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They are humans. A "kettle" is for boiling water, not humans.
Lawsuits filed over St. Louis police 'kettling' practice
https://www.yahoo.com/news/lawsuits-filed-over-st-louis-police-kettling-practice-143030033.html
FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2017, file photo, police arrest a man as demonstrators march in response to a not guilty verdict in the trial of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley in St. Louis. Stockley was acquitted in the 2011 killing of a black man following a high-speed chase. More than a dozen people arrested in the 2017 protest in St. Louis are suing the city, police officers and their supervisors, alleging they were roughed up, pepper sprayed and illegally detained. Federal lawsuits were filed Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, a year to the day after the downtown protest. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
JIM SALTER
Associated Press

Lawsuits filed over St. Louis police 'kettling' practice
https://www.yahoo.com/news/lawsuits-filed-over-st-louis-police-kettling-practice-143030033.html

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2017, file photo, police arrest a man as demonstrators march in response to a not guilty verdict in the trial of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley in St. Louis. Stockley was acquitted in the 2011 killing of a black man following a high-speed chase. More than a dozen people arrested in the 2017 protest in St. Louis are suing the city, police officers and their supervisors, alleging they were roughed up, pepper sprayed and illegally detained. Federal lawsuits were filed Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, a year to the day after the downtown protest. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

JIM SALTER
Associated Press