Sound weapons deployed at protests have people searching for protection, but understanding LRAD technology reveals the mechanics behind these controversial crowd control tools and practical protection ...
Sonic weapons known as Long Range Acoustic Devices (LRAD), are used by law enforcement officials as a non-traditional method of crowd control and dispersal in multiple countries across the world. The ...
Audio producer Cory Choy was reporting on the 2014 Black Lives Matter protests in New York City when he first experienced sound as a weapon. “Horrible, nauseating pain hit my body,” he tells Popular ...
The City has agreed to pay $748,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by Black Lives Matter protesters who said the NYPD illegally targeted demonstrators with Long Range Acoustic Devices [LRAD] in 2014.
HILO Gov. David Ige said Wednesday concerns expressed in a Tuesday letter by the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii that a long-range acoustic device will be used as a sound cannon against ...
That high-frequency sound is banned by Washington state law anyway, council members noted during a Monday agenda meeting, which is why Spokane Police Assistant Chief Steve Wohl said he would want to ...
LRAD sells sound cannons to yacht owners as a means of keeping pirates from boarding. In 2005, an LRAD sound cannon staved off an attack by pirates on a five-star German-built cruise ship, called ...
The LRAD is capable of inflicting bodily harm including nausea, dizziness and even organ damage and permanent hearing loss in extreme cases. However, the Minnesota State Patrol claimed it did not use ...
Since moving to Austin in 1980, Jim Ellin­ger has attended more demonstrations Downtown than he cares to remember. The 70-year-old citizen journalist typically stakes out the periphery of a gathering, ...