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Jordanian anti-riot forces stand on alert during a protest held by Jordanians and Palestinians against the Israeli war on Gaza, in Amman, Jordan, Monday July 28, 2014. Tens of protesters gathered near the Israeli embassy in a silent protest on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, to protest the Israeli bombing of Gaza. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

Jordanian anti-riot forces ask protesters to move back further from the street during a protest by Jordanians and Palestinians to condemn the Israeli war on Gaza, in Amman, Jordan, Monday, July 28, 2014. Tens of protesters gathered near the Israeli embassy in a silent protest on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, to protest the Israeli bombing of Gaza. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

 

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French police officers talk to a migrant in Calais, France, Tuesday Aug. 5, 2014 as tensions remain high following overnight clashes between rival groups waiting to try and cross the Channel to Britain. Migrants massing at France's English Channel port of Calais clashed before dawn on Tuesday in battles that left 51 injured — one seriously. Police intervened with tear gas break up clashes between Sudanese and Eritreans, the local prefecture said. (AP Photo/ Gareth Fuller/PA)

Police officers close the road south of Norberg in central Sweden, on Tuesday Aug. 5, 2014 and evacuate civilians. A fire, covering thousands of acres in the area, is in its sixth day and firefighters believe it will burn for weeks or even months. (AP Photo/Fredrik Sandberg / TT)

In this photo taken on Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, Sierra Leone police officers hold up posters as they try to educate people about the deadly Ebola virus in the city of Freetown, Sierra Leone. The global Ebola outbreak touched American shores more definitively Monday, as Atlanta awaited the arrival of its second Ebola patient by morning, and a New York hospital announced it had isolated a man with possible symptoms who walked into its emergency room.(AP Photo/ Youssouf Bah)

 

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Female personnel of India's Border Security Force (BSF) patrol along the fencing of the India-Bangladesh international border ahead of India's Independence Day celebrations, at Dhanpur village in India's northeastern state of Tripura August 11, 2014. India commemorates its Independence Day on August 15.

An immigration officer uses an infra-red laser thermometer to examine a policeman on his arrival at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, August 11, 2014. Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos has 10 confirmed cases of Ebola, up from seven at the last count, and two patients have died, including the Liberian who brought the virus in, the health minister said on Monday.

Protesters appeal to motorists for support while rallying on Monday, Aug. 11, 2014 in front of the QT gas station in Ferguson, Mo. that was looted and burned during rioting overnight that followed a candlelight vigil honoring 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was shot Aug. 9, 2014 by Ferguson police officers. Brown, who was killed in a confrontation with police in the St. Louis suburb, was shot Saturday and died following the confrontation with police. (AP Photo/Sid Hastings)

Marcelle Stewart, left, confronts police officers during a march and rally in downtown Ferguson, Mo., Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. The group marched along the closed street, rallying in front of the town's police headquarters to protest the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by Ferguson police officers. Brown, who was killed in a confrontation with police in the St. Louis suburb, was shot Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, and died following the confrontation with police. Stewart said she was attending the rally because her son-in-law Jason Moore died after being shot with a taser by police. (AP Photo/Sid Hastings)

Armed St. Louis County Police Officers stand among citizens during a protest of the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 11, 2014 (AFP Photo/Michael B. Thomas)

New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas speaks at a news conference, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, about the drive-by shooting that killed two people and wounded five on Sunday in the city’s Lower 9th Ward. He said investigators believe the motive was drugs and the target was a 33-year-old man who was killed. (AP Photo/Janet McConnaughey)

 

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Anti-government protesters clash with riot police in the western suburbs of Manama, Bahrain, on May 30, 2014. (Xinhua/Hasan Jamali)

05/31/2014.- Pakistani security official stands guard at the checkpost in Bajaur province, Pakistan, 31 May 2014 as security has been intensified after rebels from Afghanistan attacked a Pakistani border post in Bajaur. At least 14 militants and one soldier were killed on 31 May after the rebels from Afghanistan attacked a Pakistani border post in the restive northwest. A military official said that 'terrorists from across the border' attacked a group of Pakistan posts on Nao Top in Bajaur tribal district.

A Buddhist monk looks at police officers block a street as protesters demonstrate near the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in central Phnom Penh May 30, 2014. The protesters demanded the release of 23 detainees who have been jailed since January 3, when military police opened fire on workers striking over low pay, killing four people.

A riot police officer stands guard near Phnom Penh Municipality Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, May 30, 2014.

