As the processions continued to grow, the Japanese local and military police could not control the crowds.

But police could have controlled them by existing laws.

And the police will control the number of people entering subway stations.

Municipal governments and police had generally controlled the airports in the past.

The party, the prosecutors and the police, not the judges, controlled the criminal process.

Under the changed rules, the police would control traffic, as they do in customary parades.

The police controlled the situation by 1:00am with more arrests.

If crime is getting out of hand and the police cannot control the situation, send in the army.

This is apparently so that the police can control their content.

Hostage handling/ police control aspects all got big ticks against them.