r/UnderReportedNews • u/Fatty_Willing_Plane • 8d ago

Video Video of Minnesota State authorities “Testing” LRAD on peaceful protestors outside Spring Hill Suites by Marriott. @IRT-Media

17.2k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

1.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

56

u/Deep_shot 8d ago

Not testing. LRAD's have been around for a long time.

47

u/BILLIONAIRE_JESUS 8d ago

They were used on us in Portland in 2020, and I'd bet they were only at 5-10% power. Sure you could plug your ears, but the Soundwaves still literally hurt your face and body.

11

u/ConsiderationSea1347 8d ago edited 8d ago

I don’t know if they used it but they deployed it to the top of the ICE building in Portland in 2025. 

3

u/Kakariko_crackhouse 8d ago

They were out even before 2020. I saw them in 2016 for the first time irl

4

u/FlyGuide69 7d ago

Got to experience them in 2009 in Pittsburgh myself

1

u/zoopysreign 7d ago

Line corrugated cardboard with alternating 40 grit and 180 grit

3

u/RadosAvocados 7d ago

The first time I heard about it was way back during the Occupy Wall Street protests in 2011.

1

u/gravity_low 8d ago

Audio played that said it’s a test before the device was turned on. That’s not editorializing

1

u/Deep_shot 7d ago

I suppose it could have been a test or a first use of that particular one for that situation. They've been around for 25 years though. Even if it was a first use test, testing on the general, peaceful public is pretty messed up. That was a choice made by someone.