Posted on 04/25/2013 6:22:17 AM PDT by Altariel
Boston’s top cop wants drones hovering over next year’s marathon, but getting his hands on one may be easier said than done.
More than 30 states, including Massachusetts, are rushing to restrict the use of drones by law enforcement, with some seeking to ban it in all but the most extreme circumstances.
Even if unmanned aerial systems could have shortened the search for the terrorists who wreaked havoc on Boston last week, many people are deeply skeptical about giving authorities carte blanche to use potentially dangerous technology.
“It’s not surprising that you have law enforcement agencies rushing out to use [the Boston bombing and subsequent manhunt] as pretext to secure additional powers but I think we have to maintain perspective and realize that civil liberties and the protections we’re granted under the Constitution and our rights to privacy, to a degree, are nonnegotiable,” said Massachusetts state Sen. Robert Hedlund, a Republican and sponsor of a drone restriction bill in the legislature.
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Good idea!
how about no
...because the one thing we need is RC copters with RC controllers in an area where there may be bombs activated with an RC controller.
Probably sans blinkies...
Well, he has Rand Paul’s support on this. Regrettably, Rand has flip flopped/evolved on his drone position, since his famous filibuster. He was against drones before he was for them :(
They had bomb sniffing dogs deployed during the event...did’nt help. Drones should not be allowed.
I don't care being called islamophobe or racist or whatever, I have already been labeled as such.
But...but...but....how else are the Government Employees going to practice keeping American citizens in their homes at gunpoint?
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