Police officers watch demonstrators on Sunday night after Jason Stockley, a former St Louis police officer, was found not guilty of the murder of Anthony Lamar Smith in 2011. Photograph: Joshua Lott/Reuters

Minneapolis Police Department at the Third Precinct in South Minneapolis, May 27, 2020. Visual: Chad Davis / Flickr

Police officers in riot gear line up near the Capitol building in Washington DC. Photograph: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

 

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Riot police during an unauthorized rally in support of Alexei Navalny in central Moscow on February 2. Sergei Bobylev/Getty Images

 

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An Iraqi police officer instructs fellow officers on proper riot control procedures at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, March 3, 2011​

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq -Policemen from the Iraqi Police Emergency Response Unit in Maysan Province, Iraq, stand in formation during riot-control training organized by 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Advise and Assist Brigade,... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)

 

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Israeli Border Police

 

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Soldiers with the 67th Military Police Company grab hold of a soldier playing the role of a restless prison inmate on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Feb. 16 while practicing riot control drills during a culmination exercise that concluded a week of training for the soldiers. The company's leadership was grateful for the opportunity to train a small group of its soldiers, as their sole mission, typically, is to man the installation's Regional Correctional Facility.

 

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Rapid Action Force, Bangalore City, Karnataka State, India. 2020

 

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I watch this regularly, just because

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Thai Riot police take the area at front of UN Building from Myanmar protesters in event against the military coup and free Aung San Suu Kyi. 7 February 2021

Nov 17, 2020

 

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Police in riot gear move through a cloud of tear gas as they detain a protester at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in Hong Kong, on November 18, 2019.

Riot police fire tear gas at protesters in Hong Kong on Aug. 25, 2019. Kin Cheung/AP

Riot police arrive to disperse protesters from the Legislative Council in Hong Kong.

 

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Police in riot gear blocking a checkpoint into the parade route at Bush's 2nd inauguration, Washington DC. 20 January 2005.

Police in riot gear hold the line near Gwynns Falls Parkway and North Monroe Street near Mondawmin Mall. (Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun)

Washington State Police using tear gas in Seattle. Jason Redmond/Getty Images

Officers in full riot gear have sealed the perimeter of the Supreme Court CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES

U.S. Capitol riot police officers stand guard during a rally in support of defendants being prosecuted in the January 6 attack on the Capitol, in Washington, U.S., September 18, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

 

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Riot police in Pasto, Norino, Colombia. 2021

Riot police are seen during clashes with demonstrators during a protest against the government of Colombian President Ivan Duque, in Facatativa, Colombia, on May 31, 2021.Raul Arboleda / AFP - Getty Images

 

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Israeli police move behind riot shields during clashes with Palestinians at the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem's Old City, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

 

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Italian Riot Police Officers Walk During A Demonstration​

 

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Riot police by the building of the Cabinet of Ministers, 24 November 2013

 

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Riot Police at Almaty, Kazakhstan. Jan. 5, 2022 (EPA Photo)

 

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Iranian Riot Police Standing Guard At The French Embassy​