Talk:Riot control

message: This article presents a lot of information without verifiable references of any kind. Can we work to find some that support the information in the article?
I removed the reference to the use of water cannons to spray sewage since that was particularly inflammatory. If there's some sort of evidence to prove that such a thing happened, fine.
Lastly, the bit about the hunger riot in Vienna (also without a reference) is an interesting anecdote but seems oddly placed in the article.
Alanhaley01 20:27, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: References?

message: Whoever wrote this article needs to get rid of personal bias if he wants to write for Wikipedia.  I mean, what is this?  
"The use of chemical weapons, such Lachrymatory agents (tear gas) and pepper spray in riot control is relatively common. Curiously, the specific use of such chemical weapons for civilian riot control is legal in many countries, whereas the use of chemical weapons in warfare is widely condemned."  
That's not just bias, that's nonsensical.  He's comparing PEPPER SPRAY to MUSTARD GAS here.
(No, he's comparing CS Gas to CR Gas actually)  125.236.209.69 (talk) 03:39, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I've tried to cleanup the article, refining it as well as trimming POV. I feel the tag could be removed now. Thoughts? --Eyrian 14:30, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Is it in fact legal to use nonlethal chemical weapons in war?  I don't know. Subsolar 12:33, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bias 

message: The riot police redirects here. And in the non-democratic countries, the intention is not to "intentionally minimize harm and prevent additional violence", but to beat the hell out of demonstrators (including peaceful demonstrations), or even worse. --HanzoHattori 18:53, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That's an unverified assertion. And almost certainly not the case in all non-democratic countries. If youve got a cite to indicate that in some countries, riot police can be used to cause deliberate harm, then by all means make that annotation. But breaking up strictly along governmental lines in unverifiable. --Eyrian 19:13, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  In can assure you, sometimes even in democratic countries, the intention is to beat up the peaceful protesters. I'm speaking out of direct experience. But I do feel that this is not official policy, more like some police officers that got carried away. 217.136.127.52 12:21, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

text: What I think is irrelevant. The point is that you cannot verify what you're trying to claim. You are attempting to indicate that in non-democratic countries, riot police do not use less-lethal force. You're attempting to prove a negative across a broad spectrum of countries, which is very difficult. Again, if you want to claim that sometimes the term "riot police" is applied to forces that serve a very different purpose, and you can cite that, feel free to insert it. --Eyrian 19:37, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Obviously you too have to verify your claim across the brooooad spectrum of countries you seem to be hiding behind. The point is that there should be a section regarding violence and the whole function of riot control, from a sociologist's viewpoint for example. You can't rely on how states legally define the role of these units as a NPOV source for this claim. sorry for the anonymity85.73.118.211 (talk) 22:59, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

text: This discussion seems to have come to a stalemate years ago but no one bothered to remove the message at the top of the page. Personally, I think this article holds a complete worldwide view so I'm going to remove the message if no replies within a few days. Tomh903 (talk) 15:21, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article is misleading somewhat.  

message: If anyone's watching this page: if no one objects, I'm going to replace the lead image with an image from commons:Category:Riot control. I don't believe the current one is very representative of typical riot control gear. I'll wait 7 days for any comments. Calvin 1998 (t-c) 03:49, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Just do it. If you pick one someone doesn't like there are more than plenty others to choose from. MickMacNee (talk) 04:01, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  New images availabe at Commons 

message: *User:Rogerz added many images in this edit. Someonme then deleted the links to them. I have restored them and given them captions in the <gallery>, as many of them seem to be relevant. If any are spam, best discuss them individually? I have unlinked some which do not show riot police. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:58, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  User:Rogerz's images 

message: MickMacNee keeps deleting the photo gallery, a blatent political motivated breache of wikiquette.
OSXfan (talk) 12:44, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The version of the article you are restoring is in violation of the image use policy regarding image sizes and use of galleries. Please read the definition of vandalism, editing an article to meet policy is not vandalism, accusing someone of doing so without cause is a breach of the assumption of good faith. I am not sure how my edit is politically motivated. Given your reply here and my response, I am accordingly re-applying my change. MickMacNee (talk) 13:38, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

text: We don't follow policies now? MickMacNee (talk) 17:16, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism

message: There should be a mention about the Basij in Iran which as I understand has taken the concept of mounted police to the next level, replacing the horses with motorcycles on which two police officers ride, one of them controlling the bike and the other controlling the crowd.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.176.226.32 (talk) 05:13, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Do the Basij count as police? Whilst I understand the concept of a media filter, they do come across as less of a police force and more of a brownshirt mob wheeled out to attack protestors. 62.196.17.197 (talk) 16:54, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Basij - mc mounted riot police 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The author of this article seems to be quite biased as discussed before. I have noticed that the Tiananmen Square Protests and Massacre are excluded, so I am going to add them. Also has a hyperlink to the Kent State "Shootings", but calls them a massacre. Be advised other hyperlinks may have the same issue.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by KingTiger1002 (talk • contribs) 19:31, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ecclusion of Tiananmen Square Massacre & possible mischaracterization of Kent State Shootings 

message: The first paragraph under the heading History has informal language that detracts from the encyclopediac nature of this article. Wikikiddo4498 (talk) 20:25, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Informal Language