Project- Influences of Roman military on modern day riot control

[Nathan Ross]

How many people on this site are going to admit to being rioters?

At one point in my late teens I 'attended' a demonstration that was broken up by police baton charges. One thing I remember is that nobody stood their ground (except me - very briefly - as I considered that I could become a neutral observer if I wanted. I could not, it turned out, and after a few seconds of sang froid I ran about half a mile in half a minute!) But there was no way that anyone was going to resist, even if they had the means or inclination to do so.