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2021-01-30 -Lurid Crime Tales-

US military police 'sought use of heat ray' to disperse White House protesters

[Guardian] A military whistleblower has said federal officials sought to use some controversial crowd control devices, including a so-called heat ray, to disperse protesters outside the White House in June.

In written responses to questions from a House committee, the national guard major Adam DeMarco said the defence department’s lead military police officer for the national capital region sent an email asking if the Washington DC national guard possessed a long-range acoustic device used to transmit loud noises or an Active Denial System (ADS), the heat ray.

DeMarco said he responded that the guard was not in possession of either device. National Public Radio and the Washington Post first reported DeMarco’s testimony.

Use of either the acoustic device or the ADS would have been a significant escalation of crowd control for the guard, particularly since the defence officials ordered that troops not be armed when they went into the area. Law enforcement personnel were armed.

Athough active-duty military troops were sent to the region, they remained at bases outside the district in case they were needed.

The ADS was developed by the military nearly two decades ago and was unveiled to the public around 2007. It is not clear if it has ever been used in combat, although reports suggest it has been deployed.

The system, which emits a directed beam of energy that causes a burning sensation, was considered a non-lethal way to control crowds, particularly when it may be difficult to tell the enemy from innocent civilians in war zones.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-01-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 Why 'protesters' and not 'insurrectionists' or 'seditionists' ?

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2021-01-30 01:37|| 2021-01-30 01:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Most of the protesters did not try to enter the capital. There was not point to escalate.

Posted by Mad Eye Clomosing5672 2021-01-30 09:25|| 2021-01-30 09:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Most of the protesters did not try to enter the capital. There was not point to escalate.

No, they only burned a church and tried to climb the fence into the White House grounds. But, hey, none of them got shot.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-01-30 11:34|| 2021-01-30 11:34|| Front Page Top

#4 to bad they didn't burn the capitol building down with the useless shit that sits in it where in it.

Posted by Chris 2021-01-30 14:32|| 2021-01-30 14:32|| Front Page Top

#5 I recall seeing that Pelosi asked for heavy machine guns. Maybe that was a joke, but if it really happened, well, that trumps crowd-dispersal weapons.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2021-01-30 20:34|| 2021-01-30 20:34|| Front Page Top

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