Court Upholds Domestic Drone Use in Arrest of American Citizen

2 August 2012
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This is an historic ruling ear muffs on now for the privacy advocates. You can’t blame them.

By JASON KOEBLER

A North Dakota court has preliminarily upheld the first-ever use of an unmanned drone to assist in the arrest of an American citizen.

A judge denied a request to dismiss charges Wednesday against Rodney Brossart, a man arrested last year after a 16-hour standoff with police at his Lakota, N.D., ranch. Brossart’s lawyer argued that law enforcement’s “warrantless use of [an] unmanned military-like surveillance aircraft” and “outrageous governmental conduct” warranted dismissal of the case, according to court documents obtained by U.S. News.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/congress-urges-faa-to-stay-on-schedule-for-choosin/nP89J/

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