Counter-protesters in black masks and hats carrying what appeared to be batons stood in the crowd, reporter Cosmin Dzsurdzsa wrote on Twitter.

Source: https://dailycaller.com/2023/09/20/parents-face-lgbt-activists-multiple-cities-during-nationwide-parental-rights-protests-canada/

Cut the parsnips into 2cm thick batons (peel optional).

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/seasonal-recipes-spring-mindful-chef-b2290320.html

Does the lack of support for recognizing those of all races working for equal rights under the law, then and now, put you on the side of the troopers bashing men, women and children with batons and the legislators who voted “no” on voting rights?

Source: https://www.nationalmemo.com/desantis-2659584474

“Four female police officers with batons hit me,” Mahrang Baloch, one of the organizers, told reporters as she and dozens of others held portraits of those detained by the police, demanding their release.

Source: https://halifax.citynews.ca/2023/12/25/pakistani-police-free-290-baluch-activists-arrested-while-protesting-extrajudicial-killings/

It shows five officers punching, kicking, and hitting Nichols with batons as he lies prone on January 7. He died of his injuries in the hospital three days later.

Source: https://www.samfordcrimson.com/congressional-black-caucus-requests-meeting-with-biden-on-police-after-memphis-killing-2023-01-29.html

New York City has agreed to pay $21,500 each to hundreds of nonviolent protesters who were beaten with batons, pepper sprayed, and kettled (a “trap and detain” restraining tactic) by police officers during Black Lives Matter demonstrations in June 2020.

Source: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexalee1/supreme-court-student-loan-insulin-price-drop-march-2-2023

On Sunday evening, protesters tried to enter Belgrade’s city council, breaking windows, before riot police pushed them back using tear gas, pepper spray and batons.

Source: https://wtop.com/national/2023/12/police-in-serbia-detain-nearly-40-people-as-opposition-plans-more-protests-against-election-results/

Police eventually intervened, firing into the air and wielding batons before dispersing the attackers with the help of Muslim clerics and elders.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/08/muslim-mobs-attack-churches-in-pakistan-after-accusing-christians-of-desecrating-the-quran/

Police have said that 7-8 people carried out attacks using telescopic stun batons and knuckle dusters over a number of days in Budapest.

Source: https://www.budapesttimes.hu/hungary/court-orders-suspects-to-be-held-in-custody-over-violent-attacks-in-budapest/

Police used batons to stop the demonstrators, and ceremonies at the memorial were not interrupted.

Source: https://thefrontierpost.com/stop-bombing-gaza-thousands-join-pro-palestine-london-march/

PSOL deputy Monica Seixas said the security forces’ use of batons and pepper spray had made their presence in the assembly impossible.

Source: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/brazil-pro-bolsonaro-forces-privatise-sao-paulos-water-amid-repression-parliament

Snacks each day tend to be crisps, vegetable batons with houmous, popcorn or biscuits.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/universal-credit-mum-shares-supermarket-27473219

The police personnel seen walking the beat with batons says they have ‘orders from above’ to close the stalls.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/metropolis-sans-nightlife-fetters-remain-on-food-stalls-in-hyderabads-dlf-stretch-despite-lifting-of-election-code/article67659637.ece

They said that near the end of October, anti-riot police started using tear gas, stun grenades, batons, and buckshot against protesters, and also began arresting and detaining protestors.

Source: https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/22/bahrain-repression-pro-palestine-protests

Video showed five officers held him down and repeatedly struck him with their fists, boots and batons as he screamed for his mother.

Source: https://abc13.com/dewayne-smith-memphis-police-tyre-nichols-beating-death/12973942/