Riot shield

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Invention

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History and politics

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What Wikipedia says

A riot shield is a lightweight protection device, typically deployed by riot police and some military units during protest, though also utilized by protestors.

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Image: Patrice CALATAYU from Bordeaux, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.