Re: [microsound] sounds of falluja

[//jonCates <joncates@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

i know this post is from awhile back but...

On Nov 10, 2004, at 12:44 AM, tasty radish wrote:
> >btw, they've brought this thing out into
> >demonstrations in the usa... this last summer at the
> >RNC. Though, it wasn't put into effect. Just parked it
> >for all to see.

i wasnt @ the RNC protests in NYC but from what i understand the LRAD 
(Long Range Acoustic Device) weapon was turned on + used against 
protesters:

http://www.infowars.com/print/ps/soundcannon_photos.htm

++

http://www.boingboing.net/2004/09/02/rncnyc_reported_pres.html

these 'non lethal weapons' are very dangerous + can be just as lethal 
(depending on how they are tuned) + perhaps more damaging on various 
social + personal levels. long range health results are not publicly 
known. the LRAD can be tuned to low settings that nauseate the crowd or 
create feelings of generalized unease. obviously such tactics make ppl 
disperse w/out any visual evidence of the weapons deployment or being 
able to 'document'  via recording the kind of police state abuse of 
power that is occurring. this kind of invisibility of easily 
recognizable evidence, i.e. no video on the evening news or on sites 
such as indymedia, is a particularly important aspect of the repressive 
police state that has developed in the US.

//jonCates
http://systemsapproach.net


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