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North Dakota Becomes First State To Legalize Drones Weaponized With Tasers, Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets & Sound Cannons
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
It is now legal for law enforcement in North Dakota to fly drones armed with everything from Tasers to tear gas thanks to a last-minute push by a pro-police lobbyist.
With all the concern over the militarization of police in the past year, no one noticed that the state became the first in the union to allow police to equip drones with “less than lethal” weapons. House Bill 1328 wasn’t drafted that way, but then a lobbyist representing law enforcement—tight with a booming drone industry—got his hands on it.
– From the Daily Beast article: First State Legalizes Taser Drones for Cops, Thanks to a Lobbyist
You could see the writing on the walls years ago. In an increasingly authoritarian, lawless, surveillance state like America, it was always inevitable that drones would be weaponized. In North Dakota, this is now a reality.
Although I haven’t written much about domestic drones as of late, I published many articles on the topic several years ago. In the 2012 piece, Drones in America? They are Already Here…I warned:
Like with any new technology, drones can be put to good use or to evil use. Just like nuclear power can harness energy or destroy humanity altogether, drones could do a lot of good, but the problem is that the government is clearly moving more and more towards a surveillance state so we must be extra careful. Stay vigilant.
Apparently, North Dakotans weren’t particularly vigilant, and now the state has become the first in the nation to legalize weaponized drones; not a distinction they should be proud of. What started out as a bill to require police using drones for surveillance obtain warrants, turned into a law that puts tasers and tear gas on them. Go ‘Merica.
The Daily Beast reports:
It is now legal for law enforcement in North Dakota to fly drones armed with everything from Tasers to tear gas thanks to a last-minute push by a pro-police lobbyist.
With all the concern over the militarization of police in the past year, no one noticed that the state became the first in the union to allow police to equip drones with “less than lethal” weapons. House Bill 1328 wasn’t drafted that way, but then a lobbyist representing law enforcement—tight with a booming drone industry—got his hands on it.
The bill’s stated intent was to require police to obtain a search warrant from a judge in order to use a drone to search for criminal evidence. In fact, the original draft of Rep. Rick Becker’s bill would have banned all weapons on police drones.
Then Bruce Burkett of North Dakota Peace Officer’s Association was allowed by the state house committee to amend HB 1328 and limit the prohibition only to lethal weapons. “Less than lethal” weapons like rubber bullets, pepper spray, tear gas, sound cannons, and Tasers are therefore permitted on police drones.
Even “less than lethal” weapons can kill though. At least 39 people have been killed by police Tasers in 2015 so far, according to The Guardian.
And just in case you’re wondering why North Dakota rolled over so easily. The state is desperate for “economic growth,” even if that growth expands GDP via fascist panopticon surveillance.
Drones in North Dakota are a profitable enterprise in a state hit hard by the oil bust. Companies that market machines for agricultural and commercial use have been popping up in industrial parks on the outskirts of Grand Forks for the better part of the last three years. The university, one of the city’s largest employers, even offers a four-year degree in drones. The Air Force has partnered with the private sector to create a drone research and development park, too.
Drones are overwhelmingly seen as a good thing in North Dakota, which is perhaps why few noticed when HB 1328 passed with a clause allowing them to be armed with non-lethal weapons.
Because it’s imperative to national security that we make this, so much easier…
Great work North Dakota. Let’s hope the rest of us aren’t so hopelessly stupid.
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....and South Dakota will be the first state to legalize personal anti-aircraft batteries....a quad 50 on the back of an F250.
OMG! dr0Nez! We l0ve you!
Welcome to the future!
Oh sorry, the war against terrorists in North Dakota is on NOW
I predict drones will become increasingly popular for "police" activities. Because there are certain acts even a cop won't do in person. Plus the possibility of getting snagged on a cell phone vid beating a "suspect" unconscious or dead have just gotten too high. The PR aspect of this is just tilting increasingly negative for them.
But with a drone you can perform acts as inhuman as you like. Ask Obama. He knows all about this shit.
I'm in the process of retrofitting my drone with a flame thrower. Now if I can figure out a way to make it rub
rock salt into the burns I'll be set.
Meanwhile, in a city far, far away....a bunch of empty suits get together to ban 'assualt' weapons, because there is no need for them.
Weaponized, un-manned drones flying over my house. The purpose of my arms are not for deer and bear, its for anyone or anything that tries to take my rights or my life away from me.
I pray for our future. Once again, all of the leading candidates (Clinton, Trump, Sanders) want to take our guns and continue with the imaginary war on terror.
