Word: maces
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...first to join officials in restoring order was a Premont policeman. The cop waded into the fight and sprayed his chemical Mace into the faces of seven of Los Fresnos' first-string players, who fell to the ground screaming and holding their eyes...
Help is forthcoming from the outside. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week refused to report the confirmation of Howard P. Mace, 55, as U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, which is tantamount to defeat of his nomination. As director of personnel for four years, Mace was the source of much of the department's interior turbulence. He was known behind his back as the "executioner," the man primarily responsible for the selecting-out process. Officers also noted that under his aegis men with high diplomatic potential were often bypassed for plush jobs in favor of men little experienced...
...half of the broken Cairo statue, which had its left arm hanging by its side but no trace of a right arm. The Rochester bust, he remembered, was close in style to the statue of Ny-user-ra in Beirut, and it had its right arm raised gripping a mace...
...related: "There's this woman driving her kid to school when they laid a big log over her car. Out she gets with a can of Mace and lets them have it right in the kisser. One of them said, 'You can't do that, lady. That stuff is illegal.' " Although the level of violence was fairly low on both sides, some protesters did throw rocks and bottles at police, and a few cops bloodied heads unnecessarily. Overall, Washington police showed exemplary discipline; a less well trained, less tightly controlled force could have brought about...
Police scattered a crowd of about 1500 there, but the marchers regrouped and gained more supporters as they headed for George Washington University. The march swelled in size to about 5000 persons before riot-equipped officers used nightsticks and mace to restore order...