[Noisebridge-discuss] predator drone fights cattle rustlers

Taylor Alexander tlalexander at gmail.com
Tue Dec 13 01:14:35 UTC 2011


"Hey, lets make these unmanned drones. We totally won't use them on
Americans."

<5 years later>

"Hey, we've got all these drones, why don't we use them to fight crime?"

<5 more years pass>

TERMINATOR


Thanks for the article. Good to know how this stuff goes down.



On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:

> http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/10/nation/la-na-drone-arrest-20111211
>
> This time, Janke watched the live Predator feed from his office computer,
> using a password-protected government website called Big Pipe.
>
> Around 10 a.m., the video showed the three Brossart brothers riding
> all-terrain vehicles toward a decommissioned Minuteman ballistic missile
> site at the edge of their property. The sensor operator in Grand Forks
> switched to thermal mode, and the image indicated the three men were
> unarmed.
>
> Janke signaled the SWAT team to move in and make the arrests. No shots
> were fired.
>
> A search of the property turned up four rifles, two shotguns, assorted
> bows and arrows and a samurai sword, according to court records. Police
> also found the six missing cows, valued at $6,000.
>
> Rodney Brossart, his daughter Abby and his three sons face a total of 11
> felony charges, including bail jumping and terrorizing a sheriff, as well
> as a misdemeanor count against Rodney involving the stray cattle. All have
> been released on bail. Calls to Rodney Brossart were not returned
> Saturday. The family is believed to be living on the farm.
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