Sentence:  Backing 300 of the more aggressive protesters was a supporting cast of several thousand more who stared down the small line of police. Those in front resumed their taunts of “<WSD>Pig</WSD>, <WSD>pig</WSD>, fascist <WSD>pig</WSD>,” and “<WSD>pigs</WSD> eat shit, <WSD>pigs</WSD> eat shit.” The rest of the crowd, however, backed off and sat down on the grass when reinforcements arrived. Police did not retaliate for the name-calling, and within minutes the line of demonstrators broke apart and the incident was over without violence.113 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (police officer)  A police officer. (From "ante" 1785.)