Pathetic, the fucking cowards.

“It is … at the lower end of seriousness of crimes amounting to wrongful death,” Harrison said.

Explain to me how electrocuting a frail 95 y/o demented woman to death ranks ‘on the lower end’ of crimes involving fatalities. Seriously, explain it to me like I’m 3, because I can’t believe that this statement was issued by a judge.

It’s relatively new, in terms of weapons. They’ve apparently been adopted on some domestic U.S. military bases as a means to repel attacks, but I haven’t seen any news reports of people rushing the gates. It’s extremely effective for “area denial”, and its potential use against demonstrators (peaceful, not rioting) will inevitably cause fatalities - I guarantee that it won’t be long before it’s used in a situation that doesn’t merit the use of force. Someone will die, hearings will be held, nothing will happen, and it will continue to be used to abuse and assault participants of marches, sit-ins, etc. during scenarios where there was no hazard to Police.

see: truncheons, fire hoses, tear gas, rubber bullets…

What the Hell was the name of the movie with Tom Cruise where the protagonist’s friend was dating a fucking hologram?

We’re a hair’s-breadth from that bullshit, and TBH I think that if falling in love with a computer program becomes the new defacto normal, I’m going to completely alienate myself by making fun of those wretched chodes non-stop.

The meat of the true issue right here. Journalism and investigative journalism aren’t just dead, their corpses has been feeding a palm tree like a pod of beached whales for decades. It’s a bizarre state of affairs to read news coverage and come out the other side less informed, without reading literal disinformation. It somehow seems so much worse that they’re not just off-target, but that they don’t even understand why or how they’re fucking it up.

Same. Half Baked is one of my favourite stoner movies, this shit has been so disappointing.

Hope springs eternal, and all that.

Now we’re talking.

Why the inquisitive tone? I understand that the AP is aiming to be non-partisan, but FFS it was clearly an LRAD. Video and victim accounts line up with previous available material about the weapons. Add to that the photographs of LRADs deployed to the area at the time of the incident - this isn’t some Sherlock Holmes mystery, if there’s another entirely different weapon which can spur widespread, instant crowd panic without making a sound then I’m all ears, because I’ve never heard of it. Re-linking footage of the attack from URL used in other comment. Watch the crowd of hundreds reacting to nothing observable at the 0:07 mark

“When presented with photos of the device mounted on an off-road vehicle and deployed at the rally of hundreds of thousands of protesters, officials admitted possessing a sonic weapon, but insisted it was not used against the protesters.”

Liars.

Exact right, as it’s untrasonic, the sound is transmitted directly through the target’s body. Noise canceling earphones/plugs will have no protective effect whatsoever.

I watched the original video when it dropped but couldn’t discern any sound from the weapon itself. Watch the clip here - the crowd reacts at the 0:07 mark without any discernible loud sound, although it was described by victims as “being like a train whistle” (i.e. excruciatingly loud and panic-inducing).

No, the sound is transmitted through the body rather than just via the auditory system in such a way that simply plugging or covering your ears will provide no protection from the effect. As analogy, imagine the effect of a train whistle or jet engine on someone who’s within 1-25 ft., but 100% deaf. It wouldn’t need to be heard by their ears per se as it would be so powerful as to be transmitted into the target’s body, which would reacts accordingly to a 100+ decibel sound.

There is, you just can’t hear the weapon in the footage of the attack on the vigil.

In the same way that human ears can’t hear much of the noise happening around them, we wouldn’t be able to hear recordings of the weapon in use because it’s ultrasonic. Picture a literal dog whistle and our inability to hear it despite it fully capturing a canine’s attention, except as a restricted military-grade weapon for injuring and dispersing crowds.

Presumably, another candidate is elected to office. If not, it’s a coup, and he continues as “President For Life” like other dictators.

Not American either, but it shouldn’t be court martial offenses given that they’re not military officers, but civilians filling politically appointed positions. Court martial trials are for servicemembers.

Ideally, yes, you’re right. But… gestures broadly at United States judiciary it doesn’t seem likely, unfortunately.

“I don’t recall” = “I plead the fifth”

Jesus Christ, they’re just so fucking stupid. This is the kind of thing that would see employees of a major corporation fired in an instant, but I just know that these careless chucklefucks are going to be in my news feed for a while yet, possibly another four years so long as they keep currying the favour of Trump. This shit is pathetic, the rest of the world is embarrassed on behalf of American citizens for having to deal with this incompetence.

Now that’s something altogether different. I’ve heard it said before, but haven’t seen any really detailed report about it. If true, I want to know more, is there any source to the allegations? It’s plausible, absolutely, and if true would lend credence to accusations of Russian interference in the U.S. elections using Trump as an asset.

Agreed, the man bankrupted a casino. How do you bankrupt a fucking casino?!