Los Angeles, CA—The latest
technology tool for newsgathering is taking a propaganda beating from the
media. As incredible as it seems the
media is promoting ignorance about camera drones rather than enlightening their
audience!
The little drones are indeed
amazing. They can take sophisticated yet
tiny cameras to incredible heights to get inexpensive video and still images in
near absolute safety!
They are definitely a novelty
and local police have zero training about these devices. They have not been around long
Cops seem to want to make
arrests for drone use because they know right now they will get substantial news coverage. However those highly publicized recent arrests of
drone pilots have turned out to be absolutely bogus.
Two police helicopter pilots
in New York spotted a little plastic drone in the area of the George Washington
Bridge. They chased it and then arranged for the felony arrests of two young men claiming these drone operators endangered
the police helicopter! Their own
recorded radio transmissions were solid proof that the cops lied!
Yesterday a drone pilot was
arrested as a Peeping Tom when his drone was “too close” to a medical center
where people were believed to be possibly undressing inside. The fact was that this proved impossible
because of reflective material on the glass window. There certanly were no images of undressed people on
the drone's camera!
Since when do people that
don’t close their drapes have any reasonable expectation of privacy?
As for the camera drones they
have the ultimate “black box” that will show the world in high definition video
exactly what it was doing! We can count
on liars being exposed when the images are viewed.
Many helicopter and fixed
wing pilots stand to lose their livelihoods as drone operators replace
them. They have an obvious conflict of
interest when it comes to making reports about drone activities. They want them outlawed for very understandable
but ulterior motivation.
It’s simply about cost and
safety. Even if the little drones crash
nobody is going to neither die nor will there be remarkable injuries or
property damage. These traditional
pilots can be counted upon to hate multi-rotor drones and their operators.
Propaganda is feeding fear
and loathing by the ignorant public.
Nobody stands to gain more from the camera drones that the media and the
public that will be able see the world as birds do. Why is the media falling for the deception of
the drone detractors?
Drone journalists are going
to be broadcasting and publishing images that were impossible until now. The camera drones are already bringing us
art, beauty, and truth. There are really
no negatives.
People are beginning argue
that terrorists will use them for attacks.
They are far less powerful and destructive to aircraft or people than
ordinary firearms. People are letting
their over-active imaginations rule over common sense.
The FAA is trying to deal
with government concerns that these devices are dangerous. In the hands of the media that’s true because
they may discover waste, mismanagement and questionable behavior of government
employees.
Cops are already in a
goldfish bowl with millions of cellphone cameras waiting to catch them making
missteps. Now they are being observed
from drones too! Will cops be making
arrests of drone operators to intimidate and prevent them from documenting
their behavior? History says that’s a
guarantee!
We know from experience that
cops have arrested thousands of photographers and cellphone users until the
courts ruled that the cops were dead wrong.
Police tyranny may well be a fact of life for many camera drone pilots.
Cameras are very dangerous
instruments because they expose the naked truth. Camera drones are a new danger that may bring
us yet more truth than we can handle.
Human being have shown over and over again that they can’t handle the
truth!
Comments
http://defensetech.org/2014/07/24/army-testing-pocket-drones/
Given the overt and excessive militarization of our law enforcement, we have a lot to fear from drones.
However, technology will move forward; it doesn't make sense to try to stop it.
There will always be those who abuse anything. Like guns, private drone users who are abusers should be penalized for the abuse, not damaged by a priori restraints.
The restraints needed on drones is on the use by government in its control-freak, revenue-generation, retaliation and assassination toolbox. It should be barred from all use of drones to spy on and destroy people. Same applies to other "intelligence" gathering tools government routinely abuses.
http://defensetech.org/2014/07/24/army-testing-pocket-drones/
Given the overt and excessive militarization of our law enforcement, we have a lot to fear from drones.
However, technology will move forward; it doesn't make sense to try to stop it.
There will always be those who abuse anything. Like guns, drone users who are abusers should be penalized for the abuse, innocents should not be damaged by a priori restraints.
The regulation needed on drones is for the use by government in its control-freak, revenue-generation, retaliation and assassination toolbox.