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Photograph of menacing thug riot policeman preparing to throw a hand grenade of CS tear gas

Photograph of menacing thug riot policeman preparing to throw a hand grenade of CS tear gas
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Photograph of menacing thug riot policeman preparing to throw a hand grenade of CS tear gas for suppression of anti-government demonstration near Seoul National University in Seoul, South Korea. The students were protesting the authoritarian dictatorship of Chun Doo-Hwan. Riot police violently arrested many protestors and often tear gassed and injured many people. Photograph by Nathan Benn taken May 27, 1987.

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Seoul, ROK, South Korea, Korea,

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Asia, CS, CS tear gas, CS teargas, Chun Doo-hwan, Korea, Korean, Menace, Nathan Benn, ROK, Seoul, Seoul National University, South Korea, Thug, anti-government, authoritarian, demonstration, dictatorship, grenade, hand grenade, photograph, police, policeman, riot, riot police, stock photo, stock photography, suppression, tear gas, teargas

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