Police then used this infraction to raid a peaceful crowd that was gathered in front of the union headquarters.

Instead of a peaceful crowd, General Chandler's troops would be facing a maddened mob.

Organizers estimated the peaceful crowd at 250,000, while the police put it at 63,000.

Several people reported that police officers had fired stun grenades and tear gas at peaceful crowds.

A cheerful, peaceful crowd gathers long before the parade begins.

I watched as they fell on the peaceful crowd of student demonstrators, beating them and dragging them away.

This sudden attack on largely peaceful crowd bodes ill for today.

Encouraged by that's city's experience with peaceful, festive crowds, the idea began to spread in the 1980's to other communities.

"But where can you put 600,000 people together for 10 days and have as well-behaved and peaceful crowd as this group?"

Soon after leaving the church, she said, she witnessed police officers shoot "bean bags" at a peaceful crowd.