riot control
Quelling civil unrest
Riot control refers to methods and equipment used by police or military forces to disperse crowds and suppress civil disturbances.
The term covers tactics like forming lines and using shields, as well as tools designed to subdue without killing: tear gas, rubber bullets, water cannons, riot gear.
Critics note that "riot control" often labels peaceful protests as riots to justify force.
- tear gasEye-irritating riot dispersant
- kettlingEncircling crowd control method
- pepper sprayCapsaicin-based defensive aerosol
- policeCivil law enforcement
- flashbangsNon-lethal blinding explosive
crowd dispersal · barricade · emergency powers · law enforcement · CS gas · non-lethal · assembly rights · free speech zone · protest march · protective gear · shield wall · irritant · water cannon · mass arrest · unlawful assembly · nightsticks · rubber bullets · mob
- police workpatrol, arrests, arrest, stings, investigation
- prisonsprison, inmates, cells, prisons, prisoner
- public safetypolice, 911, ambulance, fire department, firefighters
- public orderpublic order, breach of peace, disorderly conduct, unlawful assembly, public nuisance
- riot controltear gas, water cannon, rubber bullets, pepper spray, crowd dispersal
- policeofficer, cop, officers, patrol, cops
riot controlrioting
Violent public disturbance
civil unrest · mob violence · riot · uprising · insurrection
riot controlpeaceful protest
Nonviolent collective expression of dissent
peaceful assembly · peaceful march · sit-in · candlelight vigil · silent protest
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