Belgrade authorities have used sound weapons on the crowd of protesters. The video description has some educational links.

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  • Noizth@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    18 hours ago

    Seems like peaceful protest is no longer an option. They just forced people to go for the second option.

  • AccountMaker@slrpnk.net
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    1 day ago

    Honestly, we avoided a massive tragedy at that moment. People described that it sounded like a car or airplane was coming at them at full speed, so they instinctively ran away from the roads. People further away didn’t see or hear anything, they just saw a crowd running in panic and so they ran as well. I was maybe 50-100m away from where it happened, and all we heard was noise, yells, and then people running, so the people around me also started running, but we all stopped after maybe 5s.

    A lot of people think that our overlord wanted to cause a stampede which would lead to thousands of injuries and just chaos in order to discredit the protests. Or maybe they wanted to launch the cannon after the 15 mins of silence were over, which would cause mass confusion since nobody would have any idea what was going on, but triggered it early. In any case, the psychopath used an illegal weapon to attack people literally standing still and being quiet.

    • Mubelotix@jlai.lu
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      1 day ago

      Fortunately once people are aware of such tricks, they won’t be effective anymore

  • all4theTomatoes@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    Americans, take notes. The US government will use these tactics to disrupt protest, no doubt about it.

    • Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      18 hours ago

      Some police forces have used sound cannons against protesters, for example during the 2009 G20 Pittsburgh summit,[7] the 2014 Ferguson unrest,[8] and the 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline protest in North Dakota,[9] among others.

  • nf999@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    So what did the government do, planes/jets? Says sound cannon, what is that? And furthermore, WTF! A peacefull protest, what were they trying to achieve? How sad do you have to be to order this action, let alone to actually do this as an employee??

  • dergewerkschafter@feddit.org
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    1 day ago

    It’s still not entirely clear to me: did the government really use these weapons? I don’t recognize enough from the photos. :( And don’t understand myself in such weapons either. What I would like to add to the conversation, however, is that Novak Djokovic and several other prominent athletes FINALLY support the protests.

  • peaches@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    What kind of bastards! They were protesting with silence!