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At first, protesters were held back at roadblocks by tear gas and truncheons, then police started using water cannons and rubber bullets.

Then, just like the Confederate slave conscripts, just like the Russian cannon fodder in Bakhmut, they’ll be discarded — forgotten, broken and left to rot in the very ruins they helped create.

The bad guys are cannon fodder, though I did like the way one mobster sadly sighs at a grenade before he explodes.

They have been largely peaceful, but on Sunday police officers fired water cannons and used pepper spray as clashes unfolded.

But its advice page does note that demonstrations in cities can become violent, with police known to have used water cannon and tear gas to disperse crowds.