Protesters in the portland area, there are reports and supporting videos that the police may be ultilizing an LRAD sonic weapon today (6/3/20). Please wear ear protection and anticipate noise of ~160db.
Hi, update (6/4/20, 2:30 am): Various warning tweets have since gained more traction on twitter and some have tweeted their sightings of the LRAD cannon today.
There have also been tweets that protesters today were handing out ear plugs to eachother en masse, but I haven’t seen any reports of LRAD being used to harm civilians yet, thankfully! But this could change.
As always, please continue to exercise caution at protests and bring hearing protection if you are able. While we must take rumors with a grain of salt we must also remember that police WILL NOT HESITATE to harm you unprovoked if they desire. Stay safe!
Earplugs apparently don’t help! If you see LRADS you should be ready to take off. here’s a thread about what LRADs do twitter.com/Sphynxian/status/1268387869690757122
Thank you so much for adding this info!
Please read the links you’re going to fucking share, people.
The article @mdwolf links SPECIFICALLY says EARPLUGS ARE EFFECTIVE.
Earplugs can mitigate it a little. So, they’re not very effective but you should still wear them if that’s the best option you have.
As someone with hyperacusis for other reasons, I want to encourage protestors who are at risk of an LRAD attack to double up the way I need to when I am in what most people consider a moderately loud environment.
Get -30db in-ear earplugs and wear them for the whole protest. Protests are loud anyway, and you should be protecting your hearing the same way you would at a concert. If you are concerned about acoustic quality, invest in musician’s earplugs which run about $18 per pair, but the foam ones where you can get 50 for $10 at CVS are sufficient. Your brain will adapt pretty quick.
Also get over-the-head earmuffs at the highest decibel protection you can afford. Think shooting range earmuffs. Keep them around your neck. If you see an LRAD, put them on immediately.
It is important to keep the ear plugs in at all times and put the ear muffs on the moment you see there is an LRAD present. You do not have a second to waste. Do not wait for them to fire it, because ear pain from sound is completely disorienting and you will not be able to walk straight or possibly even stand up. This will damage more than just your hearing.
This will not protect you 100% - and please remember that decibel protection does not stack. It sort of averages.
What this will do is minimize the damage the LRAD does to you, and give you a better opportunity to get out before you literally hit the floor from sonic damage and can’t get up, exposing you to a prolonged attack and completely obliterating your hearing and sense of balance.
There is a fucking soldier standing in the middle of the road in front of the Old State House in Boston right now waiting for protesters I fucking CANNOT
Hey, at least they’re being historically accurate! The marker for the Boston Massacre is only behind him because they don’t want tourists stopping at the spot where it actually happened, almost exactly where he is, in the middle of the street. We weren’t even able to do it there for the 250th anniversary reenactment three months ago.
I have to go lie down
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On Jan. 11, 2013, the body of 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson was found in the most unusual of circumstances: upside-down and rolled up in a school gym mat. The mysterious death of Kendrick Johnson was initially ruled an accident by law enforcement asserting the ridiculous theory that Johnson must have accidentally fallen into the center of the mat while reaching for a sneaker
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- A hoodie and a pair of orange and black gym shoes were also found lying on the floor of the gym
- traces of blood on the wall nearby that wasn’t Kendricks.
- A private pathologist revealed Kendrick Johnson had suffered hemorrhaging on the right side of his neck, which meant that he likely died from blunt force trauma
- the second autopsy revealed that some of Johnson’s organs were missing and in their place, his body had been stuffed with newspaper.
- A whole hour of footage from the gym was missing, right at the time which would have shed light on what happened that day
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Does anyone Level-5 want to tell me what was up with Evan Barde? They never cleared up the circumstances of his death, and based on concept art it looked like there was more to that story than what made it into the actual game. We know that the townspeople didn’t like him, supposedly because of him being greedy or something? I don’t remember. But either they were trying to be vague and child-friendly about his death, or more likely, we’re missing some big lore. If I’m missing some details could someone clue me in? Or just theorize with me lol?
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On twitter,tumblr,facebook,heck,anywhere you want,this needs to be talked about !
He gets edgeworth a steel samurai themed gift i.... 🥺
Update: edgeworth ends up playing with the board game :}
The thrilling conclusion: ema plays sugoroku with them too after the case is finished :’}
Wanted to draw something with a warm, antique atmosphere, so of course Professor Layton came to mind!
Rest in Power to Our Allies Who Risk Their Life Fighting With Us and For Our Rights
May her memory be a blessing Z"L
it gets worse tho! the original person who reported this on twitter said she did NOT die of asthma related syptoms. Thats what they WANTED us to think!!
she died bcause they sprayed so much tear gas in her face that she inhaled too much and DIED. HER DEATH WAS NOT CAUSED BY ASTHMA RELATED SYMPTOMS. Only tear gas. Solely tear gas.
They murdered her.
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