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riot shield

noun

  1. a large oblong curved transparent shield used by police controlling crowds
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The appeals court judge said evidence showed Lang "repeatedly pushed, punched, and kicked at police officers" and "slammed a door against one officer’s head and struck other officers first with a stolen riot shield and later with a metal baseball bat."

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How about using a riot shield to smash a police officer into a metal door frame, leaving him bruised and bloodied?

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One video showed a group of officers holding a catcher pole, riot shield and gun approaching Louie Turnbull whose dogs police say "were agitated and barking".

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The man refused to get out of the vehicle as police approached behind a riot shield.

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Palmer, a self-employed tradesman, was said to have “commandeered” a police riot shield and joined the mob, while on licence for drug offences.

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