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Well it seems, from another thread, that many were OK with the use of drones to take out people "in other countries". Now we'll see if they do the same here.."on US soil". Will these same people also be agreeable to it ?
Yes, they'll blink twice and then move on to another important issue like Kim Kardashian's shoes or something.
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Originally Posted by HappyTexan
Congress did ok 30,000 drones for US use so it was just a matter of time before they would be used for LE.
It's the MIC. "If we build it, government will buy it."
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Originally Posted by HappyTexan
Border patrol has predator drones.
Here's an article about their use in the US. Various government agencies are keeping their information very close to the vest on this. Various reports to Congress show between 60-90 agencies using drones.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/0...nning-and-lack
DHS’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released a report (pdf) detailing multiple problems with the drones used to patrol US borders. This report, combined with the Federal Aviation Administration’s lack of openness about its drone authorization program and failure to disclose the true number of entities flying drones, shows that the federal government is moving far too quickly in its plans to dramatically expand the number of domestic drones flying in the United States over the next few years.
It's only a matter of time before that info becomes, um, you know, "classified."
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Originally Posted by biggunsmallbrains
They are not going to fire hellfire missles at an accussed murderer. It's just to find his whereabouts and capture him. No wonder you wing nuts will buy anything through fear and paranoia.
No, but they'll use Hell-Fire Missiles on fleeing vehicles.
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Originally Posted by HistorianDude
Since they will never be weaponized, we'll never be confronted with that possibility. But you keep pretending if it makes you feel better.
They will be weaponized.
I guarantee they'll grid-out the States and assign drones to patrol those sectors, and then you'll have chase-drones armed to chase fleeing vehicles.
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Originally Posted by pknopp
Now I will have a problem if they are using these drones to peek around in people's yard without a reasonable explanation as to why.
They are being used for that, just like helicopters are being used.
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Originally Posted by burdell
LE has used fixed wing aircraft/helicopters for surveillance and searches for many years.
That does not mean I accept it or approve of it.
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And they have no ties to the feds? They're not armed by the feds? Trained by the feds? Seems there's an awful lot of guard been fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. You mean those are state sponsored wars?
No, Rhodes called out the National Guard. There were not federalized.
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Originally Posted by Taratova
How is a drone going to find him? It is a big country .
It's called "Facial Recognition Software."
The drone can scan so many people per square feet (I don't remember the exact figures) and has a better than 98% chance of correctly identifying all of them.
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Misles in the hands of the local police is an idiotic idea...
So are fully automatic weapons and armored personnel carriers, but that doesn't stop the police from having them.
The drone can scan so many people per square feet (I don't remember the exact figures) and has a better than 98% chance of correctly identifying all of them.
And anyone getting a DL or state ID will have their digital photograph taken and stored.
That was part of the Secure ID program. While many parts fell to the wayside due to cost, this part didn't.
All states implemented it as it was a DHS mandate.
They are being used for that, just like helicopters are being used.
Helicopters are used in limited instances. They aren't used to just cruise around trying to find something going on. If it happens you can be sure the lawsuits will pile up.
Helicopters are used in limited instances. They aren't used to just cruise around trying to find something going on. If it happens you can be sure the lawsuits will pile up.
And they will all get dismissed because of the blanket "in the name of national security".
We've already had trigger happy cops shoot some ladies. Imagine if they try to use a drone to off this character and they target the wrong person or kill an innocent bystander. GOODBYE US drone policy and Obama will be crucified by the court of public opinion.
I tried to find his FB but couldn't...too bad. He seems like a good guy that made a bad choice. I'm sure LAPD will make him pay... they have a million dollar reward for him... guess they want him silenced asap.
I agree we are essentially living in a police state and the police and federal agents are out of control. They do need to be reighned in, but I don't agree with hunting them down and slaughtering them. I am willing to bet however that the LAPD has no intention of taking this guy alive. When he is finally caught, he will be gunned down irrespective of the circumstances. I am also betting that regardless of where his recent face book page says he is, that he is actually still in the L.A. basin somewhere sitting back, watching the antics of the LAPD and laughing. He has them looking like the Keystone Cops...
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