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>>pera+(OP)
I don't really see the issue here with a surveillance drone to help keep the peace. I don't really care if it's "military technology" or not. Look, what happened was absolutely awful. People have a right to protest - and should, but peacefully. Riots, looting, burning buildings? Sorry, that's going to far.

If the government starts firing rockets at people from that drone - well that's another story. But that is clearly not what is happening here.

>>king_m+Td
The issue is there is no transparency about what is happening with the data that is being collected.

>>Thript+qh
Would it be any different if it was a police helicopter manned with a guy with a video camera?

>>king_m+1i
Yes, because a police helicopter is different for two reasons: (1) it’s not operated by CBP (who have no jurisdiction here), and (2) a police helicopter doesn’t have Hellfire missile bays.

>>colejo+Ji
Putting aside the CBP issue (fair point, agreed, that's weird), it's not like police helicopters haven't been used for pretty bad things in the past - e.g. when Philadelphia firebombed it's citizens in the 80s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOVE

>>king_m+cj
Such a weird way of putting police reaper drones into context.