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35. "Minnesota State Patrol uses long range acoustic device, first used by military, to disperse Maple Grove protesters"

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Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:14 PM

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https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-state-patrol-long-range-acoustic-device/

Minnesota State Patrol uses long range acoustic device, first used by military, to disperse Maple Grove protesters

By Derek James
January 27, 2026 / 5:42 PM CST / CBS Minnesota

Dozens of protesters were detained Monday night after making a lot of noise outside a hotel where they believed the Border Patrol commander was staying.

Something troopers threatened to use to clear the crowd made a lot of ears perk up. It's called a "long range acoustic device," or LRAD.

Minnesota State Patrol troopers used a powerful sound system first used by the military in Maple Grove, Minnesota, to communicate and disperse noisy protesters.

"The LRAD is like a loudspeaker, but it focuses the sound in a narrow cone, so that if you're inside the cone, it's extremely loud," said retired Marine Colonel Mark Cancian, a senior adviser for the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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ICE is now using LRAD to disperse crowds. How to defend against it. [View all] jmbar2 Tuesday OP

So now it is the US causing Havana Syndrome! SunSeeker Tuesday #1

Has it always been our own government testing this on our own people? 1WorldHope Tuesday #3

testing it on cubans more likely rampartd Tuesday #11

Internet speculation is FHRRK Tuesday #30

maybe it always was rampartd Tuesday #6

Actually it was the US and not Cuba or Russia. Blue Full Moon Tuesday #25

great information, jmbar rampartd Tuesday #2

From the attached pdf at the link... RoseTrellis Tuesday #4

Had to check this out - I think it's the same thing used in capturing Maduro! jmbar2 Tuesday #5

thank you gopiscrap Tuesday #7

Short transcript usonian Tuesday #8

Thanks jmbar2 Tuesday #12

"The markodochartaigh Tuesday #9

Are you sure that's not supposed to be 12 bels? (120 decibels) Wednesdays Tuesday #14

I thought that it was strange. markodochartaigh Tuesday #34

ICE sure has a lot of money to spend on stuff n/t leftstreet Tuesday #10

Sure do... just not JokeHer Tuesday #33

That big ugly bill and the taxpayers are paying for it newdeal2 Yesterday #39

Is It? Since I live right here in the MSP Metro, MineralMan Tuesday #13

They announced that they would use it around 1:58:51 in this video jmbar2 Tuesday #18

"They" being Minnesota State Patrol, not ICE. sl8 Tuesday #26

OK, thanks. MineralMan Tuesday #28

To me, this doesn't pass the smell test. Liberal In Texas Tuesday #15

see the links in the post above... jmbar2 Tuesday #20

also recommended DoBW Tuesday #16

There's also a microwave version sometimes mounted on the same platform. Hugin Tuesday #17

That our own government.... SergeStorms Tuesday #19

Which fascists? MichMan Yesterday #40

Going to ask it again. WHERE IS OUR DAMN LEADERSHIP? Maru Kitteh Tuesday #21

Why would Congress have any say about it? MichMan Yesterday #37

Wonderful. James48 Tuesday #22

Thanks for posting this. Great information! Jim__ Tuesday #23

I would think that Walz and mayor would be right on top of this if they did this. bluestarone Tuesday #24

Being familar with LRAD, SD County Sheriffs purchased one ... aggiesal Tuesday #27

What administration are you referring to as having no morals? MichMan Yesterday #38

That's too bad ... aggiesal Yesterday #41

This is real for gods sake Maggiemayhem Tuesday #29

DEFEATING LRAD Warpy Tuesday #31

If it's mounted on a truck. What does bouncing the sound waves back at the truck do? Melon Tuesday #32

"Minnesota State Patrol uses long range acoustic device, first used by military, to disperse Maple Grove protesters" sl8 Tuesday #35

I believe CBS over a Reddit post MichMan Tuesday #36