FOX worries: Activists Preparing Against Use of ‘Brown Note’ at Dem Convention

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Thu Jun-12-08 04:02 PM
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FOX worries: Activists Preparing Against Use of ‘Brown Note’ at Dem Convention

Edited on Thu Jun-12-08 04:29 PM by G_j

FOX and Rush are frothing at the mouth over (& hoping for) 'possible trouble' at the DNC.
( However, I believe there is such a weapon, and it was possibly 'tested' at the FTAA protests.)

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/06/10/activists-preparing-against-use-of-brown-note-at-dem-convention/

Activists Preparing Against Use of ‘Brown Note’ at Dem Convention
by Cristina Corbin
Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Riot police fire rubber bullets at protesters outside an FTAA meeting in Miami in 2003 (AP Photo).

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.
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4857417

Focused Sound 'Laser' for Crowd Control

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Several police departments across America are planning to try a new device that uses focused sound, turned way up. These so-called non-lethal acoustic devices are already in use by U.S. forces in Iraq -- and some are already in place in areas hit by Hurricane Katrina.

These devices are more than just fancy speakers. California-based HPV Technologies recently demonstrated a "magnetic acoustic device" or MAD that can broadcast a targeted beam of sound for a more than mile. At close range, the sound from these devices can be terrifying and painful. ..more..