I see what you OWWWW MY EYES

Forget tin-foil hats, we should issue tin-foil shields.

...disable all nearby electronic devices via electromagnetic pulse? Handy for situations where people might want to photo, video, tweet, or otherwise violate your cop rights.

queezyweezel: Hmm, time to buy some laser safety glasses. Problem solved.

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Came in here to say, if only there were some sort of easily obtained protective eyewear... but I see you have it covered.

In other news, posession of laser safety glasses now illegal without a license.

Was hoping for a Ray Charles photo - "I can't see shiat"...

Stop the growing gap berween the classes, and they won't need these sorts of band aids.

FTA: It's makers claim an unnamed police force is set to trial the device which could be used against rioters.

Bloody Americans, always butchering the King's English!

So this is what Timbuk3 were talking about when they sang "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades".

Not impressed.

Sybarite: I'm sure law enforcement will use this with the same restraint they use the other "non-lethal" tools they've been given.

No such thing as non-lethal, nor do agencies call them such. Educate yourself.

/retired LEO

I going to be an interesting day when the first aircraft pilot is blinded by one of these things.

So they turned Candlejack into a la

Mugato: Theaetetus: [blogs.independent.co.uk image 640x323]
Forget tin-foil hats, we should issue tin-foil shields.

Wow, that's bad ass, did they actually have those?

/not exactly a history buff


Siege of Syracuse (new window)

They can say temporary all they want, but anything that blinds you by overloading your rods/cones/optic nerve is going to do real damage. Not that the cops care, I just hate when they pretend they don't want to hurt people.

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I wear a full suit of mirrored armor.

So immina convert the cats' laserpointer to take D batteries? Or do I bolt the laser pointing part to a 4D MagLite? Decisions...

I used to see things, then i took a riot laser to the knee (i mean eye)

A Candlejack laser? Oh my g

The "riots" we're used to are fairly tame and if faced with a real one all of these toys would be pretty worthless.

By "rioters," I assume they mean non-compliant but non-violent protesters?

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: Sybarite: I'm sure law enforcement will use this with the same restraint they use the other "non-lethal" tools they've been given.

No such thing as non-lethal, nor do agencies call them such. Educate yourself.

/retired LEO

ORLY?
/Lawyered

Surool: They can say temporary all they want, but anything that blinds you by overloading your rods/cones/optic nerve is going to do real damage. Not that the cops care, I just hate when they pretend they don't want to hurt people.

They just care about the whiney press printing whiney complaints. So they just pretend they're not trying to hurt people.

Mentat: ArkAngel: Theaetetus: [blogs.independent.co.uk image 640x323]
Forget tin-foil hats, we should issue tin-foil shields.

Mythbustersdid it

Unfortunately, their aim was off and they burned down a house in the suburbs.

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Gee, how could this possibly go wrong?

I, for one, am not looking forward to reading a Fark article about a disabled war veteran getting permanently blinded for resisting arrest (with no other charges) with countless comments about how he deserved it and if he had just let them trample over his civil rights, he wouldn't be blind now.

Oh, yeah, and the cops involved will get paid suspension pending an "investigation."

Awesome.

It's not the first time a laser has been used to temporarily blind people.

Similar devices have already been used by British and American troops in Afghanistan to help protect convoys from attack.

If it's good enough for the terrorists, then it's good enough for you, citizen.

Didn't the taser company issue a notice to law enforcement agencies recommending LEOs not to aim for a person's trunk, but to shoot at a suspect's legs? People have died from legal taserings, and now the government will allow temporary blinding.

pute kisses like a man: supichoo: Whats the over/under on the cops farking this up?

more like, what's the over/under on the first personal injury award?

Probably the same as the over/under on legislation immunizing law enforcement from injury suits based on non-lethal weapons use.

The "Republican, for insane profit party", suggests that crowds of humans just be nuked from orbit. Public property is not for the public, unless the public pays for the privilege of using public property.

/filthy, filthy humans.

ciberido: FTA: It's makers claim an unnamed police force is set to trial the device which could be used against rioters.

Bloody Americans, always butchering the King's English!

Bloody Americans write for the BBC???