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How to Stop a Riot

Wendover Productions · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Law, policing & justicePsychology & human behaviorSocial issues & culture

What it is

Wendover Productions explains counterintuitive riot control techniques based on research, showing that effective tactics tend to avoid violence.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited for its research-based principles of riot control, and as an analogy for managing other crowd dynamics like bubbles.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “Wendover Productions made great video coverage on "How to Stop a Riot" based on the research”

    Counter-intuitive riot control techniques; effective ones avoid violence.

    lathiat, 2020-07 · Recommendation · in “We Reviewed Police Tactics Seen in Nearly 400 Protest Videos”

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Topics: police tactics, protest, crowd psychology, wendover

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