Word: teare
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov 14-The smell of tear gas drenched the embassy district in northwest Washington tonight after the police broke up a group of nearly 3000 NLF supporters attempting to march on the South Vietnamese Embassy. There were at least 13 arrests...
...nearly two hours tonight, police chased demonstrators through the primarily residential Dupont Circle area, sporadically tossing tear gas into crowds, scattering demonstrators and bystanders down side streets, and tying up traffic throughout the District...
Police then used tear gas to disperse the crowd, most of whom retreated back to Dupont Circle, where they were again surrounded and dispersed with tear...
Aside from the employment of tear gas. police generally used restraint throughout the night. There were only isolated arrests, and no mass clubbings by police. At times during the evening, groups of demonstrators would even ask directions of officers...
...demonstrators sitting on the steps. They were repulsed. SDS had set up their microphones on the wall beside the top steps and was directing traffic and posting troop movements for those who couldn't see: "About 50 MP's are trying to block off the stairs... they're using tear gas... it looks like our people have them surrounded... yup, it looks like a rout," one of the speakers calmly announced to the crowd...