He did suggest some baton-passing practice to the other three, "but we soon got bored and packed it in".
Before America donated some batons, riot police were using rifle butts for crowd control, so demonstrators sometimes ended up getting shot.But there are some encouraging signs.
Some batons, which it calls the favoured tool of the modern torturer, even bear the "EC" standard marking approved by the European Union.
Some batons were used to strike out at protesters inside, but police have left the protesters inside and instead formed a line in front of the entrance to the building.
Across that angry week some 430 baton roundsplastic bulletswere fired at loyalists.
Across that angry week some 430 baton rounds plastic bullets were fired at loyalists.
Many more Egyptian police officers were at various ruptures in the barrier at Rafah, more of them in riot gear and some using batons with small electric charges to keep the huge, pushing crowds in some form of order.
The hospital police are not armed, though some carry batons.
*Spoilers ahead* First off there's Agent 13, who appears to have some little batons for bad-guy beating, much like the ones Mockingbird has in the TV show Agents of Shield.
What is more, police officers near the hospital grounds clashed with supporters of Mr. Correa who congregated nearby, beating some with batons and lobbing tear-gas canisters in their direction.
About 100 officers were present in three separate locations, some with batons drawn, while others carried weapons capable of firing non-lethal projectiles, but there were no clashes between protesters and police, and the march ended without arrests.
