Don't blind me, bro! New 'non-lethal' police weapon isn’t easy on the eyes

[donnay]

Don't blind me, bro! New 'non-lethal' police weapon isn’t easy on the eyes

A company that makes tactical equipment for police to use in riots is manufacturing a new ‘non-lethal’ weapon designed to temporarily blind targets. The Z-RO non-lethal compliance weapon system will obstruct a person’s vision for 10 to 15 minutes.

The product from Shield Defense Systems (SDS) made waves on Reddit this week when it was revealed along with the note: “New weapon ‘Z-ro’ scrambles ocular fluid and temporarily blinds victim for 10-15min. Gotta be safer than a tazer [sic] right??”

Continued... (http://rt.com/usa/186464-zro-nonlethal-weapon-blinds-targets/)

[kcchiefs6465]

From the article.


Z-ro is also the name of a Houston, Texas rapper, who also goes by The Mo City Don. The musician was arrested in June after calling authorities to his home when he discovered a person hiding on the floor under one of his sheets, HipHop DX reported. The police who responded believed he was lying about the break-in and wanted to get rid of the woman so he could bring another woman to his house.

The rapper did not immediately respond to an RT request for comment on the weapon of the same name.

What some relatively unknown Houston rapper has to do with the product I'll never know. What a fail by RT.

It would be like asking Eminem to comment on Halloween candy. I'm a little amazed that they ran that bullshit.

ETA: This just in! Z-Ro has commented on the story...... :rolleyes:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGVuCFG42IU

[Dr.3D]

It would be like asking Eminem to comment on Halloween candy.

Of course folks might be handing out small bags of M&M candies for Halloween.

[kcchiefs6465]

Of course folks might be handing out small bags of M&M candies for Halloween.
Okay. Let's ask the band, 'The Police' how they feel about the new weapon.

Whoever wrote that article is a retard.

[MelissaWV]

Okay. Let's ask the band, 'The Police' how they feel about the new weapon.

Whoever wrote that article is a retard.

Maybe, or maybe it's going to become an intellectual property debate.

[jkob]

blinding lasers are banned

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_on_Blinding_Laser_Weapons

[kcchiefs6465]

Maybe, or maybe it's going to become an intellectual property debate.
I would highly doubt a relatively unknown, mostly (I don't know if he is signed at the moment) independent artist is going to sue a manufacturer over the name of a less lethal device being named the same name as he. Perhaps I'm wrong.

For the first thing, it is rather embarrassing work to include the fact of his arrest if the purpose of bringing his name up was because of possible intellectual property claims.

For the second thing, the device itself has nothing whatsoever to do with him short of it having the same name. They aren't using his brand, his music, his persona, or anything else with regards to it.

You bring up an amusing point, though. Hopefully he does sue on some bullshit IP claim, the company goes bankrupt, and the police have to find another source for their weaponry.

Of all the rappers taking monikers of various firearm industries absent litigation, I suppose I just never thought that there was a point behind their biased, butter knife in a plug socket, paragraph.