Mexican police gas and club leftist lawmakers

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/international/ticker/detail/Mexican_police_gas_leftist_lawmakers.html?siteSect=143&sid=6973542&cKey=1155621197000

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican riot police fired tear gas and used clubs to drive back leftist legislators and supporters protesting outside Congress on Monday in the first violent clash over a fiercely contested presidential election.

Several lawmakers from the left-wing party whose presidential candidate narrowly lost the July 2 election were slightly injured when police swept through their protest camp.

Demonstrators threw rocks at the police lines and at least one newly elected lawmaker was bloodied by a blow to the head during the clash.

It was the first time the government has deployed police to break up protests that began days after the election and have until now been peaceful.

[robinlynne]

1. oh shit.

[NNN0LHI]

2. This is what we would have got if we tried it in 2000 I betcha n/t

[lovuian]

3. Its getting violent... this is so sad

Conservatives have given the people no choice...

[Joanne98]

4. Why are the police always on the side of the bad guys.

[EFerrari]

8. Because they cut the checks.

Mucho quidado, hermanitos.

[Seabiscuit]

5. Shades of Washington D.C. in 2008. n/t

[Kurovski]

6. K&R(nt)

[Swamp Rat]

7. k&r