Sonic cannon makes debut at G-20 summit

It's new! It's blue! But it ain't bubble gum! (In fact, I don't even know if it's blue!)

It's the amazing new sonic cannon!

The sonic cannon is a new police weapon designed to emit insufferably loud noises. It can rupture eardrums or even induce fatal aneurysms.

And it's making its American debut at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh. Because free speech is not allowed in the presence of any G-20 event, police are using the sonic cannon to disperse dissidents exercising their First Amendment rights.

This marks the first time ever that American police have used this dangerous new weapon against Americans. (The cannon has been used by the military against Iraqi insurgents.) Unfortunately, I'm sure it won't be the last.

In the midst of this turmoil, Pittsburgh riot cops also trapped university students on a staircase and used tear gas on them - even though most of the students were bystanders, not protesters. Police sprayed other folks with pepper spray as they left bars.

This is what a police state looks like, folks.

Maybe city officials are just mad because the G-20 protests have drawn more people than the Tea Party mockeries.

(Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2009/sep/25/sonic-cannon-g20-pittsburgh;
http://www.indypgh.org/g20/#k-fbd79b0e2ce5faae)