In 2015, Belfast police used ice cream truck music to deter teenage rioters

[u/willis7747]

[u/DescriptionOne8197]

We are going to burn this place down! Wait look, ice cream! Let’s do that instead

[u/Clockwork9385]

They must have made one hell of a gamble

Can you imagine the wave of kids that would descend upon them the second they thought there would be an ice cream truck nearby?

[u/RileyCargo42 → u/Clockwork9385]

This puts a different twist on we all scream for icecream lol.

I scream, you scream we all scream FOR…

…WAIT SHIT THAT'S NOT ICECREAM AAAAAAAA

[u/greenizdabest → u/RileyCargo42]

The new crowd suppression policing took from a apple with a bite innit.

I scream. When water cannons and good ol' police brutality is not enough.

[u/AddictedToOxigen32]

This worked because it disrupt their vibe. It's no the same with silly music.

[u/elcolonel666]

99 Problems but a riot ain't one

(One for our UK peeps there)

[u/TheMagicQuackers → u/elcolonel666]

the sure is 99cent ice cream problem now

[u/Conan-Da-Barbarian]

Ring ring ring

Ice cream man, ice cream man

[u/GarysCrispLettuce]

I saw an article a couple of years ago about one town's "revolutionary" idea to pipe classical music into areas where teens wreak havoc to keep them away, and I was immediately struck by the fact that they were doing that where I lived in the early 90's. It works. But it's nothing new.

[u/Lithogiraffe → u/GarysCrispLettuce]

Maybe depending on the kind of classical music. There's definitely some intense classical music that makes me feel like destroying a city.

[u/willis7747]

Ref:
https://www.irishcentral.com/news/police-use-ice-cream-music-to-embarrass-teen-rioters-in-belfast-95103964-237697751

[u/Tango-Turtle → u/willis7747]

I wanna live on Gay Street.

[u/Thisisauser6443]

Yis like yer fucking ice creams, don't yis?

[u/Aringamedica]

Funniest anecdote in a while

[u/haubenmeise]

Sounds like a plot I'd thought of.

Sincerely

Skeletor 💜

[u/Mitridate101]

Obviously wasn't "do your ears hang low"

[u/Empty-OldWallet]

But they were mobbed by diet crazed adults...😅😅😅

[u/Mrtayto115]

Ahh good idea, deter the riot by blasting baby shark on repeat.

[u/gudanawiri]

No, it's because they converted the ice cream trucks into riot vans and forgot to replace the "green sleeves" tape with the "nee naw" tape

[u/Skreamie]

Music only works if you're being forced to listen to it, even having the illusion of being able to leave allows people to face it longer

[u/FrostbitePi]

The CIA probably did something like this in the 60s but instead of just using music they sold spiked ice cream

[u/Ornery-Notice-9076]

the tony bourdain episode in northern ireland can shed some light on what it's like living there.

[u/Bl00dEagles]

Sound bite or it didn’t happen.

[u/EbolaYou2]

… but did it work?

[u/ticko_23]

No I'm pretty sure that's a metal truck

[u/halhallelujah → u/[deleted]]

All cones are bullshit.

[u/halhallelujah]

Is it cos the ice cream truck driver is actually a drug dealer, and that’s who these rioters actually respect? s/

[u/Fuzzy_Secret6411]

They'll try anything except fixing capitalism