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Riot control

Riot control is a form of public order policing used by law enforcement, military, paramilitary or security forces to control, disperse, or arrest people who are involved in a riot, demonstration or protest.

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Modern examples

Equipment

Riot control agents (RCA)

Tactics

Psychological toll on protesters and Police officers

Research

Riot control units

Weapons used in riot control

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Riot control

Nodes216
Edges215
Triples136
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009259
Components1

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Riot control

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related to Black Lives Matter protests · 24
Riot control → African-American, Americans, Black Lives Matter, Both, Concerns, Counter-protesters, Data, Documentation, Due, First Amendment, George Floyd, Health, Instead, Law, May, Minneapolis Police Officer, National Guard, National Institute, One, Police
related to Consequences · 15
Riot control → Capsicum, Chloroacetophenone, Countries, Death, Different, For, However, Long, Moral, Some, There, These, This, United States, Zingiber
related to Psychological toll on protesters and Police officers · 15
Riot control → American Public Health Association, Arab Spring, As, During, Egypt, Hong Kong, In, In France, PTSD, Studies, Tahrir Square, The Hong Kong, There, This, Yellow Vest
related to Equipment · 12
Riot control → Alternatively, Contemporary, For, However, If, In, One, The, These, This, To, While
has effect · 11
Riot control → Breonna Taylor, Even, For, George Floyd, Police Officers, PTSD, RCA's, Symptoms, They, When, With
see also · 10
Riot control → Area, Armored, Branch, Demoralization, Police, Protective, Public, Tactics, Type, Warfare
related to Riot control agents (RCA) · 9
Riot control → Article, Article II, Chemical Weapons Convention, CWC, Most, RCAs, Riot, These, They
related to Research · 8
Riot control → II, Netguns, PAVA, Pepper-spray, Research, Sticky, Stink, The
related to Tactics · 5
Riot control → As, In, The, These, Usually
related to External links · 4
Riot control → Media, Riot, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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riot police control used officers gas tear weapons protests also use water pepper spray protesters may riots crowd tactics effects

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Riot controlis aform of public order policing used by law enforcement0.90text
batonsinstance ofRiot control personnel have long used less lethal weapons0.80text
whips to disperse crowdsinstance ofRiot control personnel have long used less lethal weapons0.80text
detain riotersinstance ofRiot control personnel have long used less lethal weapons0.80text
riot helmetsinstance ofPersons performing riot control typically wear protective equipment0.80text
face visorsinstance ofPersons performing riot control typically wear protective equipment0.80text
body armorinstance ofPersons performing riot control typically wear protective equipment0.80text
kidnappingsinstance ofused to forcibly disband riots and respond to high-level crimes0.80text
armed robberiesinstance ofused to forcibly disband riots and respond to high-level crimes0.80text
ramming into protesters with their carsinstance ofthese counter-protesters often used more violent techniques0.80text
bottlesinstance ofThese are designed to protect the wearer from those dangers that come from direct melee and hurled objects0.80text
bricksinstance ofThese are designed to protect the wearer from those dangers that come from direct melee and hurled objects0.80text

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