Civil rights groups will be in a Toronto court today, hoping a judge will stop police from using controversial sound cannons during protests.
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Canadian Labour Congress are seeking a court injunction.
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Sonic gun 'like a root canal,' former G20 protester says
G20 protester Albert Petrarca blocks a Pittsburgh police truck last fall carrying a long-range acoustic device, or LRAD, designed to disperse unruly crowds with piercing sound. Toronto police have bought four LRADs in preparation for the G20 summit here.
"Sonic gun" used by police in Honduras now used against G-20 protesters?
by lysias
Fri Sep 25, 2009 at 09:17:30 AM PDT
I couldn't help but notice a photograph on Page A16 of today's Washington Post showing demonstrators against the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh running away from "an ear-splitting siren" used by the police to disperse protesters.
The Washington Post story mentions "sound cannons".
Here's more mention in an AP report:
The marchers did not have a permit and, after a few blocks, police declared it an unlawful assembly. They played an announcement over a loudspeaker ordering people to leave and then police in riot gear moved in to break it up. Authorities also used a crowd-control device that emits a deafening siren-like noise, making it uncomfortable for protesters to remain in the area.
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