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They used nightsticks, tear gas and buckshot against protesters, ultimately killing one and sending 128 to hospitals.

In the early 1800s, officers blew whistles and rapped their nightsticks to alert people to crimes.

A 19-year-old woman said Mr. Grassaree hit her twice with his nightstick and threw her against a wall after accusing her of stealing potato chips from a man held in jail.

The most common type of abuse was electrical shocking and beating with a plastic or rubber nightstick, he said.

One such protester, Erin Wenzel, claims she was following police instructions on Aug. 14, 2020, when an officer “ran at her and violently slammed into her with a nightstick.”