Alien Invasion: Riot control, Georgian style

Steve Johnson
by Steve Johnson

The president of the republic of Georgia declared a state of emergency Wednesday night, after riot police officers used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon to clear thousands of demonstrators from the streets.

Check out these ‘riot police officers’:

If the photo didn’t come from the NY Times I would have thought it was a photoshop. I have seen movies portraying aliens who look less ‘alien’ than these guys!

The camo, armor and 40mm / 37mm multi-launcher in combination with the weird mask makes for a chilling effect.

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Steve Johnson
Steve Johnson

I founded TFB in 2007 and over 10 years worked tirelessly, with the help of my team, to build it up into the largest gun blog online. I retired as Editor in Chief in 2017. During my decade at TFB I was fortunate to work with the most amazing talented writers and genuinely good people!

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  • Yakup Efe Tunay Yakup Efe Tunay on May 02, 2009

    Those are NOT nato masks, actually those are Soviet-era PBF masks, Nato nickname is "gorilla". They've been produced back in the 70s and are still in use in the ex-soviet countries.

  • Rjp Rjp on May 30, 2013

    Pick up that can citizen.

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