Word: antiriot
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...French farm leader; for 10 months for destroying genetically modified food crops; outside Montpellier, France. Propelled to fame as an opponent of globalization when he partially dismantled a McDonald's restaurant in 1999, Bov? was spirited to jail by helicopter following a dawn raid on his farm by 80 antiriot cops. Bov?'s conviction stems from protests denouncing the dangers of genetically modified crops, during which he demolished experimental plots of rice and corn...
...than for the delicate balance of combat, policing and civic affairs work involved in an occupation mission - witness last week's photographs of U.S. troops trying to control an angry crowd at bayonet-point. (After two Iraqis were killed in that confrontation, U.S. troops began training with non-lethal antiriot gear. Unfortunately, however, the U.S. is facing an uphill battle for Iraqi public opinion, particularly in light of the propensity of much of the local population to believe the worst rumors about the American forces. They may be untrue, but tales of rape and pillage are doing the rounds...
...other TIME correspondents, reporters and photographers spread out across Los Angeles to record what would become the worst U.S. rioting since the 1965 Watts disturbances. Their reporting, most of it gathered under high- adrenaline conditions, is the basis for our cover stories this week. Correspondent Jeanne McDowell, covering the antiriot mobilization at city hall, managed to grab a personal interview with Mayor Tom Bradley by posting herself near the entrance to his office there. Correspondent Sylvester Monroe, who has covered the Rodney King story throughout, was one of the first journalists to witness the early arson and looting. As Monroe...
...security forces have also been hauled further into line. Last month top officers of the People's Armed Police Force, who were criticized for failing to contain last year's upheavals, were replaced by army generals. Police officers were given doses of ideological indoctrination and loads of new antiriot equipment. Despite the shape-up, Chai Ling, 23, one of the three main leaders of the beleaguered democracy movement, managed to escape a nationwide dragnet. Chai turned up in Paris last week after ten months on the run within China...
...drunk at the time of the shooting, while Goosen claimed he was a victim of "posttraumatic stress disorder" because of his exposure to violence in black townships. If the sentence survives the appeals process, the two will become the first white policemen ever executed for killing blacks during antiriot operations in the townships...