Template:Did you know nominations/Riot Shield

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:49, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Riot shield

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Police officer with riot shield
Police officer with riot shield
  • ... that riot shields (pictured) may actually encourage protestors to throw things at police? Source: [1]

Improved to Good Article status by Freikorp (talk). Self-nominated at 03:29, 17 April 2018 (UTC).

  • GA, in time, long enough, sourced, no apparent copyvios, QPQ done, image is appropriately licensed. Freikorp, this sentence needs an inline citation: "While riot shields offer an effective form of protection in themselves, their use may encourage people to throw objects at the bearers." --Usernameunique (talk) 04:10, 17 April 2018 (UTC)