Imagine where these will make their debut.....the border has my vote
Yup. I've heard candidates, like Trump and Carson, specifically, say that they will drones to secure the border. Of course they couldnt use that as a trial and an excuse to make that a nationwide practice. That would be like, um, 9/11 and the war on terror. Wake up people dont give in to the government and their push to take our rights.
Remember who stood by himself on the Senate floor for 13 hours talking about the dangers of drones????
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The next step is automated drones with AI that way they can blame the shots fired on a computer glitch.
It's not a bug, it's a feature.
Hmm, anyone interested in crowd-funding an Anti Drone Balastic Defense System? This ruling portends that this will be a growth industry in the near term...
I plan to only travel at night, always wear a space blanket to reduce heat signature, and to carry a bag of kittens so I can throw one out as a distraction.
Liberty....... Aaaaaannnnnnnd it gone!
End the Fed!
fear mongering...aaand it's here. (don't get me wrong...the "police state" is oh, so alive and well in the service of the elites--and it's a fucking joke to play into this bullshit).
Cool Drones!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIp88qztb-U
WTF The Dalkotas ain't a hotbed for street activism + PLUS - the problem with drones is that they're easily hacked and could be turned against the very people using `em.
Was the battle of the little big horn in ND? Is a repeat of that the big deal?
I saw Fargo. North Dakotians seem to be preoccupied with not appearing too Canadian.
But oooh-la-la-laaa - dat easy DHS money for a low revenue state paid with money from the citizens in high revenue states.
And like Ed Snowden, when the shit hits the fans are those operators going to target the people they grew up with, or the gestapo kapos tell'n `em "Shoot shoot shoot".
Humanity is the biggest threat to the police state. The polie state will be gutted from the inside out.
Meanwhile, there's a war on against civilians having drones. If you notice all the stories in the media about people flying their quadcopters too close to planes, over the White House lawn, etc. These are toys! The drones the cops and military have are much bigger and more powerful. They don't want us to have drones so they'll create lots of laws against them to "protect" us. Even the link to the original story in the Daily Beast has a picture of a toy quadcopter photoshopped with police lights and weapons. They don't look like that. They look more like a plane than a quadcopter.
Been thinking about getting one fromDJI. Cheap, good cameras, auto reurn, etc- they're quad copters
yes, i have one. They are easy to fly. You just can't be an idiot with it.
North Dakota Becomes First State To Legalize Drones Weaponized With Tasers, Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets & Sound Cannons
So when will the first drone put a Taser projectile in someone’s eyeball?
Not so easy to hit center mass through a floating video camera yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THLT5iJldk0
Not so easy to hit center mass through a floating video camera yet.
that's where the Hellfire missile comes in
This is nuckin futs..
Maybe it the fracking chemicals in the groundwater that has put them beyond the boundaries responsible governance.
..and I thought they had half a brain up there.
It's the 60 years of CIA shaped mind-control inflicted on the people via the boob tube...
Find and destroy the command centre. Solved.
Ya wanna control the people of North Dakota - just don'y salt the roads.
American ingenuity could buid a bitch better than Charlene. Maybe not a trophy gal, but she do throw a load. Or, modify a kitchen appliance?
"I'm in the process of retrofitting my drone with a flame thrower. Now if I can figure out a way to make it rub
rock salt into the burns I'll be set."
Have a light shotgun loaded with rocksalt slung beneath the flamethrower - problem solved!
"My greatest flaw. I surround myself with idiots."
- Victor von Doom
An NSA agent has already been caught using Crypto City resources to stalk his ex-girlfriend, so who knows what other uses they could come up with.
The first wave of it, which I saw while living in Iowa, was 'fine hunting,' or using automated spying to catch minor infractions and fine farmers. just like traffic cams, expect the surveillance society to keep increasing in even the remotest places.
For the article, I could see the use of non-vis optics as a means of dehumanizing the enemy. No faces, just heatmaps.
John Conner will defeat the machines for mankind.
Coming soon to a neighborhood
near you
!!!
That should make for some real fun target shooting for folks trying to sight in their guns before hunting season.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU
...be the first guy to become a anti-drone "Ace"....get a street named after you.
North Dakota is smart - they're protecting themselves from the trash of the other 49 states...
Wonder what they'd look like mounted on the wall?
"My greatest flaw. I surround myself with idiots."
- Victor von Doom
We're the MIC......, delivering freedom bombs across the globe.
Round my parts we call it "Kinetic Democracy".
"We're the MIC......, delivering freedom bombs across the globe. "
...AND TO YOUR DOOR.
Jesus Fucking Christ.
