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North Dakota recently passed a law allowing police officers to weaponize UAVs with stun guns and less-lethal rounds. Maybe in the future we'll see them strap so
by whamlastxmas 10y ago
North Dakota recently passed a law allowing police officers to weaponize UAVs with stun guns and less-lethal rounds. Maybe in the future we'll see them strap some C4 to the drone to take out suspects.
- hammock 10y ago>Maybe in the future we'll see them strap some C4 to the drone to take out suspects. That's exactly what happened here.
- whamlastxmas 10y agoEdited to say UAV specifically, since I hate the term "drone" since they're nearly never autonomous, and to clarify I meant the flying type. Obviously a slow ground robot with C4 is a little disturbing, but having UAVs with C4 is a whole new level of concerning. Are we going to start seeing targeted bombings when the driver of a traffic stop is being uncooperative? "The driver reached for his glove box and wasn't responding to police commands, so we launched a hellfire missile to help ensure officer safety" (turns out driver was deaf and getting his insurance papers)
- lovich 10y agoThis has already occurred with a police helicopter dropping a bomb. Wouldn't be much of a leap to do it with a drone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOVE#1985_bombing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOVE#1985_bombing
- whamlastxmas 10y agoWow that entire situation is unbelievably fucked up. How have I not heard of this before? Police dropped dynamite on a house which results in 65 other houses catching fire, killing 11 innocents, while firefighters were ordered not to do anything. And of course no criminal charges for anyone involved.