Hillary Clinton may have dropped out of the race, but that doesn’t mean things won’t be messy at the Democratic National Convention:
Political activists planning protest rallies at the upcoming Democratic Convention in Denver have their stomachs in knots over a rumor about a crowd control weapon - known as the “crap cannon” - that might be unleashed against them.
Also called “Brown Note,” it is believed to be an infrasound frequency that debilitates a person by making them defecate involuntarily.
Mark Cohen, co-founder of Re-create 68, an alliance of local activists working for the protection of first amendment rights, said he believes this could be deployed at the convention in August to subdue crowds.
“We know this weapon and weapons like it have been used at other large protests before,” he said.
Cohen, who described Brown Note as a “sonic weapon used to disrupt people’s equilibrium,” cited eyewitness accounts of its use during free-trade agreement protests in Miami in 2003.
“I think these weapons were mostly intended for military use and so their use for dealing with innocent protesters seems highly inappropriate,” he said. “The idea that they might be field testing them on people who are doing nothing more than exercising their first amendment rights is disturbing.”
Disturbing in more way than one, I would think.
June 11th, 2008 at 10:45 am
The Democrats should try to get back to real issues.
If you are interested in Justice in America, listen to this story at This American Life about how a fiercely competitive prosecutor allowed his desire to get a win, get in the way of justice. We need real reform to our system that rewards prosecutors for “wins” rather than for finding the truth and ensuring justice is done.
http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1245
June 12th, 2008 at 8:42 am
I can see a booming Depends market on the horizon!