Attack of the Drones: No Expense to be Spared in LAPD's International Revenge Rambro Hunt for Alleged Cop Killer
LAPD 'Doing it Well' From [HERE] Alongside the police shooting on two separate incidents of innocent individuals in the manhunt for alleged cop-killing ex-cop Christopher Dorner, the frenzied search has also introduced the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) to seek a target on U.S. soil. According to MSNNow, “their use was confirmed by Customs and Border Patrol spokesman Ralph DeSio, who revealed the government’s fear that Dorner will make a dash for the Mexican border.”
A number of news sources, MSNNow included, stated that this was the first instance of airborne drones targeting a human target within the U.S. Not so: Among a handful of instances, police in North Dakota used a Predator drone (unarmed) in 2011 to track down the Brossart family — anti-government separatists who refused to return cows that had wandered onto their land.
As Gizmodo’s Eric Limer noted, the drones employed to search for Dorner are also “presumably” unarmed. “Should armed drones actually be authorized to fire on Dorner, then it would be a first, and frankly a terrifying precedent,” wrote Limer.
The LAPD and the media believe that Dorner is responsible for killing a Riverside Police officer and a couple. There seems to be little evidence that Dorner actually committed the three murders. (see story below). Nevertheless, today Prosecutors filed a capital murder charge against Dorner for the killing of Riverside police officer Michael Crain,that could bring the death penalty -- assuming he has a trial and they actually prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he's 'that type of guy.' The charges do not involve the slayings of Monica Quan and Keith Lawrence. [MORE] He was also charged with the attempted murder of three other officers. [MORE]
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