Georgia: Riot police use water cannons to disperse protesters Hundreds of riot police in body armour and helmets spray water cannons to break up a crowd of several hundred protesters outside the parliament building in the capital Tbilisi after the ruling party backtracked on promised electoral reforms. The police crackdown came after more than 20,000 demonstrators rallied outside parliament on Sunday in the largest anti-government rally in years, urging the government to resign and calling for new legislative elections.