http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2009/sep/25/sonic-cannon-g20-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 insurgents.
But US security forces turned the piercing sound on their own citizens yesterday to widespread outrage. Pittsburgh officials told the New York Times that it was the first time "sound cannon" had been used publicly.
[Warning: the video below contains very loud audio from the start]
The sonic weapon appears to be more effective than the Metropolitan police's highly contentious kettling tactics used against G20 protesters in London. But it is equally controversial.
It is feared the sounds emitted are loud enough to damage eardrums and even cause fatal aneurysms.
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This crowd control weapon has been in development for quite some time. Trial runs were used on Somali pirates and in Iraq.
This post and my previous one http://zogsnightmare.com/smf/index.php?topic=5944.0 bring to light the ir-refutable fact that we no longer have freedom of speech in this country. And that if you disagree with the political precepts of this current administration, you are a political dissident and domestic terrorist.
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