The only thing that pisses me off more than this happening is that there are probably millions of brain dead fucktards across America who are watching this and approving because this is "going to be used on dangerous armed criminals to make the streets safer".
I'm going to out on a limb here and say on an optimistic note only 5% of the U.S. population is intelligent enough/has the foresight to know what the real purpose of these drones are ultimately meant for.
1984 ain't shit bitchez
Delivering pizza?
A man's last meal?
Id be weary of drones bearing gifts.
I thought these were going to be Amazon drones?!
I posted it on a few threads already, but why not spam this again?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxBa5bQfTGc
Whether anyone likes it or not, we are rapidly entering the age where anyone can create anything they want, or failing that, download it from someone else to their personal auto-factory. I don't think it will be long before the darknets have plans out for building weaponized sentries and drones; undoubtedly banned, but it won't matter because you can make them at home.
Personally I'm surprised no one has done it yet. Going off the flamethrower thread, take one of those, attach it to the sentry in the video, and then put it on a giant RC car. I could also see Earth Liberation Front or similar environmental groups creating napalm bombs (they used to publish guides on it; sick group) and dropping them on "urban sprawl" developments. There are plenty of possible 'us vs. them' scenarios here.
Hopefully it's scary enough to get people out of the recliner and start giving a damn about what's happening all around them.
Or involved in doing it themselves. I've been doing it with Doombots for years.
"My greatest flaw. I surround myself with idiots."
- Victor von Doom
Bingo. 5% of Americans is about right. The others are braindead from US Public School Educations, Corporate Media and MTV, and a diet of corn syrup laced junk food.
The youth let Government educate them.
Fast food joints feed them
Croporate media create youth culture for them
and mains tream media inform them of the news.
Colorado. First to legalize drones for anti-anxiety deployment. Armed with twenty blunts a payload, just press Snoop's face on your iPhone or Android if you're feeling down.
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I can't wait for one of these things to get hacked, then sent over to Grand Forks County Sheriff Bob Rost's humble abode for a rollicking good time of gassing, tazing, and general mayhem...
this one's for you, Bob... let's open up the phone lines to our viewers...
http://gfcounty.nd.gov/sheriffs-department
luv to luv to lvu to hack with you.
Thats what you get for living near Grand Forks , you should live more south like Finley.
Makes for way better target practice - can't wait.
are they plugged into pre-crime freedom distribution network? this freedom is getting better and better every day!!
Hey Chumba what's with the sock puppet accounts?
Just hack the bitch and crash it, some enterprising young snow bound high schooler can do it for the next science fair.
I guess they weren't content enough being just tea baggers, so they decided to try full throated statist cocksucking.
Don't worry, this technology will only be used for your protection. If you've done nothing wrong you have nothing to fear. Brave law enforcement personnel have a dangerous job and this may be able to reduce the danger to them. Drones improve officer safety.
Are you MDB's midnight lover?
I gave you an up arrow assuming you're a fellow smart ass; if not then mentally reconfigure your arrow distribution and
consider my down arrow as a "micro aggression".
That's like Terminator shit.
it's worse, it's some pig on the other side of the connection jacking off in his underoos while he sprays, gasses, and/or tazes the ever livin' shit out of you and your family...
"That's like Terminator shit."
No, more like Doombots. Take it from one that knows.
"My greatest flaw. I surround myself with idiots."
- Victor von Doom
Remember way back when you could run off in the woods with your girlfriend and a twelve pack to grab a quick piece of tail and not worry about being spied on or shot at from above? Good times......good times........
Yes Dr. I remember doing exactly that, and then I got that feeling that we were being watched, only to spot a ranger about 30 yds away doing exactly that.
When I gave him that "hell, man, have you no decency?" stare, he turned and walked away.
I'm sorry, I've always felt kinda bad about that, but it gets damn lonely in the bush,(not the kind you were in) the woods rather.
So ND is having a looming crisis with the oil collapse and so they celebrate by going drone-tard. Nice play.
They can kick your door in without a warrant and kill you - even if they get the wrong house - and nothing happens to them.
No fines, no charges, and no reprimand; no payment for the lock or door frame nor the funeral.
Any surprise the apparatchiks and goons say weaponized drones are "A o.k."?
I am waiting for one of these drones to run into a 747 loaded with people as the FAA has repeatedly warned will eventually happen.
http://www.rt.com/usa/171276-drones-nypd-helicopter-crash/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2015/08/24/some-airpor...
The 'authorities' are warning us of things. Oh no!
That'll be fine, so long as it's Air Force One.
