Americans are occupying more than Wall Street , and some cops are clamping down way harder than those in Manhattan . In Oakland , riot police attacked with tear gas , gum elastic heater , and , most vividly — flash bulb blast . adjoin the M84 stun grenade .
The M84 is the Army ’s friend . You ’ve probably act with a practical one in games like Call of Duty before kicking down a room access and scoot everyone . They ’re perfect for temporarily blind and deafen anyone tight by , leaving them vulnerable to , well , anything . Each 2/3 pound grenade is choke up with an pyrotechnical metal - oxidant mixture of Mg and ammonium ion that creates a deafening gravy ( about as potent as a jet locomotive engine ) and bright flashgun ( equivalent to that of a public eye ) . Think of it as someone shin a flashlight in your face and yelling in your ear . Only much bad . And that ’s why riot cop love them — a gang , disoriented as the pits by a grenade , is a lot easy to disperse and handcuff .
However , there are rule rule the utilization of weapons like the M84 — or at least there are supposed to be . In Oakland , straight from theirofficialCrowd Management/ Crowd Control Policy document , pig ca n’t just go around chucking flash smash willy nilly :
The usance of sound and light diversionary / beguilement gadget presents a risk of permanent red ink of hearing or serious corporal injury from shrapnel . Said devices shall be deploy to explode at a safe distance from the crowd to minimize the risk of personal injury and while moving the crew in the direction that will accomplish the policing objective
That ’s certain not what it depend like in the television above . [ GlobalSecurityandMotherJones ]
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