A suspected member (C) of an Islamist cell is led by masked Civil Guard officers after being arrested in Melilla May 30, 2014. Spanish police have arrested six militants from an international Islamist cell suspected of recruiting fighters and sending them off to Mali and Libya, the interior ministry said on Friday

A Gurkha police officer stands guard at a heavily secured venue of the International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-la Dialogue, or IISS Asia Security Summit on Friday, May 30, 2014 in Singapore. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is delivering the summit's opening address where he will outline his vision for Japan's defense contribution to regional security to promote peace and prosperity amid tension over China's growing assertiveness and maritime activity. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

 

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Pakistani policemen cordon the airport area in Karachi on March 24, 2013 (AFP Photo/Asif Hassan)

Subway train operators, along with some activists, clash with police at the Ana Rosa metro station on the second day of their metro strike in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, June 6, 2014. The workers clashed with police as they tried to block other operators from breaking the strike. Overland commuter train operators went on strike Thursday, putting at risk the only means that most soccer fans will have to reach Itaquerao stadium ahead of next week's World Cup. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)

Brazilian military policemen stand as fans, one wearing a German flag on his back, arrive to attend the group G World Cup soccer match between Germany and Portugal at the Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador, Brazil, Monday, June 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Albanian police forces surround the southern village of Lazarat, 230 kilometers. 140 miles, south of capital Tiranaon Monday June 16, 2014. Hundreds of police, backed by armored vehicles, stormed Lazara the lawless village in southern Albania Monday after suspected marijuana growers allegedly fired rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and machine guns at officers during a drug raid. A police spokeswoman said officers managed to take control of the village of 5,000 people after exchanging fire with a nearly 30 armed men hiding in a four-story building complex. Laura Totraku said the gunmen fled Lazarat and were heading for a nearby mountain, pursued by police. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)

A Sri Lankan police commando mans a checkpoint, in Aluthgama, 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, June 16, 2014. At least three Muslims were killed after a right-wing Buddhist group with alleged state backing clashed with Muslims in southwestern Sri Lanka, a government minister said Monday. Dozens of shops were burned, homes looted and some mosques attacked in the violence Sunday night in the town of Aluthgama, local residents said. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lankan police officers walk past a burnt shop in Aluthgama, town, 50 kilometers (31.25 miles) south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, June 16, 2014.

 

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Members of the National Federation of Farmers' Unions (FNSEA) and young farmers struggle with CRS riot police as they burn rice straws to protest against their conditions and tax increases in front of the National Assembly in Paris, June 24, 2014.

Authorities work the scene where at least two people were killed and multiple others wounded following a shooting early Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in Miami's Liberty City neighborhood. Miami City Manager Daniel Alfonso said the dead include a 20-year-old man and a teenage girl. (AP Photo/The Miami Herald, Walter Michot)

Police officers remove the barricades placed to control the Japanese soccer fans to gather after the group C World Cup soccer match between Japan and Colombia near a public viewing venue in Tokyo, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Colombia won 4-1. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Police officers control Japanese soccer fans gathering after the Group C World Cup soccer match between Japan and Colombia at Tokyo's Shibuya shopping district, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Colombia won 4-1. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

A Pakistani police officer stands guard near Peshawar airport which is cordon off, Wednesday, June 25, 2014 in Pakistan. Authorities in Pakistan were looking for a gunman who opened fire at a plane Tuesday evening just as it was landing in the volatile northwest, killing one person and wounding two others, officials said, casting fresh doubts about security at the country's airports. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Washington state Patrol Chief John Batiste speaks to the media about public awareness and safety efforts the state is making in advance of the start of retail sales of recreational marijuana, on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 in Olympia, Wash. Batiste says troopers are trained to recognize stoned drivers. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)

 

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In this June 3, 2014 photo, Houston police officer Austin Huckabee, left, demonstrates how to apply a tourniquet to officers Angeline Cotter, right, and Thomas Emmite, Jr. at the police academy in Houston. Cities across the country are training and equipping police officers to use tourniquets and combat gauze. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Indian policemen use batons to disperse youth wing workers of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during a protest outside the state assembly in the northern Indian city of Lucknow June 30, 2014. Hundreds of workers on Monday protested against the state government over what they say, deteriorating law and order situation in the Uttar Pradesh state, local media reported. (*******/Pawan Kumar)

Members of the June 2014 graduating class of the New York City Police Academy embrace during their graduation ceremony at Madison Square Garden in New York June 30, 2014.

In this photo taken on Friday, June 20, 2014 in Izyum close to Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, left, visits troops. Poroshenko in a televised address early Tuesday, July 1, 2014, said he was abandoning a unilateral cease-fire in the conflict with pro-Russian separatists and sending military forces back on the offensive after talks with Russia and European leaders failed to start a broader peace process. The cease-fire expired Monday evening. (AP Photo/Mykhailo Markiv, Pool)

n this photo taken on Friday, June 20, 2014 in Izyum close to Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko visits troops. Poroshenko in a televised address early Tuesday, July 1, 2014.

Iraqi federal policemen patrol in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib suburb, Iraq, Saturday, June 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

German motorbike policemen secure the area as they wait for the end of the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Germany and Algeria and watch the match from outside a restaurant in Berlin, Germany, Monday, June 30, 2014. Germany plays Algeria at the Estadio Beira-Rio stadium in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Monday.(AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

Brazilian police officers watch the Belgium national soccer team take part in a training session at Estadio Manoel Barradas, the day before the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Belgium and USA at Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador, Brazil, Monday, June 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

 

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In China the police often use "Hollywood style movie posters" for recruiting new personnel.

