A man is facing numerous felony charges in Georgia after police allege he allegedly used a bizarre projectile to melt automatic license plate readers into smoldering heaps of metal and plastic.

According to Fox5 in Atlanta, 25-year-old Colby Williams was hauled into jail after allegedly setting fire to three automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) installed by the extremely controversial company Flock.

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[–] 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Made some is that when I was a kid for some back yard adolescent science.

It works! ...it's a bit underwhelming. It is sticky as fuck, but it blows out surprisingly easy, and doesn't flare up into a roaring flame the way you'd expect something that's made largely out of gasoline and nicknamed "napalm".

It will also make YOU stink of gasoline. Like, bad.

There's a use-case for it to be sure, but experiment with it in a controlled environment (being hyper-aware of fume buildup from it and its raw ingredients) before, uh... conducting a field study.

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Gloves, eye protection, cotton clothing (synthetic shit will melt and stick to your skin), water, MORE water, fire extinguisher, buddy system. I've worked on patients with massive burns that will impair them for the rest of their lives over a stupid mistake with this kind of shit. Seriously, don't fuckin hurt yourself.

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