Arming of domestic drones already being considered

[KeirAdish]

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Five children were shot and killed today while trespassing in Old Man Grumpy's yard.


Because yelling Get off my lawn! all day long will only get you so far.

Will not lie, I laughed a good bit at this.

However, a UAV as far as I know is generally piloted by someone offsite, as would these drones, so I'm fairly sure they would have the brains not to shoot the kids for running into old man grumpy's yard, but rather the operator would contact a patrol car to swing by and tell the kids to get off the lawn.


*edit* and when I say the operator would have the brains not to shoot them, I say so because the operator will not only have to undergo training which would involve when and when not to use the weapons, but also undergo screening, psych tests, just like any police officer would, I highly doubt they're gonna let Jerry the retard into the pilots seat.

[NatePsy]

I could see this being entertainment, youtube videos popping up of people getting pwned by these drones.

[Theodon]

So this is where it has come to!

Like all machines, they just need to be made user friendly and all will be fine!

[Gerrin]

The day you're possibly getting mugged and one is around and saves you will be the day you stop crying about it.

also if they shoot people coming over the border with those it's gonna be funny.

The day I'm possibly getting mugged I've got a 9mm to answer the mugger. How does one keep from being mugged by a government that has weapons on drones aimed at their own citizens?

[Merendel]

The day you're possibly getting mugged and one is around and saves you will be the day you stop crying about it.

also if they shoot people coming over the border with those it's gonna be funny.

Meh the day I'm geting mugged my attacker is going to get shot reguardless of haveing a drone around, and not with rubber bullets.

While I'm a bit leary of these things over our cities in general, not just armed, for out on the border I'm all for it. There are plenty of legal ways to enter the country, sneaking accross the border in the dead of night is not one of them. If an illigal alien trying to cross the border gets pelted by rubber bullets and teargas and is scared off by a drone, well they should be glad I wasnt in charge of arming the thing, I'd be much nastier.

[Easo]

Sudan isn't part of the Western world. Chile is part of the Western world. I'm not even sure Russia is considered part of the Western world and I don't recall the last time I heard about French or Japanese police beating a man to death. In the United States, there's always a couple of new reports every year about some poor soul getting gunned down by the cops for pulling out their cellphone or getting beaten to death because they're "resisting arrest" or whatever. There isn't a lot of international data about it because, quite frankly, it isn't really a first world problem.

Doesnt matter which part of the world that happens. Ah yes, you may not have heard. But I have. Simply in the case of USA it is for some reason shouted everywhere, not only on some local news.

[Beavis]

Doesnt matter which part of the world that happens. Ah yes, you may not have heard. But I have. Simply in the case of USA it is for some reason shouted everywhere, not only on some local news.

What does that have to do with the discussion about whether or not it is appropriate for police in the United States to have drones?

[Thrive]

Eh not really worried about that part at all last I checked even the marines don't like the government unless you seriously believe the military fights for the government and not the people and the country.

Ya cause the militarily in every tyrannical country ever always fight for the people huh? In a first world country things like this shouldn't be needed.
And also to everyone saying this is like a police officer, a police officer can't look into private property without cause like this drone would be able to. And if it did how would we prove it did?

[Biske]

Okay, you "the government is taking away my rights!" people need to calm the fuck down and actually think for a moment before you say that. Please, just this once.

The only difference, literally the only difference, between this and a police officer is that the drone can fly. I challenge anyone to find one thing that's even vaguely unconstitutional about this.

I want flying police officers

[Easo]

What does that have to do with the discussion about whether or not it is appropriate for police in the United States to have drones?

Because you said "American police forces, which are sadly notorious for being some of the worst civil rights abusers in the Western world."
Which you didnt prove.

[Easo]

And then you rattled off the names of a bunch of countries that aren't in the Western world and a couple of countries that are in the West but don't have police brutality problems. What's your point? Are you saying the United States isn't notorious for having some of the worst policing problems in the West? I thought that was self evident.

And here it goes again.
I dont care what you thought. Its either cold, hard facts or nothing. Prove that USA have those problems. Then we can talk about police state or whatever.
So yes, I am saying that USA is not notorious for that, unless in the minds of tinfoilers.

[Beavis]

And then you rattled off the names of a bunch of countries that aren't in the Western world and a couple of countries that are in the West but don't have police brutality problems. What's your point? Are you saying the United States isn't notorious for having some of the worst policing problems in the West? I thought that was self evident.

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And here it goes again.
I dont care what you thought. Its either cold, hard facts or nothing. Prove that USA have those problems. Then we can talk about police state or whatever.
So yes, I am saying that USA is not notorious for that, unless in the minds of tinfoilers.

No, I don't think so. I'm not getting drawn into this little side show of off-topic minutia. What happens after I run down the necessary articles, write the accompanying post, and then move back on topic? You just ignore it and pick at something else or leave the thread. This isn't my first rodeo.

[Easo]

Articles?
How about scientific research?