San Diego Sheriff deployed military crowd control device at Congressional town halls
http://www.examiner.com/x-10317-San-Diego-County-Political-B...
September 11, 11:58 AM San Diego County Political Buzz
The increasing frustration with politicians and overflow crowds attending August town halls led San Diego Sheriff Bill Gore to place military-type crowd control devices at two area town hall meetings.
Rep. Susan Davis-D Calif. and Rep. Darrell Issa-R Calif. held town halls that exceeded capacity (10,000+ total attendees) and prompted the Sheriff’s Department to have Long-Range Acoustic Devices(LRADs) standing ready.
Both town halls took place without incident; however the use of the military device concerned San Diegians. The LRAD crowd control is primarily used in Iraq to control insurgents and can cause serious and lasting harm to humans.
According to the manufacture, American Technology Corporation, the LRAD provides “military personnel the capability to transition through the rules of engagement to determine a target’s intent and also provides greater assurance that innocent lives on both sides of the device are not lost due to miscommunication.”
That being said why would local law enforcement feel the need to have such drastic measures on standby? Did the Sheriff Department have reason to believe a catastrophe was in the making?
In an interview with East County Magazine, Sheriff Gore answered a couple of questions. When asked about the use of sonic cannons directing a deterrent sound and the fact they are used in Iraq, Sheriff Gore replied; “That’s a precaution in case you need it.”
Gore also stipulated that his deputies had all the training required to use the LRADs.
The possible use of military arsenal against American citizens drew fire from both sides of the political fray. It was Liberty One Radio, a San Diego-based station that led to the uncovering of the LRAD use.
A spokesman from Congressman Issa’s office had no comment on the LRADs being placed at the town hall in Vista, CA. where Issa spoke.
Also, behind the scenes Americans are skeptical that Sheriff Gore should be using anything of this magnitude in light of his connection to the Ruby Ridge, Idaho incident.
Gore was part of the Federal Bureau of Investigation team and was believed to have issued the order to kill on sight – any member of the family who showed themselves, according to a source close to the case. This mishandling and loss of life resulted in Gore leaving the FBI. Two civilians were killed, an unarmed woman holding a baby as well as a minor child.
The debacle cost the American taxpayer $3.1 million dollars when a wrongful death suit was brought against the federal government. In August of 1995 the government paid the Weaver family of Ruby Ridge an out-of-court settlement.
If the people of that county
DO NOT vote that sheriff out of office....they deserve to be slaves.
Possibly so...
http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/articles/20071014/articles/...
October 14-15, 2007 -- Blackwater training police in American cities and towns
The mercenary firm Blackwater USA is well known for the controversy involving its "shoot first, ask no questions" policy in Iraq. It is also known that Louisiana's Department of Homeland Security contracted with Blackwater to provide public law enforcement services in New Orleans following hurricane Katrina. Blackwater is also planning to establish regional training centers in Potrero, California and Mount Carroll, Illinois, billed as Blackwater West and Blackwater North, respectively.
These training centers, in addition to Blackwater's Lodge and Training Center in Moyock, North Carolina -- Blackwater East -- and a possible fourth rumored to be slated for the Pacific Northwest -- Blackwater Northwest -- may result in the establishment of a network of Blackwater-trained police, sheriffs, and other police units around the country. Given Blackwater's dismal record on human rights and brutality, this spells trouble for civilian control of police and paramilitary forces in the United States, from major metropolitan areas to small rural towns.
On October 14, the Washington Post ran a story, which included photographs from Blackwater's Moyock training center. However, what was most intriguing was a photograph of a police and military patch board at Blackwater's headquarters that indicated police agencies that have sent officers to Moyock for training.
