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HooptieWagon

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27. If operated by the military, yes.

Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Reply #21)

Sun Feb 10, 2013, 06:11 PM

Feb 2013

If operated by FBI or law enforcement possibly not.

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Report: Ex-Cop Christopher Dorner Is Now a Target for Drones [View all] The Straight Story Feb 2013 OP

Not surprising. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #1

Nope. Especially since Dorner claims to have anti-aircraft armaments. n/t Denzil_DC Feb 2013 #55

Wait until a drone attacks an innocent person. HooptieWagon Feb 2013 #2

I'm going out on a limb and suggesting these would be strictly surveillance drones Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2013 #21

If operated by the military, yes. HooptieWagon Feb 2013 #27

I doubt that. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2013 #34

No, they can't use assets owned or operated by the military. HooptieWagon Feb 2013 #38

THESE ARE NOT ARMED. Sheesh. Get a grip, people. Do you not know the difference between kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #42

YET. HooptieWagon Feb 2013 #53

In 2002 they were not armed ether nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #62

How does looking for him using drones differ from looking for him using helicopters? FSogol Feb 2013 #3

It doesn't alcibiades_mystery Feb 2013 #8

+ the biggest possible number onenote Feb 2013 #37

no pilots are put at risk arely staircase Feb 2013 #14

Actually, they are using helicopters... reACTIONary Feb 2013 #22

Helicopters make a lot of noise. Drones, not so much. randome Feb 2013 #23

True on the moral panic. Hope that the next time I get lost in the Cascades, they send FSogol Feb 2013 #24

Grovel-bot needs one to send out in cases of lost DUers. randome Feb 2013 #25

okay okay flamingdem Feb 2013 #29

Be sure to bring along a personal locator beacon... reACTIONary Feb 2013 #28

But it's only a matter of time before personal locator beacons are turned against us! randome Feb 2013 #30

how do you know they haven't already? arely staircase Feb 2013 #48

IT DOES NOT DIFFER IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #43

Glad some people get it at least. FSogol Feb 2013 #47

I wonder what they'll do if the drones find Dorner AndyA Feb 2013 #4

A person is only innocent if they are outside a blast radius The Straight Story Feb 2013 #5

or in their vicinity or choose the wrong parents etc... n/t Catherina Feb 2013 #16

Blast him to bits with a high tech camera? FSogol Feb 2013 #10

Heat-imaging not heat-seeking HubertHeaver Feb 2013 #13

you know we aren't talking about armed drones, right? arely staircase Feb 2013 #15

For now nt TomClash Feb 2013 #19

well I suppose "for now" can apply to everything arely staircase Feb 2013 #26

+1 Adsos Letter Feb 2013 #58

So, when do you expect LAPD to begin violating posse comitatus with armed drones? kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #49

Same way that Cheney, Rumsfeld, the chimp and a lot of others escaped facing war crimes. Webster Green Feb 2013 #56

And the rich and powerful are in the LAPD? randome Feb 2013 #59

First . . . TomClash Feb 2013 #57

As far as we know they aren't armed. AndyA Feb 2013 #39

I am sure of very few things arely staircase Feb 2013 #40

Recon drones are physically very different from armed drones. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #50

Police drones in the US are NOT ARMED. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #44

I have a feeling this will end badly formercia Feb 2013 #6

How will a drone carrying a thermal imaging camera kill tourists? FSogol Feb 2013 #12

It could take their picture, thus stealing their souls NoPasaran Feb 2013 #45

if it's a tall tourist the drone might hit him elehhhhna Feb 2013 #60

Ahhh, just like Aeschylus. FSogol Feb 2013 #61

Get a fucking grip. Police drones are NOT ARMED. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #46

If this continues LiberalEsto Feb 2013 #7

We are already surveillance targets. In public, no one has any expectation of privacy anymore. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #51

i don't think this guy is anywhere near the san bernardino mountains.. frylock Feb 2013 #9

I agree. Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #11

I think so too n/t Catherina Feb 2013 #17

agreed nt steve2470 Feb 2013 #18

I predict a movie will be made out of this mess and... Amonester Feb 2013 #20

Script is already in the works, count on it. Kalidurga Feb 2013 #31

As long as they won't use their 'Empire Strikes Back' drones yet, I guess we'll be Amonester Feb 2013 #32

LL Cool J will play Dorner.They look alike. SummerSnow Feb 2013 #33

I was thinking The Rock... Kalidurga Feb 2013 #35

Nah. LL Cool J will be shot by LAPD next. Hope he is laying low. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #54

Yep. He left a gun and some survival gear in the truck just to play with the cops. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #52

OBL wasn't laughing anymore when they finally got him. Neither was Tim McVeigh. graham4anything Feb 2013 #36

here's why the border patrol guy didn't want to 'elaborate'... farminator3000 Feb 2013 #41

Not that I'm rooting for this maniac davidpdx Feb 2013 #63