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A baton charge is a coordinated tactic for dispersing crowds of people, usually used by police or military in response to public disorder. In South Asia, a long bamboo stick, called lathi in Hindi, is used for crowd control, and the expression lathi charge commonly employed to describe the action.

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  • A baton charge is a coordinated tactic for dispersing crowds of people, usually used by police or military in response to public disorder. In South Asia, a long bamboo stick, called lathi in Hindi, is used for crowd control, and the expression lathi charge commonly employed to describe the action. The tactic involves police officers charging at a crowd of people with batons and in some cases, riot shields. They run at the crowd hitting people with their batons, and in some situations use riot shields to push them away. Baton charging is designed to cause pain or fear of pain, in the hope that they would be compelled to move away from the scene, dispersing the public who are crowded. (en)
  • Uma baton charge, também conhecida como lathi charge, é uma tática coordenada para dispersar multidões de pessoas, normalmente utilizado pela polícia ou militares durante ordenamento de lugares públicos. A tática envolve policiais golpeando uma multidão de pessoas com cassetetes e em alguns casos, escudos de proteção. Eles correm para a multidão acertando pessoas com seus cassetetes, e em alguns casos usam escudos de proteção para empurra lhes para longe. Golpes de cassetete é feito para causar dor ou o medo da dor, na esperança de que eles seriam compelidos a sair da cena, dispersando o público que está aglomerado. (pt)
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  • A baton charge is a coordinated tactic for dispersing crowds of people, usually used by police or military in response to public disorder. In South Asia, a long bamboo stick, called lathi in Hindi, is used for crowd control, and the expression lathi charge commonly employed to describe the action. (en)
  • Uma baton charge, também conhecida como lathi charge, é uma tática coordenada para dispersar multidões de pessoas, normalmente utilizado pela polícia ou militares durante ordenamento de lugares públicos. (pt)
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  • Baton charge (en)
  • Baton charge (pt)
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