Democratic National Convention
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^^ True.....but why do i have a feeling there will be live interviews with protestors, while the live RNC speeches will get minimal coverage?
And before you mention that DNC speeches got little coverage too, consider, the protestors will be IN ADDITION to the RNC speeches, PLUS the after-commentary by pundits. The whole media is gonna be fucked up that whole week......
And before you mention that DNC speeches got little coverage too, consider, the protestors will be IN ADDITION to the RNC speeches, PLUS the after-commentary by pundits. The whole media is gonna be fucked up that whole week......
Well, I think this is because of what will be going on outside of the RNC. If things get ugly and violent, obviously it's going to be a huge story that everyone will be talking about.
The DNC protest was relatively small and for the most part, peaceful. They obeyed to gather in their little free speech zones, while the RNC will definitely spread outside of these zones and I’m guessing the riot squads will use force to “contain” them.
Um, I'm not sure how much live interviews there will be other than accounts of being tear gassed or hit by a night stick. I guess we will have to wait and see...
The DNC protest was relatively small and for the most part, peaceful. They obeyed to gather in their little free speech zones, while the RNC will definitely spread outside of these zones and I’m guessing the riot squads will use force to “contain” them.
Um, I'm not sure how much live interviews there will be other than accounts of being tear gassed or hit by a night stick. I guess we will have to wait and see...
2-0-SIXX,
HE SAID WHEN, NOT WHAT.
L MAC-A-DOCIOUS,
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HE SAID WHEN, NOT WHAT.
L MAC-A-DOCIOUS,
I KNOW WHAT YOU SAYIN'. YOU BASICALLY TELLIN' ME THAT THE gLASS IS HALF FULL AND THAT I SHOULD NOT BE SO PESSIMISTIC CAUSE I'M CUTTIN' MYSELF SHORT OF OPPORTUNITIES. THAT'S ALL FINE AND DANDY, BUT IN MY SITUATION IT gOES FURTHER THAN JUST THAT. I'M A MAN LIVIN' IN FUCCED UP REPERCUSSIONS AND HAVE TO STRIVE TO SURVIVE BY N-E MEANS AND AT THE SAME TIME NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES THAT gOT ME CAUgHT UP. SO IT'S SOMETHIN' BETWEEN A ROK AND A HARD PLACE. AND gOIN' THRU THE SHIT I HAVE, I CAN'T BE AS NAIVE AS YOU AND THINK THAT EVERYTHANg IS BASED ON A CHOICE WHEN REALITY SAYS THAT IN LIFE SOME SITUATIONS ARE BEYOND OUR CONTROL.
2-0-Sixx, right on.
@EDJ
OK, but you know, you make big assumptions based on who I am, where I've been, and what I've seen, all based on this net chat. It's cool though, I hope you can get out from between that rock and that hard place soon, and get on some greener pastures...I'm gonna say this final piece and you can refute it, believe it or just leave it alone...You control your own destiny, only EDJ can say what EDJ is going to do next. Stay up mayne.
@EDJ
OK, but you know, you make big assumptions based on who I am, where I've been, and what I've seen, all based on this net chat. It's cool though, I hope you can get out from between that rock and that hard place soon, and get on some greener pastures...I'm gonna say this final piece and you can refute it, believe it or just leave it alone...You control your own destiny, only EDJ can say what EDJ is going to do next. Stay up mayne.
Damn. They're gettin pretty fuckin high-tech with this shit...I wonder if they will use it...
Police go high-tech for GOP protests: Terrorism device to be used to direct NYC crowds
TOM HAYS
The Associated Press
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NEW YORK -- Forget the megaphones.
Police will have a much more high-tech option to make themselves heard over the din of Manhattan traffic, summer tourists and noisy protesters outside the upcoming Republican National Convention: the Long Range Acoustic Device.
Developed for the military, the portable, dish-shaped instrument will be used by the New York Police Department if it needs to broadcast warnings or instructions to a swelling crowd. It's part of an arsenal of devices and counterterrorism equipment that authorities were unveiling Thursday ahead of the convention Aug. 30-Sept. 2.
The machines are being tested at an air field in a remote section of Brooklyn along with other devices like hand-held radiation detectors and mechanical barriers strong enough to stop a moving vehicle in its tracks.
The department recently bought two of the 45-pound acoustic machines for $35,000 apiece, and plans to mount them on Humvees posted outside Madison Square Garden. It would mark the first time the instrument -- which can beam sounds for 300 yards or more -- has been used by a civilian force.
"We believe we'd be able to use them in a number of scenarios," said Paul Browne, the NYPD's chief spokesman.
Two possible uses cited by Browne: directing crowds to safety following a terrorist attack or other calamity, and reminding protesters where they're allowed to march and rally. At past demonstrations, protesters have complained they couldn't hear police directions, resulting in confusion and angry clashes.
Earlier this year, manufacturer American Technology Corp. of San Diego, Calif., won a $1.1 million contract from the U.S. Marine Corps, which used the gadgets in Iraq.
The military bills them as a "non-lethal weapon" designed to disperse hostile crowds or ward off potential foreign combatants by delivering prerecorded warnings in several languages and, if needed, an earsplitting screeching noise. But police insist the latter feature won't be used at the convention.
"It's only to communicate in large crowds," Inspector Thomas Graham of the NYPD's crowd control unit said on Thursday.
