Posted on 10/17/2017 8:19:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The 3-1 vote was met by jeers from dozens of people who crowded the Police Commission’s meeting room, many of whom repeatedly urged the civilian oversight panel to reject the proposal.
“Shame on you!” some shouted. “Shame on you!”
That frustration spilled outside the LAPD’s downtown headquarters as protesters settled in the middle of 1st and Main streets, chanting and holding signs as they denounced the decision. Officers ultimately led four people away in handcuffs.
Drones have been hailed by law enforcement across the country as a valuable technology that could help find missing hikers or monitor armed suspects without jeopardizing the safety of officers. But efforts to deploy the unmanned aircraft have frequently drawn fierce criticism from privacy advocates and police critics, for whom the devices stir Orwellian visions of unwarranted surveillance or fears of weaponized drones patrolling the skies.
Advocates say the drones could help protect officers and others by using nonhuman eyes to collect crucial information during high-risk situations. Skeptics worry that use of the devices will steadily expand and include inappropriate — or illegal — surveillance.
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Every time I see one those things, I have to resist the urge to shoot it down.
Are drone blinds illegal?
Nets?
Drone bourne nets?
One used to be able to get a license in Colo.
Do they taste like chicken?
I have yet to score one.
We do have the occassional Hot Air Balloon, but they seem to be innocounous
It would be very revealing to find out the names and organizational affiliations of the protestors at the hearing, outside, and in various groups.
There was a time when the ACLU (No. Cal and So. Cal) was literally synonamous with the Communist Party of California. Names like Di Suvero and his red wife, believe her name was Ramona Ripston, Fagan, and others were the reds who were either in the ACLU leadership or strong parallel supporters while having their own CPUSA operations.
The Left in California today is just as Marxist as ever despite the old CPUSA being a lesser player in some politics, but their legacy National Lawyers Guild is still around causing lots of trouble.
From an old George Carlin bit, he always felt that those who “flew around the world in hot air balloons needed to come down in a sewage treatment pond!”
George always did a lot of thinkin’...
The elites scream bLack lIves Matter Black Lives Matter.
Meanwhile what matters most to them are drones. Everytime the black racist fools for their little biscuit of hate...
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