U.S. Develops Electric Bullets to Fire Into Crowds

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This article really puts the story together well:
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2005/8/23/132750/438

RawStory: "WEAPONS designed to fire 'electric bullets' into crowds are being developed for police and border protection agencies in the US," according to the UK publication, the New Scientist.

DemocracyNow!:
he government is developing a new generation of electric shock weapons that could be fired from across a city street or across a sports stadium. A Texas company called Lynntech is developing a projectile that can be fired from a shotgun or grenade launcher that sticks to the target and delivers an 80,000-volt shock for seven seconds. Further shocks can be triggered via remote control. (From Democracy Now! headlines, Aug. 23, 2005)

Reuters:
The of Homeland Security is seeking alternatives with broader uses like light lasers or guns firing electric bullets to combat all manner of felon.
"People encountered can range from aggressors who are hardened criminals to mentally disturbed teenagers ... from protesting crowds that include children and elderly, to street gangs," the Homeland Security Department, which is soliciting prototypes from industry, said on its Web site.


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Is it fascism yet?
Having just finished "It Can't Happen Here", it is deeply depressing to consider the array of weapons (Diebold, corp. media, crowd control, surveillance, tracking) which they now have to prevent any impact or threat from the grassroots.