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Police Departments Now Using Predator Drones INSIDE the U.S
2011 Dec 24, 10:52am 2,784 views 10 comments
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Right. "the bad guys". The mythical BAD GUYS... Last week it was peaceful protestors across America, before that it was Muslims and any general darkie.. what's YOUR definition of "bad guy" Today Marcus?
Is this the America you know? Are these the bad guys you think of:
http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2009/10/acoustic_warfare_pittsburgh_po.html
http://www.infowars.com/6-creepy-new-weapons-police-and-military-use-to-subdue-unarmed-people/
If you really think these tech DEV efforts are focused at subduing "bad guys" - lets you just call them "the worst of the worst", it worked before, then that's just too naive for words.
Huntington Moneyworth III, Esq
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2011 Dec 26, 2:55am
It was much better back in my day when drones were called UFOs and the rendition of US citizens was called alien butt rape.
marcus
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2011 Dec 26, 8:25am
what's YOUR definition of "bad guy" Today Marcus?
I wasn't advocating total authoritarian control or a loss of civil liberties. In fact I find that aspect of this subject and of technology growth/improvement in general pretty scary.(This is a separate conversation from what I was talking about - and I understand where you're coming from because of recent legislation).
I was only observing that where helicopters are commonly used in places like LA, and have been for years (by police) to pursue criminals (you know like guys that just robbed a bank or lesser crimes), especially if they are on foot, drones will probably be used eventually, that is instead of the helicopters they use now. Drone helicopters.
Just as with helicopters when they are used for this now, you probably need two people to operate these, or maybe three. One to fly the helicopter, and another to run the spotlights, watch the pusuit and communicate with the cops on the ground.
HousingWatcher
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2011 Dec 26, 8:32am
Who says the drones will only be used to observe criminals???
What do you think those Hell Fire missiles are there for? Beauty?
Vicente
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2011 Dec 26, 8:38am
I feel like I've seen this plot before about military hardware being used for civilan policing.....
marcus
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2011 Dec 26, 8:49am
Maybe at a time when it's less far fetched than ever in our life time that we could become a police state, I shouldn't have been talking about good and efficient uses of such technology by police.
But there is a certain irony to my being accused of possibly advocating something that wasn't the slightest bit implied in my post. I'm just glad that kentm does't have a naivety police that will come and sweep me away in the dark of night and take me to some gulag.
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Police employ Predator drone spy planes on home front
Unmanned aircraft from an Air Force base in North Dakota help local police with surveillance, raising questions that trouble privacy advocates.
As the unmanned aircraft circled 2 miles overhead the next morning, sophisticated sensors under the nose helped pinpoint the three suspects and showed they were unarmed. Police rushed in and made the first known arrests of U.S. citizens with help from a Predator, the spy drone that has helped revolutionize modern warfare.
But that was just the start. Local police say they have used two unarmed Predators based at Grand Forks Air Force Base to fly at least two dozen surveillance flights since June. The FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration have used Predators for other domestic investigations, officials said.
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/10/nation/la-na-drone-arrest-20111211
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