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G20 protesters blasted by sonic cannon
Guardian ^ | 09/25/09

Posted on 09/26/2009 4:49:27 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

G20 protesters blasted by sonic cannon

US police spark outrage by using wartime acoustic weapon to disperse G20 protesters in Pittsburgh

Only a few hundreds protesters took to the streets of Pittsburgh to mark the opening day of the G20 summit of world leaders, but the police were taking no chances.

Sonic weapons or long-range acoustic devices have been used by the US military overseas, notably against Somali pirates and Iraqi insurgen

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: g20; pittsburgh; protest; riotcontrol; soniccannon
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1 posted on 09/26/2009 4:49:28 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster

See this is the problem, a sonic cannon is not lethal. Mow down these street thugs and you won’t have a problem with rioting anymore.


2 posted on 09/26/2009 4:50:52 AM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Noodles and sonic weapons today.


3 posted on 09/26/2009 4:51:10 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

They need to use one of those ‘BROWN NOTE’ sound cannons on these Communists.


4 posted on 09/26/2009 4:52:15 AM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: driftdiver

Wonder when the government will start using these tactics on tea party gatherings


5 posted on 09/26/2009 4:53:31 AM PDT by shadeaud ("If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten." -- George Carlin)
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To: pnh102
these marxists love all things chinese....rent a Tank Battalion from the Chicoms...and let them run them over, ala Tianamin Square.
6 posted on 09/26/2009 4:53:48 AM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Fox News did a great split screen comparison of the peaceful DC protesters and the PA rioters.


7 posted on 09/26/2009 4:53:51 AM PDT by sodpoodle (Never give up- Keep Up!!!)
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To: pnh102

“Mow down these street thugs and you won’t have a problem with rioting anymore.”

Summary executions in the street. Yeah thats the ticket for a great Republic.


8 posted on 09/26/2009 4:54:07 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

So, when the cops in a Dem-controlled town roll ‘em out at a Tea Party....


9 posted on 09/26/2009 4:54:56 AM PDT by Grut
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To: driftdiver
Summary executions in the street.

Too bad we cannot take this approach with gang bangers and illegals as they violate our border.

10 posted on 09/26/2009 4:55:23 AM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: shadeaud

These communist instigators protesting a communist meeting are providing great training for the cops as they prepare for the tea partiers.


11 posted on 09/26/2009 4:56:02 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Vaquero

They need to use one of those ‘BROWN NOTE’ sound cannons on these Communists.

THAT will ensure they get MORE than a little “wee-wee’d up!”


12 posted on 09/26/2009 4:57:01 AM PDT by Muzzle_em (BO STINKS!)
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13 posted on 09/26/2009 4:57:13 AM PDT by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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I don’t EVER want the govt to be able to start shooting people at will.

Wars excluded.


14 posted on 09/26/2009 4:57:49 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Vaquero
>>>‘BROWN NOTE’ sound canon<<<
—Is that the one that make you defecate in your pants? That would make a great Youtube video.
15 posted on 09/26/2009 4:57:56 AM PDT by Shqipo (A whiff of blowback is in the air.)
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To: pnh102

Blow enough of them away and they MIGHT get the hint. Also mine the daylights out of the border and build a mega-Berlin wall too.


16 posted on 09/26/2009 4:58:59 AM PDT by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: shadeaud

When?

You mean yet!

http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/?q=node/1874


17 posted on 09/26/2009 5:00:10 AM PDT by gunnyg (SUFFER NO FOOLS -Gunny G)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

If you look at the second short video on the web page:

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

.... you can see that the “peaceful protesters” are all garbed in Global Anarchist Chic, with the black t-shorts, shorts, and mid-calf black stomper boots, not to mention the bandanas and other Global Anarchist regalia.

So in this instance where there no question that they are out to cause mayhem and have violent altercations with the police, that using the sound cannon is the right way to go.

The cannon keeps the police safe while dispersing the Anarchist rats and cockroaches.

But what happens when they start carrying earplugs?


18 posted on 09/26/2009 5:00:22 AM PDT by angkor (The U.S. Congress is at war with America.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Jonas Brothers played on loud speaker does the same and lots cheaper.


19 posted on 09/26/2009 5:12:48 AM PDT by WildWeasel
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To: shadeaud
Wonder when the government will start using these tactics on tea party gatherings

These devices were present at some Town Halls, used as loudspeakers and defended by police as being there solely for that purpose. But, they'll be turned on us, too, eventually.

So, I don't get people applauding LRAD use against these anarchists, stupid and destructive though they may well be. It's the same mentality that applauds civil asset forfeiture as a deterrent to the drug trade, never mind that corrupt police are windowshopping expensive, out of state cars on I-10 and elsewhere, and seizing them, knowing full well that most people cannot afford the lengthy legal process to get them back.

Having an LRAD at a peaceable assembly and protest will be used to break up that assembly and to stifle that protest. Tea Partiers beware.

20 posted on 09/26/2009 5:12:55 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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