Graham said police had tried out the device in Times Square, and found it delivered clear, even sound over four blocks. Police have removed the warning signal from an MP3 player connected to the system, and will use decibel readers to keep the volume at a safe level, he added.
Still, Bill Dobbs of United for Peace and Justice, which has planned a massive anti-war demonstration on the eve of the convention, called the sound system "a potential Big Brother nightmare."
Police "are trying to use technology and machinery to control every aspect of life on the street, rather than relax a little and let a part of democratic society unfold," he said.
Mobile metal barriers -- a variation of those installed outside government buildings, courthouses and embassies -- will form a series of checkpoints around the arena. Once a bus, truck or car is secured between two barriers, it will be screened for bombs or other contraband by cameras that provide real-time video images of their undercarriages.
The department also will deploy a new fleet of motor scooters to cut through gridlock should trouble arise. Hand-held radiation detection devices will help officers patrolling the streets and subways to guard against a "dirty" bomb.
At a news conference at the Brooklyn training site on Thursday, police practiced disarming a truck bomb at a checkpoint. Scores of officers also made mock arrests of police academy cadets who posed as protesters.
Chanting "no justice, no peace," the cadets surrounded a bus full of "delegates" before officers in riot gear raced in, slapped on plastic "flex cuffs" and led them away to vans.
The demonstration was intended to show how the nation's largest police department hopes "to put a comprehensive security net over Madison Square Garden and the rest of the city," said Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly.
"I think you'll see we're prepared."
New York City Police Sgt. Janet Jordan gives orders using a Long Range Acoustic Device during a training drill in preparation for the Republican National Convention, Thursday in New York. The Long Range Acoustic Device, a portable dish-shaped instrument developed for the military, will be used by the New York Police Department if it needs to broadcast warnings or instructions to swelling crowds of demonstrators.
Police go high-tech for GOP protests: Terrorism device to be used to direct NYC crowds
TOM HAYS
The Associated Press
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEW YORK -- Forget the megaphones.
Police will have a much more high-tech option to make themselves heard over the din of Manhattan traffic, summer tourists and noisy protesters outside the upcoming Republican National Convention: the Long Range Acoustic Device.
Developed for the military, the portable, dish-shaped instrument will be used by the New York Police Department if it needs to broadcast warnings or instructions to a swelling crowd. It's part of an arsenal of devices and counterterrorism equipment that authorities were unveiling Thursday ahead of the convention Aug. 30-Sept. 2.
The machines are being tested at an air field in a remote section of Brooklyn along with other devices like hand-held radiation detectors and mechanical barriers strong enough to stop a moving vehicle in its tracks.
The department recently bought two of the 45-pound acoustic machines for $35,000 apiece, and plans to mount them on Humvees posted outside Madison Square Garden. It would mark the first time the instrument -- which can beam sounds for 300 yards or more -- has been used by a civilian force.
"We believe we'd be able to use them in a number of scenarios," said Paul Browne, the NYPD's chief spokesman.
Two possible uses cited by Browne: directing crowds to safety following a terrorist attack or other calamity, and reminding protesters where they're allowed to march and rally. At past demonstrations, protesters have complained they couldn't hear police directions, resulting in confusion and angry clashes.
Earlier this year, manufacturer American Technology Corp. of San Diego, Calif., won a $1.1 million contract from the U.S. Marine Corps, which used the gadgets in Iraq.
The military bills them as a "non-lethal weapon" designed to disperse hostile crowds or ward off potential foreign combatants by delivering prerecorded warnings in several languages and, if needed, an earsplitting screeching noise. But police insist the latter feature won't be used at the convention.
"It's only to communicate in large crowds," Inspector Thomas Graham of the NYPD's crowd control unit said on Thursday.
Graham said police had tried out the device in Times Square, and found it delivered clear, even sound over four blocks. Police have removed the warning signal from an MP3 player connected to the system, and will use decibel readers to keep the volume at a safe level, he added.
Still, Bill Dobbs of United for Peace and Justice, which has planned a massive anti-war demonstration on the eve of the convention, called the sound system "a potential Big Brother nightmare."
Police "are trying to use technology and machinery to control every aspect of life on the street, rather than relax a little and let a part of democratic society unfold," he said.
Mobile metal barriers -- a variation of those installed outside government buildings, courthouses and embassies -- will form a series of checkpoints around the arena. Once a bus, truck or car is secured between two barriers, it will be screened for bombs or other contraband by cameras that provide real-time video images of their undercarriages.
The department also will deploy a new fleet of motor scooters to cut through gridlock should trouble arise. Hand-held radiation detection devices will help officers patrolling the streets and subways to guard against a "dirty" bomb.
At a news conference at the Brooklyn training site on Thursday, police practiced disarming a truck bomb at a checkpoint. Scores of officers also made mock arrests of police academy cadets who posed as protesters.
Chanting "no justice, no peace," the cadets surrounded a bus full of "delegates" before officers in riot gear raced in, slapped on plastic "flex cuffs" and led them away to vans.
The demonstration was intended to show how the nation's largest police department hopes "to put a comprehensive security net over Madison Square Garden and the rest of the city," said Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly.
"I think you'll see we're prepared."
New York City Police Sgt. Janet Jordan gives orders using a Long Range Acoustic Device during a training drill in preparation for the Republican National Convention, Thursday in New York. The Long Range Acoustic Device, a portable dish-shaped instrument developed for the military, will be used by the New York Police Department if it needs to broadcast warnings or instructions to swelling crowds of demonstrators.
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