Word: weres
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Those who had seen enough, had gathered strength from the crowd and had been sufficiently appalled by the savagery of regime loyalists were lucky enough to escape. According to reports, those who remained were treated to pepper spray and beatings.
Back down on the main road the crowds had swelled. A group of about 20 government supporters were being out-voiced considerably by several hundred protesters. Soon the sound of police bikes and the smell of tear gas was in the air.
What prompted the crowd to begin chanting was not clear. Perhaps the numbers had reached critical mass, perhaps a realization had crystalized that we were here for a reason.
This had been all but forgotten in the camaraderie of the crowd, but women's screams and the fizz and crackle of a stun baton broke the spell. Two dozen Basij thugs had plowed their way through the crowd below and now faced off with the last of the opposition...
The men held on for a few minutes more. They pushed and pulled, and a few were caught by the Basiji who began to beat them. They were rescued by their companions.