The top brass at the Defense Department’s military police force in the D.C. region considered using a heat lamp as part of efforts to remove peaceful protesters in Lafayette Square to make way for President Donald Trump’s infamous photo-op in June, according to a whistleblower at the D.C. National Guard.
If anyone should have the heat applied to them, it’s Fat Nixon…
In testing, pea-sized blisters have been observed in less than 0.1% of ADS exposures, indicating that [second degree surface burns](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn) have been caused by the device.[17] The radiation burns caused are similar to microwave burns, but only on the skin surface due to the decreased penetration of shorter millimeter waves. The surface temperature of a target will continue to rise so long as the beam is applied, at a rate dictated by the target’s material and distance from the transmitter, along with the beam’s frequency and power level set by the operator. Most human test subjects reached their pain threshold within 3 seconds, and none could endure more than 5 seconds.
And you can bet that the cops would love to get their hands on it.
Fascists routinely consider and employ a whole host of actions when suppressing dissent.
ADS was created for battlefields. Last I checked, the streets around the WH are not Fallujah.
But I am sure it’s use was opposed by Gen Milley, who didn’t know anything about the dispersal of the protesters.
This is what trump is talking about when he says he could stop the rioting/violence in 10 minutes.
OT, but FFS…
The Lincoln Project Ads just write themselves…
They are more dangerous because of Trump, Barr and McConnell.
The reports also say they were stockpiling ammunition for high powered weaponry as well. Someone was just waiting for an excuse to go full psycho on the protesters. And Trump would have loved it.
Uh huh, this is totally normal stuff and perfectly reasonable, heat rays have been used on peaceful civilians lots of times.
Most likely. And he’s sadly misinformed. It’s only effective at the point of the beam, once you’re out, you’re fine. So you can clear the crowd from Lafayette Park, but they just have to wander around the corner and they’re good for a run in a different location.
Becomes a cat-and-mouse thing, you don’t have enough toys to control the crowds everywhere they decide to go.
Some say they were looking for one to use. Others say it was just a routine check of weapons inventory. Nothing to see here, move along now.
Don’t they, now…
Panda Barr, like many many others, will be sorry he ever knew about Trump. Like Trump, Barr could have lived out his life with a bad reputation, to be sure, but not the kind of infamy that awaits him.
All for a few years in the spotlight.
One more vote to change the headline. This isn’t a “lamp”. C’mon TPM.
ADS is to a lamp what Covid is to the flu…
Can you get a tan?
Dangerous grease fire.
