Title: Will the Militarized Police State Shock You Into Submission? Source:
LRC BLOG URL Source:http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=5976 Published:Mar 23, 2008 Author:Karen De Coster Post Date:2008-03-23 22:48:47 by A K A Stone Keywords:None Views:536 Comments:13
This is perhaps one of the most kooky and creepy Security State tactics that I have come across: the EMD safety bracelet, which is being billed as the "last line of defence." A company called Lamperd Firearm Training Systems(scroll down) is trying to commercialize this item as an "airline security product." The company’s video that hawks this device talks about the current facial recognition system called biometrics, where cameras capture photos of people and compare those images to the images of "terrorists" in its "terrorist" database. No matter how sophisticated this technology, it can all too often allow a terrorist on board a plane, and, this technology can also have the effect of creating airport bottlenecks. Ahem. The solution? The "viable, workable answer" is an electronic ID bracelet. This bracelet will replace the need for a ticket and contain all necessary information about the person, and as a bonus, it can allow the passenger to be tracked through the terminal. Crew members would be empowered with radio frequency transmitters to subdue "hijackers." The technology will override a person’s central nervous system and zap them down quicker than you can say "Homeland Security." The company assures us that being dragged through the bracelet process is a "small inconvenience in order to assure your safe arrival." In fact, its studies show that most people would "happily opt" for wearing the bracelet to "insure their own security."
Here’s the Lamperd video on YouTube - you must watch it. Here’s the patent for this device. The patent actually reads this:
Upon activation of the electric shock device, through receipt of an activating signal from the selectively operable remote control means, the passenger wearing that particular bracelet receives the disabling electrical shock from the electric shock device. Accordingly, the passenger becomes incapacitated for a few seconds or perhaps a few minutes, during which time the passenger can be fully subdued and handcuffed, if necessary. Depending on the type of transmission medium used to send the activating signal, other passengers may also become temporarily incapacitated, which is undesirable and unfortunate, but may be unavoidable.
Lamperd even posts a series of letters on its website showing interest in the product for use "outside of airport security," which, of course, is the real reason for the product. Why it can be used for border control to subdue illegal aliens or by local law enforcement agencies to control the "criminal element!"
This is perhaps one of the most kooky and creepy Security State tactics that I have come across: the EMD safety bracelet, which is being billed as the "last line of defence."
I'm still waiting for those Y2K internment camps to be filled.
You know, the ones that poster "Uncle Bill" used to post about ALL THE TIME.
Did you click on the link above; one of his typical posts can be found there ...
No. But I know what some people were saying. There were people like Gary North warning us. There were also government elements warning us. There were also others like yourself who laughed at the idea. I guess you and your type were right on that one. That doesn't mean any more than you were right on y2k. You can't translate that to other issues.
Invite Uncle Bill over here to defend himself. As I do not have a libertypost password.
I assume you still post over there. It has bee a little while since I have looked over there.
