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marmar

(77,080 posts)
Sat Oct 27, 2012, 08:54 AM Oct 2012

Policing Privacy: Seattle police to deploy spy drones?





Published on Oct 27, 2012 by RussiaToday


The FAA has approved the Seattle police department to start using surveillance drones for law enforcement, but protesters are making it clear that they're willing to put up a fight. Trevor Timm, activist for the Electronic Frontier foundation, believes the drones will be used for all the wrong reasons.


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Policing Privacy: Seattle police to deploy spy drones? (Original Post) marmar Oct 2012 OP
Hmmm.... So much spying, and so little health care, education, jobs, financial oversight... midnight Oct 2012 #1
du rec. nt xchrom Oct 2012 #2
0. Policing Privacy: Seattle police to deploy spy drones? Father Teresa Oct 2012 #3
K&R. 1984 just caught up! In Harris Co. (Houston) Tx they did the 1st test and theirs was like Dustlawyer Oct 2012 #4
The Police State -- in a neighborhood near you Angry Dragon Oct 2012 #5

Father Teresa

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3. 0. Policing Privacy: Seattle police to deploy spy drones?
Sat Oct 27, 2012, 09:23 AM
Oct 2012

Is it that important to know how many shots of espresso are going into a citizens coffee cup?

Dustlawyer

(10,495 posts)
4. K&R. 1984 just caught up! In Harris Co. (Houston) Tx they did the 1st test and theirs was like
Sat Oct 27, 2012, 09:49 AM
Oct 2012

the army's in size, just no weapons as they were quick to point out in the story. They claimed the same uses and bragged about using it to start pot farms. It could stay aloft for like 3 days. We are going the wrong way with our society.

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