The addition of sound cannons to the arsenal available to security forces managing G20 protests comes as no surprise to groups planning to demonstrate in Toronto at next month's summit.
They say it's just one more signal amid an unprecedented security operation that dissenting voices are being muzzled.
"We were expecting the use of sound cannons, sound grenades, Tasers, tear gas — they've been used in the past against Canadian protesters," Sharmeen Khan, spokeswoman for the Toronto Community Mobilization Network, said Thursday.
"We definitely are concerned that this will scare people away."
The sound cannons are capable of emitting ear-piercing and hearing-damaging alerts that can be heard up to 1.5 kilometres away.
This should make for good entertainment on TV (have that mute button handy). I can't wait to see the young CBC and CTV reporters embedded in the mobs!
Hey, I'm all for peaceful protest, but as soon as they start throwing rocks, bottles and even Molotov Cocktails, they are criminals and deserve the full weight of the law on them. The riot police aren't there to start a fight, but they appear to be well equipped to stop one.
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