Moreover, sprayers are required to avoid contact with skin; to wear face shields, respiratory protection, rubber boots and specialist coveralls.
In virtually every outdoor scene a policeman lurks in the corner of the frame, while barricades and riot shields are part of the landscape.
I pushed my way through the crowd, burst into the empty piazza, and found myself in dead space, caught in a stand-off between two battle lines – on one side police in blue-black riot gear, drumming batons on their clear, hard shields, and on the other a rough assembly of kids and young adults, mainly black or Arab, boys and girls, dressed in hip-hop fashion, singing, laughing, and throwing stuff.
In red-ball cricket he boasts two Sheffield Shields from two spells in charge of New South Wales.
Hundreds of police carrying short and long riot shields, organised in snatch-squad units, targeted unarmed miners with truncheons, and inflicted serious injuries, particularly to the head.
The United Nations human rights chief says Boko Haram is frequently using children as "human bombs and shields" and targeting women and girls for horrific abuse, including sexual slavery.
A red tarpaulin sheet shields the crammed attendees from the sun and gives the whole atmosphere an eerie pink hue.
Cy Enfield [the director] and Stanley Baker [the producer and actor] had said to me they wanted to show bravery on both sides: the few people at Rorke's Drift and of course the bravery of the Zulus who were tackling a modern army with just cowhide shields and spears".
But it also showed the Tories narrowly leading on the issue of terrorism, suggesting that their reputation as the party of national security, as well as their support for alternatives to 42 days (such as post-charge questioning and the use of intercept evidence), shields them from taunts of weakness.
Riot troops slumped by their shields.
