Ban the Pain Ray in Los Angeles and Beyond
ACLU of Southern California Action Alert View this email online at http://socal.aclu.org/site/R?i=D3tHPMYGy2ZaC6cB0-OTyQ.. Tell Sheriff Baca to Ban the Pain Ray Los Angeles County Jail is about to begin using its Assault Intervention Device (A.I.D.) - aka, the Pain Ray, a 7 foot tall weapon originally developed by the military - as a way to subdue inmates by focusing a microwave beam on them to make them feel "intolerable heat." The ACLU of Southern California sent a letter to Sheriff Baca, demanding an assurance that he will never use the high power microwave device against the inmates of the Los Angeles County Jails - of whom 70% have not been convicted of a crime but are there awaiting trial or other procedures. Our letter: http://socal.aclu.org/site/R?i=GMvSPvHzHFatCJ5SWHszcQ.. Take action! http://socal.aclu.org/site/R?i=boU9ivfRbnWUShsTcIpqrA.. Join the ACLU/SC in asking Sheriff Baca not to deploy this military weapon intended to cause intolerable pain - and capable of causing lethal injury when used for crowd control - against jail inmates. Sheriff Lee Baca unveiled this giant robot-like device noting that it will "allow us to quickly intervene without having to enter the area and without incapacitating or injuring either combatant." Not true: While this "Pain Ray" device was being tested by the Air Force, a miscalibration of its power settings caused five airmen in its path to suffer lasting burns, including one whose injuries were so severe that he was airlifted to an off-base burn treatment center. It is all the more disturbing that the use of the Pain Ray is being entrusted to the deputies of L.A. County Jail, with its long-troubled history of deputy violence, retaliation and abuse against inmates. Make your voice heard today: Tell Sheriff Baca "No, Thanks" to this horrible device. Thank you for all that you do, Your ACLU/SC Take Action Team Executions UPDATE Last week, state officials tried to move forward with executions even though the moratorium on lethal injection is still in place. Although new lethal injection procedures were recently approved by a state agency, they have not been reviewed by a judge and the moratorium has not been lifted. But even after receiving a court order halting all executions, state officials are proceeding with execution plans anyway - and trying to schedule more. Learn more and find out how to take action by reading ACLU/SC Death Penalty Field Organizer James Clark's latest blog, "You Can't Leapfrog the Law if You Want to Execute People in Its Name." http://socal.aclu.org/site/R?i=3UY-dhEa3mZgzrgerOriFw.. &cid=0 American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California 1313 West Eighth St. · Los Angeles, CA 90017 http://www.aclu-sc.org · 213-977-9500 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
