On the night of December 4th, 2014, demonstrators filled the streets in protest of the grand jury's failure to indict Daniel Pantaleo for killing Eric Garner. Anika Edrei, Shay Horse, James Craven, ...

Demonstrators are reporting the NYPD’s use of Long Range Acoustic Devices (LRADs) against protesters during today’s Occupy Wall Street “Day of Action.” The machines are meant to send out “high ...

Riot police have begun deploying a non-lethal weapon called a long range acoustic device — LRAD, for short — against Occupy Movement protesters across the country. A controversial military device, ...

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On Wednesday afternoon, a peaceful demonstration in Ferguson, Missouri, about Michael Brown’s killing turned into a standoff between protesters and law enforcement, and eventually devolved into chaos.

New York City police officers have lately taken to blasting protesters with 21st-century sound cannons, and as far as anyone can tell, the department doesn’t have any policies governing when and how ...

The NYPD must stop using deafening sound cannons to break up street demonstrations following a legal settlement reached Monday with five Black Lives Matter protesters. The city also must pay $748,000 ...

The Phoenix Police Department wants to purchase two powerful loudspeakers that have been used by some law enforcement agencies to force protesters to disperse. The model of Long Range Acoustic Devices ...

Sound has long been used as a weapon. The Germans put sirens on Stuka dive bombers in World War II to amplify the terror to unlucky souls below. Jamaican maroons ...

HILO Gov. David Ige said Wednesday concerns expressed in a Tuesday letter by the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii that a long-range acoustic device will be used as a sound cannon against ...

LRAD said Monday it has reached a standstill settlement with disgruntled shareholder Iroquois Capital in which the San Diego company’s long-time chief executive, Tom Brown, will resign. The move ...

The NYPD has agreed to limit the use of sound cannons during protests as part of a lawsuit settlement that also comes with a price tag of $750,000 for the city, new court documents reveal. The ...