Blackwater is secretive about its non-federal, as well as its foreign clients, which the Post pointed out includes Jordan, Azerbaijan, and Burkina Faso, but a WMR inspection of the photograph of the police agencies has yielded the following list of agencies that have used Blackwater for training: 1. Iowa Department of Natural Resources, 2. Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff's Department, 3. Matthews, North Carolina Police, 4. Atlanta Police, 5. Chillicothe, Ohio Police, 6. Charleston, South Carolina Police, 7. Port Chester, NY Police, 8. Highland, Indiana Police, 9. Unalaska, Alaska Police, 10. Metropolitan Washington, DC Police, 11. Charlottesville, Virginia Police, 12. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (Dulles and Reagan National Airports), 13. St. Louis County Police (Missouri), 14. Queen Anne's County, Maryland Police, 15. Prince George's County, Maryland Police, 16. FBI SWAT Team, 17. Gloucester Township, New Jersey Police, 18. Tempe, Arizona Police, 19. New York Police Department, 20. Yonkers, New York Police, 21. Fairfax County, Virginia Police, 22. Maplewood, New Jersey Police, 23. Gastonia, North Carolina Police, 24. Tampa Police, 25. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), 26. DeKalb County, Georgia Police, 27. Arlington County, Virginia Police, 28. Baltimore Police, 29. U.S. Coast Guard, 30. Suffolk, Virginia Police, 31. Franklin City, Virginia Police, 32. Milford, Delaware Police, 33. University of Texas Police, 34. Norfolk, Virginia Police, 35. Ottawa-Carleton, Canada Police, 36. San Bernardino County, California Sheriff, 37. Plattsburgh, New York Police, 38. Chicago Police Department, 39. Oregon State Police, 40. Los Angeles Police Department, 41. Tonawanda, New York Police, 42. Special Forces of Colombia, 43. Jacksonville, North Carolina Police, 44. Harvey Cedars, New Jersey Police, 45. Elmira, New York Police, 46. Department of Corrections, New Jersey, 47. Lexington, Kentucky Police, 48. Willimantic, Connecticut Police, 49. Georgia Department of Law Enforcement, 50. City of Fairfax, Virginia Police, 51. Alexandria, Virginia Police Special Operations, 52. Illinois State Police, 53. Dallas, Texas Police, 54. Hamilton, Ohio Police, 55. Morganton, North Carolina Police.
Blackwater Law Enforcement Training Price List
Here is what Blackwater taught them to do:
https://www.gsaadvantage.gov/ref_text/GS07F0149K/0B6GQM.1FJ7...
Trends...
The ADL has a large hand in this conditioning campaign also...
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2684-Law-Enforcement-Exam...
Mercenaries training US local police a new trend
August 3
There are many police and law enforcement officials who are concerned with the growing trend of using military-experienced mercenaries to train and work with local police officers in the United States, but there are many who believe the events of September 11, 2001 dictate the need for this new paradigm.
For example, Kentucky’s Lexington Police Department contracted Blackwater Security International to provide what’s described as homeland security training. Meanwhile that city’s Mayor Jim Newberry and its chief of police Anthony Beatty refused free training provided by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement federal program that prepares police officers to enforce immigration and border security as part of their duties.
Lexington is on the nation’s list of so-called Sanctuary Cities in which police officers are prohibited from working with ICE or Border Patrol agents in the United States. Critics are angry over the use of local tax dollars to hire Blackwater personnel to train the police.
But Lexington isn’t the only city using hired guns to help local police officers. In New Orleans, heavily armed operatives from the Blackwater private security firm, infamous for their work in Iraq, are openly patrolling the streets of that beleaguered city.
Some of the mercenaries were reportedly “deputized” by the Louisiana governor and were issued gold Louisiana State law enforcement badges to wear on their chests and Blackwater photo identification cards to be worn on their arms.
While they are working in Louisiana, Blackwater officials say they are on contract with the Department of Homeland Security and have been given the authority to use lethal force if necessary. Some of the mercenaries assigned to patrol the streets of New Orleans recently returned from Iraq, where they provided personal security details for the former head of the US occupation, L. Paul Bremer, and the former US ambassador to Iraq, John Negroponte.
I guess this is old news?
Since Blackwater is now Xe, and probably aren't in New Orleans anymore. Do you know if they are still doing this training?
It's bad enough that they ever did it.
U.S. Cities Increasing Armed Mercenaries to Replace Police
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/99609
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"I truly wish that real life would no longer surpass the worst excesses of my nightmarish imaginings... Arthur Silber **
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
Yep, and here's another device-Pain Ray
The pain ray...130' heat blast 550yd range...going out ot Police Depts
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/106439
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"I truly wish that real life would no longer surpass the worst excesses of my nightmarish imaginings... Arthur Silber **
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
Piracy...who benefits?
Who Trained The Somalia Pirates?
http://judicial-inc.biz/99Zio_Firms_behind_Pirates.htm
Western firms profit from Somalia's piracy problem - 09 Sep
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OmpYSB5WQY