The civilians who took to the streets fought as a crowd joined to the police in a conflict that was essentially between power structures They were used as shields or put forward as human subjects, and occasionally became the target of bullets The only moments we witnessed the ‘militancy’ of the people were when soldiers surrendered with their guns and tanks. This so-called militancy was recorded in the form of lynching surrendered, unranked soldiers, cutting their throats, and posing on top of seized tanks.