Thursday, 21 November 2013

Here comes the Boom!

When the City of Toronto held the G20 summit, Police forces deployed various means to counter crowd riots and upheavals.  Now, there is no argument in regards to abuse of
power over civil rights, nor the effectiveness of how well equipped they were to take on the task, but there is a fascination in regards to applying order from chaos in Less Lethal (LL) means. 


Bringing  into the discussion -  a movie;  In the film Kick Ass 2;  Hit Girl applied a device 'The Sick Stick' on the cool girls of her  high school.  The expected reaction of the device is similar to the expected  feeling  when applying the effects of ultrasound waves to disrupt the eardrums of a hostile crowd.  By it causing severe pain or major disorientation; it has been a proven instrument in crowd deterrence , the effects are nausea,  blurred vision, possible vertigo (Bucha effect), and cavitation.

 (in addition to Tasers, a topic I will leave for another day). An organization analyzing weapons is the CRT LL; Less lethal also applies to using rubber/gelatin bullets, leading the charge with new techniques is Rick Wyatt.


The photo is hard to make out, but the aftermath of impact of gelatin  is a welt no more than 2-3 inches in diameter after 8 hours, After 24 hours, the welt begins to show signs of colourization, and more prominent bruising and has expanded to about  4-5 inches in diameter.  After 72 hours the area is a little tender, but pain has subdued, and the colourization is more pronounced and the diameter has expanded to about 5  ½ - 6 inches in diameter.
 
 
 
 
 

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