Thursday, September 24, 2009

Secret Service Confirm "Bean Bags" Shot at Protestors

From Twitter: MacroscopeSecret Service confirms that police are shooting #g20 protesters with "bean bags." But check out what they look like: http://bit.ly/hBCUg

5 comments:

  1. the citizen version is called '00' buck, for their info. if you get hit in the fucking eye with this, you lose and eye or you die because it enters your brain. there is no excuse for this bullshit!

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  2. fuck'em. Fight back. This is utter bullshit, and I and others are getting pretty pissed off!!!

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  4. There's money to be made in curtailing civil rights:

    Louder than bombs: LRAD 'sonic cannon' debuts in U.S. at G20 protests

    Pittsburgh police on Thursday used an audio cannon manufactured by American Technology Corporation (ATCO), a San Diego-based company, to disperse protesters outside the G-20 Summit -- the first time its LRAD series device has been used on civilians in the U.S.

    http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/25/louder-than-bombs-lrad-sonic-cannon-debuts-in-u-s-at-g20-pro/

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  5. More articles on the sound cannon:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2009/sep/25/sonic-cannon-g20-pittsburgh

    http://eastcountymagazine.org/?q=node/1896

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