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riot squad

noun

  1. a group of police officers having special training and equipment for quelling riots and other public disturbances.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of riot squad1

First recorded in 1945–50
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The two men were both connected to a local gang known as the Linacre Young Guns, and believed members of rivals the Kirkstone Riot Squad were responsible.

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So just before the start of the 2023 season Alesana, president of the LA Riot Squad, joined with three of the team’s other main supporters groups to organize a boycott, promising to stay away from games until changes in the front office were made.

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One month after Mahsa Amini’s death, Kosar was shot at in her genital area by a riot squad officer with a paintball gun.

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Riot Squad, one of four supporter groups that agreed to not to attend home games as long as Chris Klein remained the team’s president.

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But they have been regularly accused of arbitrarily beating people, drawing comparisons with “Les Voltigeurs,” a motorcycle riot squad that was disbanded in 1986 after three of its members beat a French-Algerian student to death.

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