Sound can be excessive police force, federal court rules

What citizens need is a bill protecting the natural right of proportional response. If the cops use a deafening or blinding device against protesters, then protesters should have the right to use a similar device against the cops.<p>Cops would think twice about injuring people if they had some skin in the game.

I may just be an irritable old man, but I&#x27;d be delighted to see more campaigning for the public right to a quiet environment.

The article should have made clear that 6 of the 9 counts were dismissed and that this was a 3-judge panel ruling, not <i>en banc</i>.