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Belgrade authorities have used sound weapons on the crowd of protesters. The video description has some educational links.

There are lots of videos around.

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[–] AccountMaker@slrpnk.net 164 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Honestly, we avoided a massive tragedy at that moment. People described that it sounded like a car or airplane was coming at them at full speed, so they instinctively ran away from the roads. People further away didn't see or hear anything, they just saw a crowd running in panic and so they ran as well. I was maybe 50-100m away from where it happened, and all we heard was noise, yells, and then people running, so the people around me also started running, but we all stopped after maybe 5s.

A lot of people think that our overlord wanted to cause a stampede which would lead to thousands of injuries and just chaos in order to discredit the protests. Or maybe they wanted to launch the cannon after the 15 mins of silence were over, which would cause mass confusion since nobody would have any idea what was going on, but triggered it early. In any case, the psychopath used an illegal weapon to attack people literally standing still and being quiet.

[–] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 4 points 20 hours ago

Pne of the most sliky, pathetic strategies.

  • use the sound cannon
  • stampede
  • many people injured
  • protest are now illegal bc safety
[–] Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org 2 points 20 hours ago

Hoch die internationale SolidaritΓ€t from Germany! (Raise high international solidarity/Cheers to international solidarity.)

[–] thisphuckinguy@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

How would you fight that tech?

[–] Iloveluigi@feddit.org 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Let every dirty, lousy tramp arm himself with a revolver or a knife, and lay in wait on the steps of the palaces of the rich and stab or shoot the owners as they come out. Let us kill them without mercy, and let it be a war of extermination."

  • Lucy Parsons
[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Surely it's not as simple as ear plugs.

[–] thisphuckinguy@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s why I’m asking. People should know how to combat this.

[–] TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

My understanding of this is that it is caused partly by bone conduction. It might be possible that closing your ears by pressing frimly on your "tragus" or on the "mastoid process" could reduce the associated effects. The mastoid process is where the jaw meets the ear.

[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fortunately once people are aware of such tricks, they won't be effective anymore

[–] Jonas@mastodon.nl 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day ago

Sound is moving air and carries energy. With the right frequency and intensity it could definitely physically fuck you up even if your ears are covered.

Wikipedia:

Studies have found that exposure to high intensity ultrasound at frequencies from 700 kHz to 3.6 MHz can cause lung and intestinal damage in mice

[–] MyScreenName@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Nope. It's a sonic weapon, not loud speaker.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

LRADs are loudspeakers. Loudspeakers which can output in the order of 160db at 1m. Anything can be a weapon when you make it powerful enough.

[–] MyScreenName@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

Technically, yes. A bullet is just a fast moving object.

I was refering to sheer power of the thing. Guy asked if earplugs would help. LARD gets a tree swinging. It's not "just a speaker" at that point.

[–] Jonas@mastodon.nl 4 points 1 day ago

@europe might have to read more about this but I thought sonic weapons were also able to destroy your eardrums right