They were driven back by a police baton charge.

他们被警察用警棍赶了回去。

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A police baton belongs to anti-riot police equipment. The utility model discloses a police baton, which can effectively control the ordinary conflict situation and play the role of a warning line.

警用棒属于防暴警用设备，它公开了一种可以有效地控制一般的冲突场面和起警戒线作用的警用棒。

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It's not just a question of deferring to authority as though the authority were the police with a baton in its hand, right?

这不仅仅是一个服从权威的问题，正如权威是拿着警棍的警察，对吧？

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Police responded by using tear gas, water cannons, baton charges and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.

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It's not just a question, as obviously Foucault and Barthes are always suggesting, of deferring to authority as though the authority were the police with a baton in its hand, right?

这不仅仅是一个，如福柯和巴特经常暗示的一样明显的，尊崇作者权威就好像这种权威,是一个手握警棍的警官的问题，对吧？

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