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police officers fitted out with nightsticks and handcuffs
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No shots were fired, but many were struck with nightsticks and rifle butts, and about 250 were arrested.
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Mark Jones, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2024
Some officers wielded nightsticks to force demonstrators out of the parks.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
There were hundreds of police — nightsticks out, helmets on, shields down, carrying zip ties.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 10 May 2024
Right Now Paul Buhle, then a history graduate student at UW-Madison and editor of New Left magazine Radical America, participated in the Dow sit-in and managed to avoid the blows of nightsticks.
—TIME, 10 May 2024
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Mark Jones, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2024
Some officers wielded nightsticks to force demonstrators out of the parks.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
There were hundreds of police — nightsticks out, helmets on, shields down, carrying zip ties.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 10 May 2024
Right Now Paul Buhle, then a history graduate student at UW-Madison and editor of New Left magazine Radical America, participated in the Dow sit-in and managed to avoid the blows of nightsticks.
—TIME, 10 May 2024
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“Nightstick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nightstick. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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nightstick
noun
night·stick
-ˌstik 
: a police officer's club
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