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In this video, police can be seen using tear gas against protesters outside of Ferguson City Hall after windows were smashed and a police car was set on fire. Police officers in full riot gear and carrying shields quickly extinguish the flaming patrol car shortly before a armored personnel carrier arrives and a voice over loudspeaker orders protesters to stop destroying property in the city of Ferguson.

FERGUSON, Mo.—At least 40 protestors gathered in front of police department building in Ferguson, MO, on Wednesday at about 9:30 p.m., local time. They were met with roughly 30 policemen mostly in riot gear.

On March 30, tens of thousands protested in Maoming City of southern China’s Guangdong Province against the local government launching a petrochemical plant in the city.

Demonstrators in Chile clashed with police on the outskirts of Santiago as they marked the “Day of the Young Combatant” before dawn on Saturday (March 29).

Taiwanese authorities dispatched large numbers of riot police to the government’s executive chambers in the early hours of March 24, dragging, beating, and using water cannons to disperse the occupying students.

Customs officials in a province in China’s southwest caused the death of a motorcyclist last Friday, infuriating bystanders and drawing a crowd of thousands.

A violent melee involving 200 riot police armed with batons and tear gas, and about 40 farmers took place in China recently, as a local land grab spiraled out of control.

When thousands of riot police descended on a small southwestern city recently, they were coming to help a construction company with high-level ties.

Government officials blamed “a few criminals” for the violence that left dozens injured at mass protests in southwestern China.

There was a time when as a member of the People’s Armed Police (PAP) in China you could fire into crowds, beat citizens senseless, and get away with it all.

The violent means used to put down the crowd, in Shifang City, Sichuan Province, drew strong criticism.