{"id":45391,"date":"2020-09-18T06:51:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T11:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=45391"},"modified":"2020-09-18T06:51:02","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T11:51:02","slug":"wapo-safety-and-ethics-worries-sidelined-a-heat-ray-for-years-the-feds-asked-about-using-it-on-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=45391","title":{"rendered":"WaPo: Safety and ethics worries sidelined a \u2018heat ray\u2019 for years. The feds asked about using it on protesters."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WaPo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2020\/09\/17\/heat-ray-protesters-trump-dc\/\">Safety and ethics worries sidelined a \u2018heat ray\u2019 for years. The feds asked about using it on protesters.<\/a> by Tim Elfrink (&#8220;Every few years since 2001, the military has invited reporters to get zapped by a &#8216;heat ray.&#8217; The dozens who signed up all came away with a similar conclusion: The weapon, officially called an Active Denial System, is brutally painful.&#8221;)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WaPo: Safety and ethics worries sidelined a \u2018heat ray\u2019 for years. The feds asked about using it on protesters. by Tim Elfrink (&#8220;Every few years since 2001, the military has invited reporters to get zapped by a &#8216;heat ray.&#8217; The &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=45391\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-excessive-force"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45391"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45392,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45391\/revisions\/45392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}