Drones play critical role in NYPD action at Hamilton building at Columbia U

[Droning on and on...]

Watching New York Mayor Adam's 9:30am news conference right now.

He explicitly mentioned that drones were used to gather vital intel on the Hamilton building occupation, aiding in the peaceful, orderly clearing of the building.

 

[mavic3usa]

Watching New York Mayor Adam's 9:30am news conference right now.

He explicitly mentioned that drones were used to gather vital intel on the Hamilton building occupation, aiding in the peaceful, orderly clearing of the building.

That's only part of the story. No doubt these drones did their job while substituting for situations where human intervention and interaction often goes sideways. This could have been alot worse. The other unmentioned part of the story is those drones were used to collect intelligence data and photographs and other vital important about *all* the protestors including the university administration faculty and staff whether they were peaceful or not and shared with homeland security and other local law enforcement agencies where they will be used for various reasons including checking for ties with other nefarious organizations, adding details to the watch lists, documenting and tracking their activities while not protesting, and maintaining a dossier including their ties to other members in the communities and their families. Because there are laws specifically prohibiting, this information is likely to be collected and maintained in perpetuity and for those few citizens who's protests were not legal at times, drone data will be used in court against them. Drone evidence is effective and largely irrefutable. Authorities can rely on the "intelligence" data when making decisions to justify their actions.

The mayor didn't mention that part (and rightfully he shouldn't have) because it's up to the people to hold their government accountable. Several communities have already done so to protect against this misuse of drones by passing laws that put limit on drone use or prohibit altogether. NYC is not one of them. As a nation, we need to recognize the potential and capabilities and then come together to decide what we want and don't want while we still have a chance because drone capabilities will grow by leaps and bounds and we don't want to get caught behind the curve like we are with so many other technologies.

Here's the presser if anyone is interested (no comment from me on the contents):

 

[spamgnome]

Can you please provide evidence / backup to your assertions? Otherwise, this sounds like a conspiracy theory.

 

[mavic3usa]

Another critical role for drones:

 

[GFields]

Thanks for sharing