All posts tagged "Riot Gear"

Following a loss by the school's basketball team in the NCAA tournament, students and fans of the University of Arizona took to the streets of Tucson Saturday night in what eventually turned into a riot.

During protests in Warsaw last weekend, one crafty activist deployed a flying drone to spy on riot police.

Former U.S. labor secretary and University of California professor Robert Reich said Tuesday that efforts to crack down on the ongoing "Occupy" protests around the country actually helped to strengthen the movement.

WATCH LIVE: Evicted occupiers take to the streets

According to various reports on Twitter, more than a thousand supporters and witnesses have shown up in support of the "Occupy" protesters in Portland. Minutes before the planned eviction, which is to take place at Midnight PT, the crowd appears exuberant.

This video is difficult to watch and some viewers may find the footage from Berkeley, California disturbing. In it, a line of police in riot gear attempt to surge into a line of peaceful protesters, jabbing with night-sticks. Cries of pain and alarm are heard as the protesters are jabbed in the gut, punched, and knocked to the ground.