#batons — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #batons, aggregated by home.social.
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At least 6 people were injured, w/ blood gushing down one man’s face & another man carried off on a makeshift stretcher.
What had been a calm demonstration in downtown #LA quickly turned chaotic when #police on horseback charged at the crowd, striking some w/ wood #rods & #batons as they cleared the street.
#Trump #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #PoliceState
https://apnews.com/live/trump-military-parade-protests-updates#00000197-70d0-d567-a7ff-f5d0bc250000 -
At least 6 people were injured, w/ blood gushing down one man’s face & another man carried off on a makeshift stretcher.
What had been a calm demonstration in downtown #LA quickly turned chaotic when #police on horseback charged at the crowd, striking some w/ wood #rods & #batons as they cleared the street.
#Trump #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #PoliceState
https://apnews.com/live/trump-military-parade-protests-updates#00000197-70d0-d567-a7ff-f5d0bc250000 -
#RiotPolice use force against #LA #protesters
Police in riot gear turned out Friday evening in a tense confrontation w/protesters in #LosAngeles, after a day of #immigration #raids in which dozens of people were reported to be taken into custody.
Live Reuters video showed #LAPD officers lined up on a downtown street wielding #batons, & firing what appeared to be #TearGas rifles…after authorities had ordered…protesters to disperse…
#law #Trump #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/riot-police-anti-ice-protesters-square-off-los-angeles-after-raids-2025-06-07/ -
#RiotPolice use force against #LA #protesters
Police in riot gear turned out Friday evening in a tense confrontation w/protesters in #LosAngeles, after a day of #immigration #raids in which dozens of people were reported to be taken into custody.
Live Reuters video showed #LAPD officers lined up on a downtown street wielding #batons, & firing what appeared to be #TearGas rifles…after authorities had ordered…protesters to disperse…
#law #Trump #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/riot-police-anti-ice-protesters-square-off-los-angeles-after-raids-2025-06-07/ -
CW: police violence in Thailand
Colleagues @humanrightswatch report that #police "used apparently excessive force" to disperse people #protesting the #APEC summit in #Thailand. Police used #batons and #KineticImpactProjectiles to disperse the #protesters, injuring one protester in the eye.
https://bit.ly/3UXrQ0gd#LessLethal projectiles should *never* be aimed at the head because of the likelihood of severe, life-changing injuries such as this.