WaPo: Safety and ethics worries sidelined a ‘heat ray’ for years. The feds asked about using it on protesters.

WaPo: Safety and ethics worries sidelined a ‘heat ray’ for years. The feds asked about using it on protesters. by Tim Elfrink (“Every few years since 2001, the military has invited reporters to get zapped by a ‘heat ray.’ The dozens who signed up all came away with a similar conclusion: The weapon, officially called an Active Denial System, is brutally painful.”)