One of the first “assurances” by the state was that drone use inside U.S. borders would be simply for emergencies, for the public safety, for border patrol, for “justified” surveillance, and for disaster relief. In actuality, there is no justified use of spying drones by the state or its agents of force.
The next “assurance” was that drones used in domestic situations would not be armed. No sane person could have believed this propaganda. In a recent story on CBSDC, it was noted that many police departments across the U.S. have been allowed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate drones.
Now, the Chief Deputy, Randy McDaniel of the Montgomery County, Texas Sheriff’s Department has stated that they are considering using rubber bullets and tear gas on its drones. What a difference a day makes!
McDaniel says:
“We’ve never gone into surveillance for sake of surveillance unless there is criminal activity afoot. “Just to see what you’re doing in your backyard pool — we don’t care.”
Once again, anyone gullible enough to believe this claptrap has not the capability of sound or critical thought.
The timeline so far, and this is over a short period of time, was first that drones would not be used for domestic purposes by police. Then we were assured that no domestic drones would be armed. Now we are told that although they will be armed, they will only be used for criminal activity. The next obvious step will be to add deadly force to the domestic drone program.
None of us can afford to allow the very militarized police, and the military itself, to have the “legal” capability to used killer drones on the citizenry. It began with unwarranted, and illegal spying and surveillance, is now headed toward non-lethal arming, and will next be little different than what is used on innocent foreigners in the Middle East and elsewhere. In other words, as a murderous weapon used for indiscriminate killing.
All will be affected by this tyranny; none will be spared. All who protest will be targeted. Eventually, all who speak out against the state will be targeted. The probable end result will be devastating, and any privacy left will not exist in the future.