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A protester locked on to heavy earthmoving equipment. A lock-on is a technique used by protesters to make it difficult to remove them from their place of protest. It often involves improvised or specially designed and constructed hardware, although a basic lock-on is the human chain which relies simply on hand grip.
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A more straightforward tactic police may use is a baton charge which involves police officers charging at a crowd of people with batons and in some cases, riot shields. They run at the crowd hitting people with their batons, and in some situations use riot shields to push them away.
It was a one day stay-away on May Day to protest low wages, the banning of Communist leaders and the further plans to ban the Communist party by the South African government. [ 4 ] Stay aways were also used by organizers of the South African insurrection of 1984–1986, with over 40 stay aways used in 1985 and 1986 alone.
CHICAGO — The U.S. Secret Service has led security planning for nearly a year. Chicago police have spent hundreds of hours training officers to responsibly handle protesters.
People participated in the protests of 14 March 2020 in spite of the imminent COVID-19 national lockdown, but leaders of the movement, like Maxime Nicolle and Jérôme Rodrigues, called on staying safe at home. [220] The lockdown effectively put an end to the weekly protests. [citation needed]
Speeches at a pro-Palestine march in London on Saturday will take place on a stage away from the Cenotaph, the Metropolitan Police has said. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan said there ...