DC police used sonic cannon to direct crowd flow during Women's March

Re:DC police used sonic cannon to direct crowd flow during W... by KKKKkkkk1 on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @11:50PM (#16012909)

Why has El Al security seized your backpack? I can see why they'd want to search a backpack, but can't for the life of me understand why they'd seize it. I know airlines can sometimes check-in your carry-on items when they run out of cabin space. Is this what happened to you?

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Re:DC police used sonic cannon to direct crowd flow during W... by virtualwhys on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @12:33AM (#16013084)

Seized my 23" LG travel monitor for 3 weeks, claiming it was a potential bomb.

Fortunately I was in Israel for 4 months, so a minor inconvenience in the scheme of things, but still, seemed a bit over the top...until I stepped out of the airport and saw teenagers wielding machine guns (serving in military), the Israelis aren't messing around ;-)

If you're Israeli I'd imagine the security measures aren't nearly as stringent.

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Re:DC police used sonic cannon to direct crowd flow during W... by stevenjohns on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @10:30AM (#16015276)

Because they just wanted to screw with me. They specifically didn't let me take on a paper file which had my invitation letter, citizenship copy and various other things that would have made my life easier at Ben Gurion.

They promised they'd put it on the plane and they didn't. I got it two or three days later as El Al doesn't fly during Shabbat.

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Re:DC police used sonic cannon to direct crowd flow during W... by PhasmaFelis on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @01:13AM (#16013220)

People with a little power and no supervision are likely to abuse it for their own ego. I doubt it's anything more than that.

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