Portland Mayor Tells Cops to Stop Using Deafening Sound Cannon to Break Up Protests

Police in Portland, Oregon deployed a controversial sound cannon to disperse protestors early Friday morning, the Willamette Week reported. Called... [Gizmodo]( June 6, 2020 [Portland Mayor Tells Cops to Stop Using Deafening Sound Cannon to Break Up Protests]( [READ MORE]( [Facebook]( [Facebook Will, Uhh, Stop Promoting the ‘Boogaloo’ Race War Thing]( [Facebook says it is cracking down even further against groups related to the “Boogaloo” movement, which has considerable momentum among far-right militiamen and is based around the idea that the U.S. is headed towards a second Civil War. Just kidding! It only said that it will stop actively promoting them.]( [Privacy and Security]( [How to Track the Tech That's Tracking You Every Day]( [It’s easy to feel helpless right now. Cities across the country are seeing unarmed protesters maimed by police officers who enjoy both the full support of the current presidential administration and of the American legal system itself. 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