Police Drone crashes into SWAT Team (Texas)
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I was gonna' say it's funny because it's Texas but Zxan beat me to the punch.
it's also beside the point.
the same thing would happen anywhere else. the real issue is the way our retarded Homeland Security policies have pushed urban militarization. you Tea Bagger cock suckers wanna' complain about government spending, start with the extremely bloated - and almost completely unnecessary - defense budget.
individual cities within the US do not need drones and armored tanks.
there's no such thing as domestic terrorism. if someone wants to blow up a government building like in Oklahoma, the only thing that's going to stop them is intelligence; not a local police force that is strapped to the teeth with military-grade weapons and armors.
it's also beside the point.
the same thing would happen anywhere else. the real issue is the way our retarded Homeland Security policies have pushed urban militarization. you Tea Bagger cock suckers wanna' complain about government spending, start with the extremely bloated - and almost completely unnecessary - defense budget.
individual cities within the US do not need drones and armored tanks.
there's no such thing as domestic terrorism. if someone wants to blow up a government building like in Oklahoma, the only thing that's going to stop them is intelligence; not a local police force that is strapped to the teeth with military-grade weapons and armors.
Jacks:SmirkingRevenge said:
Dude, I need drones and armored tanks. Fuck yes. I need that nonsense taped together flying around the street like a tornado.
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[GU]elmur_fud
I have balls of Depleted Uranium
Discuss What? It appears to be fake. First off there is more then 1 sheriff's office in Montgomery county. Second, I couldn't find any record of them buying a drone in that county which should have made news or public record even if the crash hadn't. And third, it hasn't. No news source in that area is reporting any such thing. In fact only people reporting on it are 'news blogs' like salon.com... Not saying it isn't possible given the how crappy of an area that is. Just seems more a case of a fake and every1 wants to talk trash about Texas.
- Article's "source" = 404
- Picture of Bearcat is from Nashville
- No details on why SWAT was in action
- Not a single quote in the article
Don't be lemmings, people. If one minute you are going to (rightfully) accuse Fox News for making something up, don't turn around the next minute and drink the Kool-aide of another "news" source.
Edit - and yes, I live in TX, but I'm not a Texas, and I am the last person to defend Texas of it's idiocracy.
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[GU]elmur_fud;2578754 said:
so it's a fake story?
ok.
forgive us, but I don't think that this is really a case of "drinking the Kool-aid" from one source while ignoring it from another. this isn't Liberal news versus Conservative news. I think the reason no one questioned it is because it's just Gizmodo. because it's not Fox or NBC, I'm gonna' assume most people simply took it at face value.
like when Tom's Hardware posts technology news that happens to share crossover appeal with mainstream news.
Age of misinformation or information? You decide.
lol dictations.
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While the original story may be a faux one (given that it's a tertiary source, and there's Nashville S.W.A.T. written on the bearcat), there are 13 state and local police agencies that have used drones or are training for usage. It's still a major privacy concern. The domestic ones are not to be outfitted with weapons, and they are only allowed to survey property when a warrant has been issued. They are (obviously) a less expensive alternative to police helicopters for surveillance, but still prone to user error, which is why I wasn't exactly skeptical of the drone crashing into a swat team. The idea that drones are being used is still pretty damn scary.
lol dictations.
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While the original story may be a faux one (given that it's a tertiary source, and there's Nashville S.W.A.T. written on the bearcat), there are 13 state and local police agencies that have used drones or are training for usage. It's still a major privacy concern. The domestic ones are not to be outfitted with weapons, and they are only allowed to survey property when a warrant has been issued. They are (obviously) a less expensive alternative to police helicopters for surveillance, but still prone to user error, which is why I wasn't exactly skeptical of the drone crashing into a swat team. The idea that drones are being used is still pretty damn scary.
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OMG! I can't believe it, a drone, seriously, reckless people, WTF!!!
And then they......wait......um.....ok....a fake.
And then they......wait......um.....ok....a fake.
[GU]elmur_fud
I have balls of Depleted Uranium
I think you people are way to quick to jump on the 'lets bash Texas' bandwagon as illustrated very well by the above and leap at any excuse to ridicule and belittle that which you disagree with. Bullying doesn't help. Nobody listens to bullies.
dude it's a pretty standard joke.
I don't think anyone who made the joke feels as strongly about it as you apparently do.
relax.
I don't think anyone who made the joke feels as strongly about it as you apparently do.
relax.
This. You'd think for as long as you've been here, you would get BuF memes like this.