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> LRADs have been a part of anti-protest tactics since the mid 2000’s, when they were adopted by police after being used as a crowd control tool by U.S. militar

> LRADs have been a part of anti-protest tactics since the mid 2000’s, when they were adopted by police after being used as a crowd control tool by U.S. military forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Those who stand by idly while America does this to other people should remember that what we're inflicting on them will be inflicted on us tomorrow.

drunkpotato 6y ago
Or, you know, yesterday. And today. And also tomorrow. In the 1960's it was spraying civil rights marchers with firehoses. Now it's pepper balls and rubber bullets. "Less lethal" crowd control technology is too big a temptation for any authoritarian monster to resist.
DenisM 6y ago
>Those who stand by idly while America does this to other people should remember that what we're inflicting on them will be inflicted on us tomorrow. The US military used B2 bombers in Iraq. Do you expect these to be deployed in Seattle any time soon?
- ceejayoz 6y ago
  > The US military used B2 bombers in Iraq. For crowd control?
- Larrikin 6y ago
  Predator drones were deployed over the protests
- minikites 6y ago
  >The US military used B2 bombers in Iraq. Do you expect these to be deployed in Seattle any time soon? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOVE#1985_bombing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOVE#1985_bombing >From a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter, Philadelphia Police Department Lt. Frank Powell proceeded to drop two one-pound bombs (which the police referred to as "entry devices") made of FBI-supplied Tovex, a dynamite substitute, targeting a fortified, bunker-like cubicle on the roof of the house. The resulting explosions ignited a fire from fuel for a gasoline-powered generator stored in the rooftop bunker. The fire spread and eventually destroyed approximately sixty-five nearby houses.
  - DenisM 6y ago
    Wow this spectacularly bad judgement on the part of LEO (FBI), right up there with the Waco siege (ATF). Thanks for bringing this up, I did not see it before. Still, this looks like an improvised explosive device was used by the police, and it's not an off-shot of the US military programs. So my point still stands - just because something is deployed by the US military abroad does not mean it will be deployed at home. To suggest otherwise is to spread needless gloom and panic.
    - solstice 6y ago
      > Just because something is deployed by the US military abroad does not mean it will be deployed at home. Maybe not necessarily in 100% of the cases but once something is manufactured it is likely that the manufacturer will look to expand its customer base. Hence (imo) the militarization of police across the US and indeed the world.

drunkpotato 6y ago

Or, you know, yesterday. And today. And also tomorrow. In the 1960's it was spraying civil rights marchers with firehoses. Now it's pepper balls and rubber bullets. "Less lethal" crowd control technology is too big a temptation for any authoritarian monster to resist.

DenisM 6y ago

>Those who stand by idly while America does this to other people should remember that what we're inflicting on them will be inflicted on us tomorrow. The US military used B2 bombers in Iraq. Do you expect these to be deployed in Seattle any time soon?

ceejayoz 6y ago
> The US military used B2 bombers in Iraq. For crowd control?
Larrikin 6y ago
Predator drones were deployed over the protests
minikites 6y ago
>The US military used B2 bombers in Iraq. Do you expect these to be deployed in Seattle any time soon? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOVE#1985_bombing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOVE#1985_bombing >From a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter, Philadelphia Police Department Lt. Frank Powell proceeded to drop two one-pound bombs (which the police referred to as "entry devices") made of FBI-supplied Tovex, a dynamite substitute, targeting a fortified, bunker-like cubicle on the roof of the house. The resulting explosions ignited a fire from fuel for a gasoline-powered generator stored in the rooftop bunker. The fire spread and eventually destroyed approximately sixty-five nearby houses.
- DenisM 6y ago
  Wow this spectacularly bad judgement on the part of LEO (FBI), right up there with the Waco siege (ATF). Thanks for bringing this up, I did not see it before. Still, this looks like an improvised explosive device was used by the police, and it's not an off-shot of the US military programs. So my point still stands - just because something is deployed by the US military abroad does not mean it will be deployed at home. To suggest otherwise is to spread needless gloom and panic.
  - solstice 6y ago
    > Just because something is deployed by the US military abroad does not mean it will be deployed at home. Maybe not necessarily in 100% of the cases but once something is manufactured it is likely that the manufacturer will look to expand its customer base. Hence (imo) the militarization of police across the US and indeed the world.