"My greatest flaw. I surround myself with idiots."
- Victor von Doom
Hey, man! Will sou sit down or something and shut the fuck up. You're blocking my view of the Patriot's game and I can't hear for all your yammering about big brother conspiracy crap. Oh, and it's your round for beers.
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo why is this not legal for the shitizens of ND?
Just asking....
This is obviously a lie from the left painting the freedom loving red state of N. Dakota as some tyranical oppressive state.
I'm looking forward to shooting US sec drones out of the sky with my own drone.
There's going to be boom in sales of devices to hack and take control of drones.
...watching the hunger games as I read this....spooky
North Dakotastan, re-think where you are going to have a wedding reception or any outdoor family gathering.
Someone may have some new found empathy for families in afganistan and iraq.
Miffed
North Dakota of all places. Maybe the drones were put in place for banksters up there.
North Dakota prolly has more shitgums per capita than any other state... By by Birdy!
I am OK with weaponized drones as long as It is legal for me to shoot back!
maybe it's time to bring out the Punt Gun,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7FeeamC4qk
Drones are great killers. Prolly the best assasins tool ever. Remote control death.
Try proving a drone murder.
Even the small ones could be turned into killing tools far to simply.
huh,,,,here the Seattle City Council AND the Chief of Police outlawed them-returned it for a refund....
If I recall correctly, that photograph was taken in New York City. The cop was reprimanded, but I'm not sure to what degree.
The only difference between North Dakota and most other states is that they assume its legal for them to use. Best not to announce it.
Nope, UC Davis Northern California 2011 and look at all the good fat-assed students just standing there.
I wonder what the psychological effects of the perpetually active, weaponized drone army that is sure to flood the skies over major population centers will be. Living in constant fear of being droned?
Lets ask the middle-east!
it must be the commie, long haired
or Islamic, Buddhist type hippy sanskrit,
native american element
that has infected the frakkin', oil,
windpowered northtopia; bastion of the
frozen and deep american core values.
.
kill it from the sky techno fix nation.
oh, i forgot the transswxuals.
Wikileaks - Collateral murder in Iraq by US helicopter (short video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogFZlRiTHuw
.
"come on" anon.
Drone wars, drone verses drone, drone dogfights, drone at three o'clock, I was a teenage drone pilot, drone over Miami, to drone or not to drone, et tu drone? Etc ad nauseum.
Rubber bullets? don't you shoot them out of a regular gun? so all one needs to do is just switch ammo... say under martial law when you have no rights?
Go ahead. Use this shit on me or my family and I swear with my last dying breath I will find your base of operations and systematically exterminate the infestation with extreme prejudice.
The good thing is, there will be no need to equip with expensive color cameras. Black and white is all it needs to distinguish primary target
It's NOrth Dakota, You dont even need a black and white camera.
Shale field riots coming? I mean of all the states that would probably never have a riot, I would think ND would be near the top.
Oilies and MIC types couped the political system there.... that and North Dakotans are rather dim, they were actually super excited about it. The coup enjoyed tremendous popularity.
Wonder if there are any website with plans to make a do-it-yourself signal jammer to make those suckers auger themselves into the ground?
How to build a radio drone jammer!
ConstructionThe construction of this type of spark gap generator is fairly simple. You should be able to get everything for under $50 new, used items may be even less expensive. You will need the following items:
-Sounds like a weekend project for some Zero Heads :)
Oh Americans would never fire on their own people.
Oh Joy.
I wonder if the slithers involved with this new "law," realize that their futures are now in doubt. In doubt because the first time the gun and badge thugs use a drone in an act of war against the American people, the slithers involved will also be guilty of Article 3, Section 3, treason.
Zion is a scheme, not an ethnicity.
You're preaching to the choir when I read your comments.
Thick Willy really has a handle on "race relations" too.
Now the kids can go play outside and shoot some real space invaders. Thanks for sneaking in the "no fat child left behind" bill into this "drone weaponization act" passed at 12 midnight on a weekend.
North Dakotans wanna teach them horny Canadian farm boyz (who sneak across the border on Friday nights to date them pretty North Dakotan cow girls) a lesson! Next thing you know, the Canadian boyz will be arming their crop dusters to shoot em dronez down on Friday afternoons – it’s war I tell you!
We Robocopped some folks.
Amurrikka Fuk Yeah coming to your town soon!
This will be the norm within just a few years.
Think about it - they can essentially act with impunity - there can be no named person in a violation of rights if a drone does the violating, right?
Anything authority can do to gain more power without exerting much effort will be done - after all police are "under fire" all day long and the job is so dangerous that no one wants to do it right?
