US riot police confront thousands of pro-union Michigan protesters

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PressTV Wed Dec 12, 2012 6:51PM GMT

Michigan State Police officers confront the crowd protesting against the so-called right-to-work legislation outside the Capitol in Lansing.

Michigan State Police officers confront the crowd protesting against the so-called right-to-work legislation outside the Capitol in Lansing.
 
Riot police in the US state of Michigan have encountered thousands of angry protesters at the state’s Capitol, resorting to pepper spray to disperse the crowd rallying against the controversial right-to-work law.
 

Nearly 13,000 protesters, according to police estimates, descended on the legislative building on Tuesday to protest the passage of the bill earlier in the day by the state’s Republican-controlled House of Delegates.

 

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