On today’s show, we discuss the growing use of so-called “less-lethal” crowd-control weapons with Dr. Rohini Haar of Physicians for Human Rights and independent journalist Kevin Foster. They join us to examine the health and human rights impacts of tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper balls, and other weapons increasingly deployed against protesters. Then, we turn to the expanding use of automated license plate reader technology with Sarah T. Hamid of the Electronic Frontier Foundation to explore how these surveillance systems are tracking far more than just vehicles and what that means for privacy and civil liberties.
Dr. Rohini Haar is an emergency physician, UC Berkeley professor, and member of Physicians for Human Rights.
Kevin Foster is an independent journalist based in Portland, Oregon, who covers protests, activism, and accountability.
Sarah T. Hamid is Director of Strategic Programming at the Electronic Frontier Foundation and has spent more than a decade organizing around technology, surveillance, policing, and border systems.
Our Resistance in Residence is musician David DeLa Gran.
Listen to our full-length conversation on the Law & Disorder podcast, linked on our social media at @lawanddis and at KPFA.org, where you can also support independent media by making a donation to KPFA.
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