Commentary: A Possible Attack on the American People

This is an interesting opinion piece from Al-Jazeera's Heather Digby Parton. The feeling I got from it is the same as the one I got while reading “Police State America” which dealt with the militarization of the police. What I find the most frightening, though not unexpected, thing is “pain compliance.”
"An operator squeezes off a blast. The first shot hits them like an invisible punch. The protesters regroup, and he fires again, and again. Finally they’ve had enough. The ray gun drives them away with no harm done." cites Harper's Magazine article The Soft-Kill Solution: New Frontiers in Pain Compliance. The author, Ando Arike, writes about a 60 Minutes piece in which soldiers, dressed as protesters yet called Iraqi fighters, are zapped with a ray gun.

This stuff will be used domestically as well. Look at the Occupy groups. The people in charge of weapons would LOVE to sell something like this to police officers and they would do so at a very high price. Am I being paranoid? I hope so. I really do. However the way things are looking this will be used in the near future. I wouldn't be surprised if they use it at the main Occupy group in New York City. If they have a smaller version of it they could put it in Sky Watch at Zuccotti Park and make sure nobody ever goes back. I know this may seem even more extreme but what if the police put a computer program which constantly scans for peoples' faces and even if they go back ten years later they will get zapped. That would end the Occupy groups forever. It might even be used on a bigger scale to discourage protesting by certain people.

Okay so I'm being a little too paranoid.

However this article is almost a plea for the people to stand up against those in control. It's saying to be aware of what's to come if you don't go to the streets and show your anger. Forget the fake Democrat and Republican stuff. I'm aware it can be very difficult but the Republicans are taking away rights and the Democrats are letting them do it. The judges are even in on it. Our voices must be heard and they must be heard now.