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Use of bayonets for crowd control

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concluded that the bayonet "is highly valuable as a riot control weapon" with a survey of personnel involved in military peacekeeping operations reporting its most valuable attribute was its psychological effect on a crowd. A compromise was ultimately reached whereby use of the bayonet was permitted
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calls for troops operating in crowd control situations against violent mobs to form into multiple lines with the first line armed with batons, and the second line armed with rifle-fixed bayonets held in the "safe-port position". According to the manual, "in this elevated position, bayonets can be
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In modern times, bayonets have generally been used for the psychological effect their display has in calming an aggressive crowd, or to corral mobs by making it impossible for them to advance down certain streets or avenues by blocking them with lines of police or soldiers holding rifle-fixed
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by security forces to stop, disperse, or intimidate crowds of people. Their use in modern times is mainly for their psychological effect in calming an aggressive crowd or in preventing a crowd advancing along a certain route.
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during the 19th century, the Irish police used the bayonet charge as a method of forcing crowds to scatter; in July 1881 one person was killed by a police bayonet in this manner.
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to eliminate the description of the bayonet as a crowd control weapon; however, senior Army leadership resisted the change. A study conducted that year by the
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In addition to its use in warfare, the bayonet has a long history as a weapon employed in the control of unruly crowds. Prior to the advent of
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seen by participants in the rear of the crowd. The sight of bayonets can create an impression of strength and numerical superiority".
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advanced on picketers with fixed bayonets, causing them to move away from the Federal Building where they had gathered.
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continued its use of the bayonet as a crowd control weapon into the 20th century, using it during operations during the
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in cases of violent mobs but not in routine civil operations. Two years later, in the protests that led to the
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A diagram of a soldier holding his rifle, with bayonet affixed, in the "safe port" position.
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were generally limited to firing live ammunition, or using bayonets or sabre charges.
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of 1980, some physicians alleged treating people injured by bayonets used by the
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of 1863 saw the use of bayonet charges by the U.S. Army against unruly mobs in
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Police Operations, Theory and Practice: Emergency services, Emergency services
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uses rifle-fixed bayonets in the "on guard" position to hold back strikers in
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of 1970, two persons were injured after being bayoneted by soldiers of the
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China's Search for Democracy: The Student and the Mass Movement of 1989
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Troubled Tiger: Businessmen, Bureaucrats, and Generals in South Korea
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made extensive use of the bayonet in crowd control operations in the
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The Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 1945-1992
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used bayonets to control crowds during the aftermath of the failed
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The Armies of the Streets: The New York City Draft Riots of 1863
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aggressively used bayonets against protesters during the
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Bayonets have a long history as a crowd control device.
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Kent State and May 4th: A Social Science Perspective
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Index

bayonets
less-lethal weapons
riot control

Massachusetts Militia
Lawrence, Massachusetts
Human Rights Watch
Burundi
2015 Burundian coup d'état attempt

27th Group Army
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Gwangju Uprising
Republic of Korea Army
British Indian Army
British Raj
Ireland
British Army
Hong Kong 1956 riots

New York Draft Riots
New York City
Tacoma, Washington
Washington National Guard
United States Army Field Manuals
United States Secretary of the Army
Human Resources Research Organization
Kent State shootings
Ohio National Guard
Baton charge

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