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Re:U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aer... by salusinarduis on Friday June 19, 2020 @08:14PM (#23580282)
It is illegal to use military equipment like drones on US soil.
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Re:U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aer... by relbeek2 on Friday June 19, 2020 @10:50PM (#23581112)
With that logic would it not also be illegal for military jets and helicopters to fly on "US soil"
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Re:U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aer... by microcolonel on Friday June 19, 2020 @08:18PM (#23580306)
Depends on what you mean. If they fired missiles at civilians you'd have a point, but merely flying a drone in the U.S. is routine, civilians do it. Some cities and states have restrictions on the routine use of drones by police, but using aerial surveillance is not generally illegal in the U.S. far as I'm aware (nor do I think it should be).
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