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Re:Drone pilots could be experiencing 'sniper's syndrome' by hackeer on Sunday September 29, 2019 @06:19PM (#21109965)
Shooting people from a drone is definitely not a life or death decision. And doing it just because they look like criminals is not a casualty of war, it's outright murder.

Any cop would be in death row for pulling something like this in American Soil.

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Re:Drone pilots could be experiencing 'sniper's syndrome' by mieseratte on Sunday September 29, 2019 @07:16PM (#21110261)
> Any cop would be in death row for pulling something like this in American Soil.

That’s a dubious claim.

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Re:Drone pilots could be experiencing 'sniper's syndrome' by hackeer on Sunday September 29, 2019 @08:11PM (#21110573)
I meant to say He would be granted a paid leave.
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Re:Drone pilots could be experiencing 'sniper's syndrome' by glloydell on Sunday September 29, 2019 @07:38PM (#21110379)
A cop who followed the same regulations and rules of engagement as a soldier would be committing a crime.

Because they have entirely different jobs, in entirely different contexts, with entirely different rules, serving entirely different purposes.

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Re:Drone pilots could be experiencing 'sniper's syndrome' by rasz on Sunday September 29, 2019 @08:29PM (#21110683)
sure https://boingboing.net/2019/09/27/breakdown-of-how-sacrament...
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Re:Drone pilots could be experiencing 'sniper's syndrome' by glloydell on Sunday September 29, 2019 @08:41PM (#21110758)
Precisely!

Soldiers in an active military zone would almost certainly not be subject to any scrutiny or investigation for fatally shooting someone who they believed to be armed in the same situation.

Thanks for the supporting evidence!!!!

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