1. As inmates continued milling about the yard, prison officials mobilized a tactical squad equipped with riot helmets, shields and batons. 2. After a scuffle within the crowd, the police briefly donned riot helmets and brandished nightsticks, but no one was hurt or arrested. 3. But he said the specialized guns, riot helmets, uniforms and other equipment keep officers safe. 4. Finally, blue-uniformed Palestinian police in riot helmets and flak jackets marched toward the demonstrators. 5. Just a few officers were on hand, and only one wore a riot helmet. 6. Officers in riot helmets and carrying nightsticks fanned into the crowds along Market Street, ordering everyone to disperse. 7. Police officials acknowledged that the scene turned ugly, but said their officers, many in riot helmets and face shields, had acted professionally. 8. Ranks of police in riot helmets and padded uniforms responded with volleys of tear gas that drifted in stinging clouds through the narrow cobbled streets of the Old Quarter. 9. Police officers in riot helmets used those boulevards Tuesday night when a few hundred young anarchists peeled off from a peaceful demonstration and began overturning cars and garbage cans. 10. The dismissal of students from Eastside High School was chaperoned Friday afternoon by more than three dozen officers wearing riot helmets and carrying nightsticks. |