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The idea of sending the sound of gunfire into a peaceful rally with armed cops nearby is frightening.

by kosei 9y ago

partiallypro 9y ago
How so? It can already be done with anything, like a firecracker. Cops at protests are use to it loud noises. I'm not saying cops are good or bad, just that I don't see how this in particular is all that troubling. Cops aren't generally (in the West) going to fire live ammunition into an open crowd. Generally they will use rubber bullets or things that disperse the crowd.
- pavs 9y ago
  What happens when a third party does it?
- scentoni 9y ago
  What happens when 3 cops know it and 10 cops don’t? Warrior mentality + sudden noises = dead civilians, particularly PoC
- kosei 9y ago
  A firecracker also requires actually being in the audience and taking the risk of being shot.
Hermit_Country 9y ago
> The idea of sending the sound of gunfire into a peaceful rally with armed cops nearby is frightening. William Burroughs circa 1970 on using portable tape recorders for the same effect: AS A FRONT LINE WEAPON TO PRODUCE AND ESCALATE RIOTS There is nothing mystical about this operation. Riot sound effects can produce an actual riot in a riot situation. RECORDED POLICE WHISTLES WILL DRAW COPS. RECORDED GUNSHOTS, AND THEIR GUNS ARE OUT. Here is a run of the mill, pre-riot situation. Protesters have been urged to demonstrate peacefully, police and guardsmen to exercise restraint. Ten tape recorders strapped under their coats, playback, and record controlled from lapel buttons. They have prerecorded riot sound effects from Chicago, Paris, Mexico City, Kent/Ohio. If they adjust sound levels of recordings to surrounding sound levels, they will not be detected. Police scuffle with the demonstrators. http://www.poetspath.com/transmissions/messages/burroughs.html http://www.poetspath.com/transmissions/messages/burroughs.ht...

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The idea of sending the sound of gunfire into a peaceful rally with armed cops nearby is frightening.

by kosei 9y ago

The idea of sending the sound of gunfire into a peaceful rally with armed cops nearby is frightening.

partiallypro 9y ago
How so? It can already be done with anything, like a firecracker. Cops at protests are use to it loud noises. I'm not saying cops are good or bad, just that I don't see how this in particular is all that troubling. Cops aren't generally (in the West) going to fire live ammunition into an open crowd. Generally they will use rubber bullets or things that disperse the crowd.
- pavs 9y ago
  What happens when a third party does it?
- scentoni 9y ago
  What happens when 3 cops know it and 10 cops don’t? Warrior mentality + sudden noises = dead civilians, particularly PoC
- kosei 9y ago
  A firecracker also requires actually being in the audience and taking the risk of being shot.
Hermit_Country 9y ago
> The idea of sending the sound of gunfire into a peaceful rally with armed cops nearby is frightening. William Burroughs circa 1970 on using portable tape recorders for the same effect: AS A FRONT LINE WEAPON TO PRODUCE AND ESCALATE RIOTS There is nothing mystical about this operation. Riot sound effects can produce an actual riot in a riot situation. RECORDED POLICE WHISTLES WILL DRAW COPS. RECORDED GUNSHOTS, AND THEIR GUNS ARE OUT. Here is a run of the mill, pre-riot situation. Protesters have been urged to demonstrate peacefully, police and guardsmen to exercise restraint. Ten tape recorders strapped under their coats, playback, and record controlled from lapel buttons. They have prerecorded riot sound effects from Chicago, Paris, Mexico City, Kent/Ohio. If they adjust sound levels of recordings to surrounding sound levels, they will not be detected. Police scuffle with the demonstrators. http://www.poetspath.com/transmissions/messages/burroughs.html http://www.poetspath.com/transmissions/messages/burroughs.ht...