Border Patrol is flying a predator drone over Minneapolis

[skeddy]

Originally Posted by Du Ma

I work for CBP. Why do uninformed civilians believe that CBP only work at the southern or northern border?

We have CBP officers/agents assigned to every corner of US and abroad....and of course, the borders.

Also, CBP used unmanned drones within interior of US many times in the past. The most recent one is Super Bowl 2019 in Atlanta. It is nothing new.

because the average Joe has no idea what is going on? They live in a stupor of stupidity.

[Du Ma]

Originally Posted by CCbaxter

Because it is a federal asset being used in an enforcement tool in a single state.

Wut?! So a US federal law enforcement agency is not allowed to use one of their tools (an unmanned drone) in a US state? Maybe they should operate that drone in China or Canada?

Besides, the airspace that the drone operates is under control of the US government.

[Frank DeForrest]

What do I think? I think the fed govt does whatever it wants and no moldy piece of paper is gonna stop it.

[southwest88]

Originally Posted by skeddy

what do you call the FBI [federal asset being used in an enforcement tool in a single state]?

As I recall, the FBI has to be invited in by the local LEA. The only times the FBI can move without an invite is when the crime or the scene are federal - on federal property, on Native Peoples' Reservations, & so on.

"The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice, the FBI is also a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community and reports to both the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence.[3] A leading U.S. counter-terrorism, counterintelligence, and criminal investigative organization, the FBI has jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crimes.[4][5]"

(My emphasis - more @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federa..._Investigation)

[southwest88]

Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest

What do I think? I think the fed govt does whatever it wants and no moldy piece of paper is gonna stop it.

The Constitution? Vellum, actually. But I understand what you're saying.

[camaro69]

Originally Posted by ma5cmpb

This is crazy, what do you guys think about this?

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...nts=1&start=80

It's what I've been saying for a number of years.

Order 66 is coming.

[RiotAct41]

Muh rights!!!!!

[Frank DeForrest]

Originally Posted by southwest88

The Constitution? Vellum, actually. But I understand what you're saying.

"Toilet paper" works as well.

[Toyman at Jewel Lake]

Originally Posted by Pilot1

Not saying they can't do this, but the Constitution is specifically restrictions on the U.S. GOVERNMENT.

No, it restricts the US military. Posse Comitatus act. The border patrol is a law enforcement agency; federal law enforcement and assets are used in state/local law enforcement all the time.

[Pilot1]

Originally Posted by Toyman at Jewel Lake

No, it restricts the US military. Posse Comitatus act. The border patrol is a law enforcement agency; federal law enforcement and assets are used in state/local law enforcement all the time.

I didn't say it was against any Fed or State laws including the Constitution.