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Denver stocks up on pepper weapon
« on: June 17, 2008, 03:00:57 PM »
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Denver stocks up on pepper weapon
City orders guns that fire special plastic balls
By Sara Burnett, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jun/17/denver-stocks-up-on-pepper-weapon/
Denver police are stocking up on guns that fire a pepper spray-like substance instead of bullets - a less-lethal weapon used to disperse crowds - in advance of the Democratic National Convention.
The department recently ordered 88 Mark IV launchers and projectiles at a cost "in the low six figures," the company that makes the weapons stated in a news release Monday.
The request was for delivery in advance of the DNC, according to Louisville- based Security With Advanced Technology Inc.
The convention, scheduled for Aug. 25 to 28 at the Pepsi Center, is expected to draw thousands of protesters to sites throughout Denver.
The city received a $50 million federal grant for security. A senior adviser to Mayor John Hickenlooper has said the city plans to spend up to half that amount on equipment, with the rest going to pay officers.
But the city has refused to disclose how it is spending the money, prompting the American Civil Liberties Union last month to file a civil lawsuit.
The court filing alleges the city is violating the Colorado Open Records Act.
City officials say releasing the information is "contrary to the public interest" because it could disclose important tactical information, potentially jeopardizing security.
A city spokesperson could not be reached for comment Monday. Meanwhile, speculation about what the city is buying has run rampant.
Some organizers of protest groups believe police are buying extended-range Tasers and weapons that incapacitate people with high-intensity sound.
The Mark IV weapons the city ordered recently fire plastic balls filled with powder that's "like a combination of cayenne pepper and baby powder," the manufacturer said.
It can be fired from up to 100 feet away, said Ben Cook, director of Veritas, a subsidiary of Security With Advanced Technology.
The balls burst open on impact. While the powder will incapacitate a person like pepper spray, it doesn't cause some of the more severe reactions, Cook said.

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Re: Denver stocks up on pepper weapon
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2008, 03:01:56 PM »
I bet they'll have to use them, too.
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Re: Denver stocks up on pepper weapon
« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2008, 03:33:36 PM »
Why not just use real bullets and save some money?
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Re: Denver stocks up on pepper weapon
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2008, 03:45:29 PM »
It would be awesome if they had live feed cameras on the crowds the whole time.  Liberals throwing hissy fits and crying, what could be better than that?
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Re: Denver stocks up on pepper weapon
« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2008, 03:48:33 PM »
Quote from: mamacags on June 17, 2008, 03:45:29 PM
It would be awesome if they had live feed cameras on the crowds the whole time.  Liberals throwing hissy fits and crying, what could be better than that?

Yeah, for once, I'd like to see decent and civilized people, professional cops, give back as good as they got.

I've seen many of those films from Chicago in 1968, the hippies beating up on the cops, and forty years is a long time to wait to get things evened out.
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Re: Denver stocks up on pepper weapon
« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2008, 03:59:42 PM »
send in a few tanks.  those ought to take the snap out their shorts.

or at least well armed cops on draft horses.
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Re: Denver stocks up on pepper weapon
« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2008, 05:34:26 PM »
Quote from: mamacags on June 17, 2008, 03:45:29 PM
It would be awesome if they had live feed cameras on the crowds the whole time.  Liberals throwing hissy fits and crying, what could be better than that?

Using a 7.62mm minigun instead of the paintball guns ?
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Re: Denver stocks up on pepper weapon
« Reply #7 on: June 18, 2008, 06:18:47 AM »
They'd stop the DUmmie rioters dead in their tracks by simply hooking up the police water cannons to a tank filled with disinfectant soap and water.
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Re: Denver stocks up on pepper weapon
« Reply #8 on: June 18, 2008, 06:31:04 AM »
I don't care how much seasoning you use, liberal pabulum is still hard to digest.
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Re: Denver stocks up on pepper weapon
« Reply #9 on: June 18, 2008, 08:23:40 AM »
I hope this pepper spray will be used in conjunction with the "brown note" weapon and not instead of. I was really looking forward to watching the primitives defecate all over themselves on national TV.
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Re: Denver stocks up on pepper weapon
« Reply #10 on: June 18, 2008, 08:26:46 AM »
Guess time will tell bout The Brown Note.
Quote from: franksolich on June 17, 2008, 03:01:56 PM
I bet they'll have to use them, too.

I think the "protestors" want it be used on them. They really want the DNC to reenact the one in Chicago of 1968 when they were at the height of their influence.
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Re: Denver stocks up on pepper weapon
« Reply #11 on: June 18, 2008, 09:06:35 AM »
For some reason, the Twin Cities are not stocking up also...
I wonder why...
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Re: Denver stocks up on pepper weapon
« Reply #12 on: June 18, 2008, 10:12:46 AM »
Quote from: mamacags on June 17, 2008, 03:45:29 PM
It would be awesome if they had live feed cameras on the crowds the whole time.  Liberals throwing hissy fits and crying, what could be better than that?

If only the DUmmies had personal webcams set up, we could see that 24/7. I think most of them sit at their computers crying every day.
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Re: Denver stocks up on pepper weapon
« Reply #13 on: June 18, 2008, 11:44:21 PM »
Quote from: RightCoast on June 17, 2008, 03:33:36 PM
Why not just use real bullets and save some money?

Kill a few of the punks and that shit will cease. I live in Baton Rouge and after Katrina, the size of this city doubled with many of the Katrina beauties here. The mayor got on TV and said that N.O. thugs were not going to take over the city. Hundreds of city, sheriff and state police patrolled the downtown area with loaded shotguns. No one got shot and there was very little trouble. That's how you take care of business not with this politically correct crap of we are going to use pepper spray on you. Big frigging deal.
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Re: Denver stocks up on pepper weapon
« Reply #14 on: June 19, 2008, 12:19:21 AM »
Quote from: mamacags on June 17, 2008, 03:45:29 PM
It would be awesome if they had live feed cameras on the crowds the whole time.  Liberals throwing hissy fits and crying, what could be better than that?

I'd pay double to watch it if they used the "brown note".  :-)
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