(NPR) Military Police Leaders Weighed Deploying 'Heat Ray' Against D.C. Protesters

Military Police Leaders Weighed Deploying 'Heat Ray' Against D.C. Protesters








Military police hold a line near the White House as demonstrators gather to protest police brutality on June 1, 2020 in Washington, D.C.



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Military Police Leaders Weighed Deploying 'Heat Ray' Against D.C. Protesters






Hours before federal police cleared peaceful protesters near the White House on June 1, a whistleblower got an email asking to find a device that would make protesters' skin feel like it was burning.