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that_dogs_wilin t1_j5har8n wrote

Reply to comment by CostcoBrandDinosaur in Following police shooting of Sayed Faisal, renewed calls to fund mental health response team by ArachnidGlittering34

okay, I've never seen this suggested anywhere so I assume there's a good reason it's not done, but here's what I think could be a real solution to the problem:

nets.

obviously this could only work for situations where the person doesn't have a gun, but they do have a large bladed weapon or something. Part of the problem is that when the assailant has a knife, it's really risky for any officers to get close to them because they can get lethally stabbed really quickly. And tasers and pepper spray aren't very reliable, and we'd like to avoid using a regular gun, right?

Here's what I'm imagining: they basically have these dense, sticky nets. As soon as they get the net on the person, it sticks to their skin, clothes, and to the net itself, and makes it so they immediately can't move that much. There would be no risk of suffocation because the net is mostly holes. It would be made of a tough enough material that it couldn't be easily cut, especially given their limited mobility.

to get the net on the person, they could have two officers hold either end of a long net and then encircle/clothesline the person from a distance. Once a single net has touched them it should be really easy to get more nets on them. You could do other things too, like maybe a t-shirt cannon that flings the net out from a distance.

so once the person is covered in a few nets, frustrated but mostly unharmed, they could walk up and take the knife away. Then they could use some safe chemical that would dissolve the net's stickiness to free the person. This is kind of like those "man catchers" they use in japan to hold someone immobile from a short distance, but those are still prob too risky and require too much skill for the average cop.

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neversawthematrix t1_j5gns44 wrote

Reply to comment by piratebroadcast in Anyone know how much it costs to turn on utilities (specifically Comcast and Eversource) in Camrbridge? by piratebroadcast

You should certainly buy your own router. I would be shell shocked if you got xfinity for $30/month, even if they advertise at that amount. They are scumbags to the maximum and will sneak in additional costs. Plan for $50-60/month at least and be pleasantly surprised if it is less.

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jmreagle t1_j5f522h wrote

Reply to Central Sq 1943 by JoesBurning

My zine from 1998 was loosely based on Central Sq and it’s history. I found a number of great resources, an oral history project, and a book in progress which you can now get, which has lots of great photos.

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