BBC - Pilotless police drone takes off

IDemo

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Mon May-21-07 01:22 PM
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BBC - Pilotless police drone takes off

The UK's first police remote control helicopter has taken off.

Merseyside police are using the "spy drone", fitted with CCTV cameras, mainly for tackling anti-social behaviour and public disorder.

The machine is 1m wide, weighs less than a bag of sugar, and can record images from a height of 500m.

Originally used by the military, it is due to be operational by June for a full three-month trial, which is the "first of its kind" in the UK.

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"Our drone will be used primarily to support our anti-social behaviour taskforce AXIS, in gathering all important evidence to put offenders before the courts.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/6676809.stm

The drone sends images to a police control room

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Gregorian

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Mon May-21-07 01:24 PM
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1. I've been watching England.

I think as we start our own decline, we can be fairly certain we'll be heading in their direction. It's so nice to be moving to the right. Not!

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Rex

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Mon May-21-07 01:25 PM
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2. Wow, why stop there? Why, I think I hear a thought-crime being

committed at this very moment! I'm kinda sure of it and that should be good enough!

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EnviroBat

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Mon May-21-07 01:27 PM
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3. It'd be really fun to pick those off with a rifle from a great distance.

That would be my new "hobby" if they start that bullshit around here...

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High Plains

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Mon May-21-07 01:28 PM
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4. Congrats, Brits! Now your government treats you like Al Qaeda.

What's that old Ben Franklin quote about security and liberty?

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IDemo

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Mon May-21-07 01:28 PM
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5. They should flood the Bobbies with ufo reports n/t

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poverlay

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Mon May-21-07 02:17 PM
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6. lmao- Great idea! n/t

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Mon May-21-07 02:28 PM
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7. '...(W)eighs less than a bag of sugar' - i.e.,

...they can easily be shot down.

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chaska

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Mon May-21-07 02:55 PM
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8. Can't ya just feel the repression? Welcome to the police state....

And this is just the tip of the iceberg. Read Derrick Jensen.

Isn't there something in the Constitution about replacing your gov't on an as needed basis? How in hell would that be possible? Take a few minutes sometime to consider how you would go about it. It's not really even possible to protest effectively anymore.

When it comes, it will be bloody.

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