© www.exposingtruth.comN. Dakota law allows weaponized police drones.
The idea of weaponized drones has long been a dystopian, yet fictional idea. However, thanks to House Bill 1328, in North Dakota, this
police state hell from above is now a horrid reality. Thanks to a police union lobbyist, the idea of police using drones for "less than lethal" weapons is now written into North Dakota law.
According to the Daily Beast,
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.The term "less than lethal" is thrown around to make
tasers, which have been responsible for hundreds of deaths since 2001, seem like they are okay to be deployed on infants. The reality is that "less than lethal" weapons are
only slightly less lethal than the real thing. Now that these weapons will be put on drones, entire new safety concerns arise, such as accuracy and the simple issue of a drone falling into a crowd.
After being duped by the police lobby into passing a bill allowing cops to equip drones with weapons, Rep Becker is worried. He spoke up about police deploying these weapons when they aren't near the intended target. "When you're not on the ground, and you're making decisions, you're sort of separate," Becker said. "Depersonalized."
One needs only look at the Middle East and the thousands of innocent women and children who've been slaughtered by US drones to imagine the grim reality of such legislation.
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