There is a huge difference between provoking and standing up for your constitutional rights. This guy was not provoking anyone. He was calm, articulate and had a clear understanding of his rights. They had the photo of his drone registration...
Classic case of a violation of FWB ("Flying While Black!") and an Attitude Arrest.
There's the well known DWB (Driving While Black) and now we have the new FWB (Flying While Black). However, this was entirely an Attitude arrest, and a hotboxing...
I Know in this neck of the woods he would have been told that its not ok to fly your Drone without a TRUST card (maybe he had it on his phone). I don't think the local police have any business policing federal laws tho, its not what I pay them...
The stop was concluded when the investigating officer told the flyer to have a nice day and he was free to go. If I were the pilot, I would have left and not look back even if a second officer said "hold on, wait a second, you're detained." It...
The first footage from our Anglesey day out, the coastal ruins of Porthwen Old Brickworks, it is a bit of a trek down, and was muddy and rocky in places, but worth the effort to get there and back...
The weather was stunning, 8C and sunny, which...