Amazing how any and all records of who was operating the drone will be erased or not found, Eventually they will simply move to unmanned/unguided drones. At this point it could simply open fire on a kindergarten class and who would be to blame? The software company? the hardware company? the police who will claim it "malfunctioned?"
Keep in mind that following this will be a series of VERY harsh laws regarding interfering with, damaging or disabling a police drone - likely to carry 10+ yrs sentence and 250k fine.
American citizens were unaware how cruel American state is outside its borders ,
Now they will know that it is actually a terrorist state
I imagine homemade drones will be having fun with Police drones.
Also drones probably will make fun target practice for high powered rifles.
I am confused... Who is chomping at the bit to attack North Dakota? There are fewer people living in ND than are living in Rhode Island! I mean the desolate areas to the north, in Canada suck less, Why??? because North Dakotans don't LIVE THERE!
To the people who sold this crap to that state in exchange for an awesome commission (I am sure it was pretty awesome, not to mention the bragging rights, since this rates up there with selling snow to the people in Alaska) I say BRAVO! You guys are awesome, and I have some stuff to sell if ever you find yoursef/ves out of work for some ludicrous reason...
Anyway, I digress.... I sit here in stupified disbelief as to the absolute stupidity of this maneuver... I was hoping this was an onion article....
Drones have been weaponized from the get go and are incinerating and fragmenting the Persons Sitting in Darkness (h/t Twain) on a daily basis. But I expect you haven't noticed.
Less-lethal weaponizing is a move along the humanitarian/compassionate spectrum and can only be welcomed.
Thank you sir. That Twain piece is mindblowing.
The police drones had better be equipped with blue lights and sirens, or my personal armory will assume them to be alien UFOs, and shoot them out of the sky.
TPTB must be laughing their asses of behind the scenes of our ignorance and how far we are willing to let our freedoms deteriorate with hardly putting up a fight. Change happens with action. We can write articles and discuss this till the end of days, without action nothing will change.
Actually TBTB are pissing their pants.
The people who cook their meals, haul their trash, connect their calls, drive their ambulances, and guard them while they sleep are about to GO OFF ON THEM!
"The people ... are about to GO OFF ON THEM!"
I'd say that's wishful thinking. I do look forward to reading how wrong I am about that, but I'm not holding my breath.
Some like to say ...pried from my cold dead hands..., pffffft! For the time being, we still have too much to lose (collectively and generally speaking) so awake folks are waiting for someone else to go first. That way we don't lose our 401k's, make our families homeless, cause a propaganda backfire via MSM and controlled social media, etc...Oh, and die or go to prison forever to no good effect. It seems to me that FedGovs and their subordinateGovs are arming up for when we have too little to lose so that our collective self-restraint will be behind us. They are the preppers.
I told you guys this was happening years ago. They also turned western ND, eastern MT and portions of SD into a giant military range of some kind and it is massive! The fucking idiot NeoCons of North Dakota were all for it, Montana fought it alone. ND is virtually the drone state they have funding for research going on at their universities etc. Most certainly they are not just testing drones on those dumb fucks but also weapons.
Just fetch 'em down with an R/C toy dropped int a rotor, and steal the subsequent wreckage.
Keep doing it, and they'll soon give it up.
In my country we destroy their toys when they get too oppressive.
Speedcamera, cost 40,000, cost of a motorbike tyre and pint of petrol, nothing. The accountants soon pulled the plug on the speedcamera sillyness.
We had a website showing pictures of dead speed cameras at one point.
I can't wait until our .gov try this shit.
Hell in my town the people even burned the local police helicopter when they started hunting down attic pot growers with the thermal imager.
You can only push the english man on the street so far before it starts to cost more than it is worth.
Your country, not so much.
You shout a lot and call us "english pussies", and your black people riot like ours do from time to time, but your grass roots white folk don't ever seem to resist "authority" in a bloody minded and awkward way like we do when the mood takes us.
As some bikers showed me once when being directly oppressed, you don't need to "kill the pig", you just pluck his radio from the front of his uniform, smash it on the ground and say with a smile, you're fucked now aren't you? Chances are he made up a story on his way back to the station rather than "lose face", that sort of person is like that.
Bastards! They swiped my Doombots!"
"My greatest flaw. I surround myself with idiots."
- Victor von Doom
Viable Anti-Drone Tactics, Techniques, Weapons, etc. - please reply with links, etc., thank you
(the public is falling way behind in this arena - the federales know they have a HUGE advantage here and they're exploiting it and using it against us)