Sentence examples for plastic baton round from inspiring English sources

During the disturbances a policeman fired a plastic baton round into the chest of a local man, Sean Downes, who later died from his injuries.

In her letter, Whitters, who now lives in Scotland, said: "I have become aware that a file exists at the National Archives in London titled Paul Whitters: killed by a plastic baton round April 1981 CJ4/4402.

A PSNI spokesman confirmed that one plastic baton round was fired during the disturbances at the sectarian interface which was the scene of six consecutive days of violence last week.

Rubber bullets were replaced by plastic baton rounds in 1974.

Police used plastic baton rounds and deployed water canon after 400 extra police were drafted in from the United Kingdom on Saturday.

Police responded by dousing loyalists with water cannon, firing 26 plastic baton rounds and arresting seven people for offences including riotous behaviour, disorderly behaviour and hijacking.

The latest version are still in police armouries: senior officers in London considered using plastic baton rounds to disperse rioters in 2011.

"From the point of view of republican communities, there is still a heavily armed British police force that casually uses plastic baton rounds, CS gas and Tasers, carry out house raids, stop and search operations and general harassment.

Speaking at the federation's annual conference in County Down, Spence also claimed that the PSNI's high command was too afraid to allow his members to use plastic baton rounds to repel rioters because of complaints from politicians.

No parliamentary committees or commissions are likely to recommend withdrawing water cannon and plastic baton rounds from the streets of Belfast or Derry despite the later weapon being responsible for the deaths of 17 people since 1969, of whom eight were children.

Petrol bombs, bricks and fireworks were thrown at the police who responded with water cannon and fired 20 plastic baton rounds.