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Miami-Dade Police Drone Spotted Over Memorial Day Weekend Partiers
Gizmodo ^
| June 23, 2012
| BY ANDREW LISZEWSKI
Posted on 06/23/2012 4:04:05 PM PDT by James C. Bennett
After perfecting them overseas in military situations, it was only a matter of time before the government and law enforcement would start using aerial drones for monitoring US citizens back home. And that time is now, as partygoers in Miami recently discovered.
Back in January of 2011 Miami's police force acknowledged that they'd be the first in the country to employ camera-equipped drones to keep tabs on the city. So while its appearance isn't a complete surprise, this clip from YouTube user 'miamiearl' showing one of the drones monitoring partygoers at a recent Memorial Day weekend celebration, is still a little unsettling.
Of course, police departments all over the country have used camera-equipped helicopters to watch over their jurisdictions for years now. But these remote drones are able to fly a lot closer to the ground, which has citizens worried that the privacy they've enjoyed for years, or at least the feeling of privacy, is in jeopardy.
And it's not like this drone seen in Miami is just going to be a one-off occurrence. New FAA rules have given clearance for more drones to fill civilian skies over the coming years. So in the future, during your Fourth of July celebrations, you should probably get used to the idea of the skies being filled with drones, not just fireworks. [YouTube via Dave Winer via Dprogram.net via Prison Planet]
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: drone; police; policestate; quadrocat; spy
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To: James C. Bennett
ib4
To: James C. Bennett
Thus starts a new cottage industry: the domestic SAM
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posted on
06/23/2012 4:08:38 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Guns Walked -- People Died -- Holder Lied -- Obama Golfed (thanks, Secret Agent Man))
To: James C. Bennett
Shoot the damn things down.
To: James C. Bennett
Looks like something out of Star Wars.<br.
Something with similar intent.
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posted on
06/23/2012 4:12:25 PM PDT
by
grobdriver
(Proud Member, Party of NO! Nobama, No Way, No How!)
To: freedumb2003
Thus starts a new cottage industry: the domestic SAM We can but hope. Anyone in the market for a Stinger?
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posted on
06/23/2012 4:13:40 PM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there)
To: James C. Bennett
I didn’t know they used drones in Haiti.
To: James C. Bennett
To: James C. Bennett
Anybody put a bounty on these insulting things yet?
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posted on
06/23/2012 4:24:19 PM PDT
by
DNME
(A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it. It keeps him upright. — Robert Heinlein)
To: freedumb2003
How powerful of laser would you need to fry its optics?
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posted on
06/23/2012 4:27:04 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(You only have three billion heartbeats in a lifetime.How many does the government claim as its own?)
To: James C. Bennett
This seems like a blatant constitutional violation. Where is that right to privacy now?
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posted on
06/23/2012 4:31:15 PM PDT
by
ilgipper
( November cannot come soon enough)
To: James C. Bennett
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posted on
06/23/2012 4:31:52 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: James C. Bennett
Marlin still make a goose gun?
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posted on
06/23/2012 4:36:07 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: James C. Bennett
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posted on
06/23/2012 4:36:43 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: KarlInOhio
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posted on
06/23/2012 4:38:00 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: KarlInOhio
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posted on
06/23/2012 4:38:20 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: James C. Bennett
But of course we can’t use drones to monitor the border...
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posted on
06/23/2012 4:39:15 PM PDT
by
Qbert
("The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry" - William F. Buckley, Jr.)
To: James C. Bennett
High strength monofiliment line attached to helium balloons. Area denial party balloonery.
To: ilgipper
It is. And that right went down the dumper years ago.
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posted on
06/23/2012 4:42:51 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(All libs & most dems think that life is just a sponge bath, with a happy ending.)
To: EEGator; KarlInOhio
>>1.12 Gigawatts<<
You have to throw a DeLorean at it?
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posted on
06/23/2012 4:53:26 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Guns Walked -- People Died -- Holder Lied -- Obama Golfed (thanks, Secret Agent Man))
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