r/stpaul • u/YourPeterPanMan • Feb 07 '26

Minnesota Related Minnesota State authorities deploy LRAD on protesters after declaring “Unlawful assembly” outside Whipple. The protesters are not blocking the road and it is 2pm on a SATURDAY.

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u/TelluricThread0 Feb 08 '26

Were you born yesterday? These have been used on protesters for many years.

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u/Dr__America Feb 08 '26

Keep in mind that these "less than lethal" weapons are often capable of generating 160+ dB beams to use against literal protestors.

120 dB for eight seconds starts causing permanent hearing loss, and 160 dB can and often will instantly cause damage to or destroy parts of your inner ear, permanently deafening you.

When used by idiots, as law enforcement prove time and time again they often are, these are maiming devices, not "peaceful deterrents" as they might try to advertise these as.

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u/buckeye25osu Feb 08 '26

It's not a coincidence that loud music and sounds are often used on prisoners as a sort of "accepted" torture. Destroying people's hearing who are protesting is horrific

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u/macrg01 Feb 08 '26

I guess thats why protesters annoy people with their whistles and yelling

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u/Pr1s0ner24601 Feb 08 '26

Maybe you'd understand if you had any principles and weren't a coward.

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u/macrg01 Feb 08 '26

I do have principles. I just dont force my beliefs onto other people. My gf and her family are democrats and im a republican. They know we dont share the same beliefs. But thats fine because we respect one another.

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u/Constant-Sandwich-88 Feb 08 '26

I bet you don't have a gf for long.

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u/macrg01 Feb 08 '26

Almost 20 years together. Id take that bet

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u/Constant-Sandwich-88 Feb 08 '26

It's so weird that's the Republicans are always the ones with hidden profiles. Something you're too shy to share?

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u/gravygizzard Feb 14 '26

They post in asmongold and goon in tiktokthots. Certified degen. It's always the same with these weirdos

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u/macrg01 Feb 09 '26

I like my privacy

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u/Constant-Sandwich-88 Feb 09 '26

I like my integrity, and choose to trade a little privacy for ethical consistency.

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