Word: riot
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Before Jakes could fashion a response, events exploded. On Friday, Nov. 17, Prague riot police cracked down on student demonstrators. With his authority rapidly crumbling, Jakes launched a last-minute bid to crush the uprising. Advised by Czechoslovakia's military that it would take no part in a violent action against the populace, Jakes turned in desperation to the People's Militia, units composed mostly of factory workers that function in effect as the Communist Party's private army. Beginning Nov. 19, militia units were deployed at factory gates and inside industrial compounds around the country. Care was taken...
...state news agency said the committee reported that 1569 riot police used brutal and undue force against the demonstrators. Public outrage at the police tactics helped launch what became 11 straight days of massive pro-democracy demonstrations...
...Central Committee approved an inquiry by a parliamentary commission into a November 17 rally in which riot police clubbed hundreds of peaceful pro-democracy demonstrators...
Even the armed forces and riot police, who just nine days ago beat peaceful protesters, indicated backing for the growing reform movement. "We support the democratic changes," a riot police officer told the crowd, which braved freezing weather and snow...
Maybe -- and maybe not. Instead of co-opting the protests, the Communist government of Milos Jakes beat them down. Riot police armed with long white clubs and plastic shields put an end to the five-hour march with tear gas and truncheon attacks, injuring dozens of protesters and arresting about...