Shooting down drones is usually illegal too, even if the drone is above your property. William Merideth of Hillview, Kentucky, was arrested in July after shooting down an $1,800 drone that was, he says, hovering over his daughters in the sky above his back deck. The anonymity of the drone was what spooked him. “We live in a society now where we don’t know what these people are doing,” Merideth told a local news station afterward. “We don’t know if they’re pedophiles looking for kids; we don’t know if they’re thieves. We don’t know if it’s ISIS.” The pilot of the drone said he was just trying out his new toy and did not intend to invade anyone’s privacy or, presumably, to establish an Islamic state.Thursday, October 22, 2015
Drones
Playing Defense Against the Drones
Shooting down drones is usually illegal too, even if the drone is above your property. William Merideth of Hillview, Kentucky, was arrested in July after shooting down an $1,800 drone that was, he says, hovering over his daughters in the sky above his back deck. The anonymity of the drone was what spooked him. “We live in a society now where we don’t know what these people are doing,” Merideth told a local news station afterward. “We don’t know if they’re pedophiles looking for kids; we don’t know if they’re thieves. We don’t know if it’s ISIS.” The pilot of the drone said he was just trying out his new toy and did not intend to invade anyone’s privacy or, presumably, to establish an Islamic state.
Shooting down drones is usually illegal too, even if the drone is above your property. William Merideth of Hillview, Kentucky, was arrested in July after shooting down an $1,800 drone that was, he says, hovering over his daughters in the sky above his back deck. The anonymity of the drone was what spooked him. “We live in a society now where we don’t know what these people are doing,” Merideth told a local news station afterward. “We don’t know if they’re pedophiles looking for kids; we don’t know if they’re thieves. We don’t know if it’s ISIS.” The pilot of the drone said he was just trying out his new toy and did not intend to invade anyone’s privacy or, presumably, to establish an Islamic state.
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