09.11.2014...Ziyang Armed Police release new recruiting posters

 

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More Chinese police recruitment posters..

02 July 2014....In order to attract outstanding new police recruits in Chengdu. The Chengdu Public Security Bureau official microblogging "Green Chengdu," released a set of police recruit posters. This group of a total of six posters, stars "courageous", "tough" and other six major themes, each one is very "Hong Kong style" with large style, cool figures, props, background, bright spots. Source: Chengdu Public Security Bureau official microblogging

 

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More still...

A group of recruiting photos showing Liuzhou SWAT police have been taken by the Liuzhou bureau of public security in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Dec. 9, 2014. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

 

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Special police receive live-fire training in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on April 7, 2014. The Ministry of Public Security last Thursday launched a three-month program to train grassroots policemen who patrol streets and handle emergencies in using arms, according to Xinhua News Agency. [Photo: China News Service / Liu Xin]

 

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CHINA....04.15.2014...Two PAP (Peoples Armed Police) special warfare units ,Guangdong Frontier Corps, conduct training in the mountains.

 

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In China a lot of things happen that westerners know nothing about..example..

In this Sunday, May 11, 2014 photo released by Hong, Chinese police with shields stand guard near the toll gate of a highway during a protest against the construction of a waste incinerator in Yuhang district, Hangzhou in China's Zhejiang province. Government pledges to seek public approval for a planned waste incinerator in eastern China failed to appease the project's neighbors Monday, May 12, 2014 after thousands of them, concerned over potential health hazards, blocked the highway and clashed with police in a bid to stop the construction. (AP Photo/Hong)

A police car is seen smashed and overturned as demonstrators protest against the construction of a waste incinerator, in the Yuhang district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province May 10, 2014.

Demonstrators walk past a smashed and overturned police car during a protest against the construction of a waste incinerator, in Yuhang district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, early May 11, 2014.

Riot policemen (R) defend themselves with shields during a protest against the construction of a waste incinerator, in the Yuhang district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province May 10, 2014.

A police officer stands at the entrance to Yuhang town after a night of riots, west of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province May 11, 2014.

 

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In case you did not know the Police and Firemen of China are part of the Peoples Liberation Army(PLA)

Police of Zhejiang Province China hold anti-terror drill. Various equipment, anti-terror attack & physical training techniques are displayed...English.news.cn | 05.27.2014 | Editor: Yang Yi

 

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This looks more like a public beating than "Crowd Dispersal" ?

 

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In China they have horrific traffic accidents. In the last couple of years the reporting of these type of accidents has slowed considerably. Trust me, they still take place.


My condolences to the families of the victims of this horrible accident.

At least 38 killed, 5 injured in China highway collision - Xinhua | English.news.cn

Photo taken on July 19, 2014 shows the scene of a traffic accident on a section of the Hukun (Shanghai to Kunming) Expressway in central China's Hunan Province. At least 38 people are confirmed dead and another five injured after a vehicle crash triggered fire and explosion on the highway early Saturday morning, police said.

The accident happened at around 3 a.m. on a section of the Hukun (Shanghai to Kunming) Expressway in Hunan Province, when a freight van loaded with flammable liquid, probably alcohol, rear ended a passenger coach capable of carrying 53 people.

A total of five vehicles were destroyed in the accident. The driver of the van and a passenger in it died at the scene, according to the provincial traffic police.

The injured have been rushed to a local hospital for emergency treatment. Exact casualties are still under investigation.

A joint task team led by senior officials with the State Administration of Work Safety, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Transport is rushing to the site for rescue and investigation.(Xinhua/Zeng Yong)

Police Investigators work at the site of a traffic accident on a section of the Hukun (Shanghai to Kunming) Expressway in central China's Hunan Province, July 19, 2014.

 

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Holland or Belgium.

 

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Police officers detain several men after riot police fired tear gas and used water cannons to restrain a group of youths who hurled rocks and vandalized store fronts at a rally to celebrate Argentina’s gutsy performance in a 1-0 loss to Germany in the World Cup finals, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, July 13, 2014. The chaotic situation marred what was an otherwise spontaneous gathering of support for Argentina’s national team after its best World Cup run in 24 years. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

 

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Xinjiang Armed Police Frontier Corps training base. Female commandos carried out a high-intensity training activities along with male commandos. Training included five kilometers off road run. Pulling tires, carrying logs and other basic physical training, search proceedures. And the use of the Lichang Dan crossbow. Xinhua News Agency (Fan ÖÝ Yu Chang)

 

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A participant playing the role of an attacker clashes with police officers in a simulation exercise as part of an anti-terrorism drill held in Changchun, Jilin province on July 14, 2014. The drill represents the largest anti-terrorism exercise held in the province. [Photo/ Ecns.cn]