โฒ 222 โผ [CW ๐]France is using 'Sound Cannon' against civilians (quokk.au) submitted 1 day ago by alapakala to c/world 21 comments fedilink hide all child comments WARNING - You probably don't want to turn the sound on for this video. They can cause permanent hearing damage, and are banned across most of Europe and for War. But of course they use them on innocent people.
[โ] Obituarykidney@lemmy.world 50 points 22 hours ago (4 children) permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] arrow74@lemmy.zip 14 points 14 hours ago Honestly I would never want to drive the sound cannon van. I can't think of a police position where people would feel more motivated to drag them out and beat them to death. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] thinkingofyouihaveananxietydisorder 0 points 21 hours ago* (2 children) I'm pretty sure this is a riot. like definitionally. or, I guess they're an organized group running around hurting people for no reason? is that not a riot? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] rbb36@lemmy.world 27 points 19 hours ago* I don't see any evidence of "hurting people for no reason" in that video. Do you see the large, unbroken, glass windows on both sides of the street? The vast majority of the protesting is now peaceful. The protestors quickly realized the breaking and looting was working against them in the media, and in court cases around protest bans. Here is an article from the BBC on Thursday's protests. They were the largest so far, until yesterday. The BBC only found a few small examples of breaking: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckx2qzv835pgo Source: I live in Montpellier. I've been in the peaceful marches and walked through the tear gas, photographing. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 points 19 hours ago Regular Tuesday in France permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] arrow74@lemmy.zip 14 points 14 hours ago Honestly I would never want to drive the sound cannon van. I can't think of a police position where people would feel more motivated to drag them out and beat them to death. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] thinkingofyouihaveananxietydisorder 0 points 21 hours ago* (2 children) I'm pretty sure this is a riot. like definitionally. or, I guess they're an organized group running around hurting people for no reason? is that not a riot? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] rbb36@lemmy.world 27 points 19 hours ago* I don't see any evidence of "hurting people for no reason" in that video. Do you see the large, unbroken, glass windows on both sides of the street? The vast majority of the protesting is now peaceful. The protestors quickly realized the breaking and looting was working against them in the media, and in court cases around protest bans. Here is an article from the BBC on Thursday's protests. They were the largest so far, until yesterday. The BBC only found a few small examples of breaking: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckx2qzv835pgo Source: I live in Montpellier. I've been in the peaceful marches and walked through the tear gas, photographing. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 points 19 hours ago Regular Tuesday in France permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] rbb36@lemmy.world 27 points 19 hours ago* I don't see any evidence of "hurting people for no reason" in that video. Do you see the large, unbroken, glass windows on both sides of the street? The vast majority of the protesting is now peaceful. The protestors quickly realized the breaking and looting was working against them in the media, and in court cases around protest bans. Here is an article from the BBC on Thursday's protests. They were the largest so far, until yesterday. The BBC only found a few small examples of breaking: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckx2qzv835pgo Source: I live in Montpellier. I've been in the peaceful marches and walked through the tear gas, photographing. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 points 19 hours ago Regular Tuesday in France permalink fedilink source parent
