New Jersey man arrested for shooting down his neighbors drone.
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[quote]LOWER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS) — A New Jersey man was arrested after police say he shot down a neighbor’s remote control drone.
According to investigators, officers with the Lower Township Police Department were called to a home in the 1000 block of Seashore Road on September 26th to investigate the report by a resident that his remote control helicopter (drone) was shot down.
Investigators say the resident was taking aerial photographs of his friend’s home, which is under construction.
While doing so, the resident told police he heard several gunshots as he simultaneously lost control of the drone.
After retrieving the drone, the resident observed multiple holes in it that were consistent with a shotgun blast.
The resident called the Lower Township Police Department and when officers arrived, he directed them to the area where he heard the shots coming from.
After an investigation, police say they determined 32-year-old Russell J. Percenti allegedly fired the shots that brought down the drone.
Percenti was arrested and charged with Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose and Criminal Mischief.
The shotgun used to shoot down the drone was seized by police.
Percenti was released after posting bail.[/quote]
[url]http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/09/30/new-jersey-man-accused-of-shooting-down-neighbors-remote-control-drone/[/url]
[quote] remote control helicopter (drone)[/quote]
this pains me
[QUOTE]32-year-old Russell J. Percenti allegedly fired the shots that brought down the drone.[/QUOTE]
"Goddamn Obama drones!"
Amazon designers: "Uh alright, our job is to come up with something that[I] ISN'T[/I] SHOOTABLE looking; something that will do the opposite of entrap cold hard freedom in the form of bullets, any ideas?"
[IMG]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/71470000/jpg/_71470971_image-gallery-01._v367570019_.jpg'.jpg[/IMG]
(would you want to shoot this?)
I'm surprised he hit it with a shotgun from so far; unless it was a shotgun for skeet shooting
His neighbour probably thought it was a Sexual Predator Drone™
[QUOTE=Bradyns;46122499]His neighbour probably thought it was a Sexual Predator Drone™[/QUOTE]
I just imagined the flying dick copter from that one political talk where the bodyguard slaps it away
This was a very entertaining piece of news to me. Good shit.
[QUOTE=Crash155;46122399]this pains me[/QUOTE]
Since it was taking photos it probably means real-time video feed, and it needs nothing more to qualify as a drone by any reasonable definition.
A lot of army drones are literally nothing but a fancy RC plane with a camera and radio.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;46122540]Since it was taking photos it probably means real-time video feed, and it needs nothing more to qualify as a drone by any reasonable definition.
A lot of army drones are literally nothing but a fancy RC plane with a camera and radio.[/QUOTE]
How am I supposed to feed my superiority complex without scoffing at semantics in mainstream news articles??
[QUOTE=Kite_shugo;46122508]I just imagined the flying dick copter from that one political talk where the bodyguard slaps it away[/QUOTE]
[video=youtube;Wrw3xzKbH3w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrw3xzKbH3w[/video]
"I knew I'd have to put my life on the line for the president one day, but flying dicks?!"
I really wish they'd stop calling them drones. Anything but drones.
There needs to be greater distinction between RC aircraft and drone.
Honestly, if it strays into your property and is taking photos and shit, that's gotta be some type of peeping tom.
[QUOTE=Rocâ„¢;46122665][video=youtube;Wrw3xzKbH3w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrw3xzKbH3w[/video]
"I knew I'd have to put my life on the line for the president one day, but flying dicks?!"[/QUOTE]
cock-blocked
[QUOTE=Rocâ„¢;46122665][video=youtube;Wrw3xzKbH3w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrw3xzKbH3w[/video]
"I knew I'd have to put my life on the line for the president one day, but flying dicks?!"[/QUOTE]
Talk about a "cock slap"
[QUOTE=Venezuelan;46122558]How am I supposed to feed my superiority complex without scoffing at semantics in mainstream news articles??[/QUOTE]
You do realize that your post also reeks of superiority complex.
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;46122735]Honestly, if it strays into your property and is taking photos and shit, that's gotta be some type of peeping tom.[/QUOTE]
Perfectly legal. Under the same reasoning why airplanes can take photos of your property without permission. You have no reasonable expectation of privacy from above without a roof.
If you have your curtains open, same thing. Not illegal. You have no expectation of privacy through a window.
Finally, the use of the drone is legal to this because the FAA has not restricted it. (yet)
[QUOTE=No_Excuses;46122685]I really wish they'd stop calling them drones. Anything but drones.[/QUOTE]
Why?
You guys are making it sound like the term drone is something that was first granted to the Predator recon/missile platform and it spilled onto other things, but the term "drone" is a word that predates any form of electronics and machinery and it makes a lot of sense to apply it in the "mindless, command fulfilling unit" on a lot of stuff!
[editline]1st October 2014[/editline]
And EVEN if you go with the actual definition of army and other official institutions
[quote]An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone and referred to as a Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard. There are different kind of drones. They are UAS (Unmanned Air System), UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), RPAS (Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems) and Model Aircraft. Its flight is controlled either autonomously by onboard computers or by the remote control of a pilot on the ground or in another vehicle.[/quote]
A hobby RC plane is, by definition, a drone.
[QUOTE=supersoldier58;46123349]You do realize that your post also reeks of superiority complex.[/QUOTE]
The difference is I'm actually superior to everybody
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;46122735]Honestly, if it strays into your property and is taking photos and shit, that's gotta be some type of peeping tom.[/QUOTE]
Why can't people fly these things without being assumed of this?
This video comes to mind:
[media]http://youtube.com/watch?v=YIGRRRcuvQw[/media]
[QUOTE=SexualShark;46122345]remote control drone[/QUOTE]
Why does this remind me of this mission in GTA:SA, where you use a minigun-ish toy bipplane to total delivery trucks and kill their drivers..
[QUOTE=Kite_shugo;46122445]Amazon designers: "Uh alright, our job is to come up with something that[I] ISN'T[/I] SHOOTABLE looking; something that will do the opposite of entrap cold hard freedom in the form of bullets, any ideas?"
[IMG]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/71470000/jpg/_71470971_image-gallery-01._v367570019_.jpg'.jpg[/IMG]
(would you want to shoot this?)
I'm surprised he hit the it with a shotgun from so far; unless it was a shotgun for skeet shooting[/QUOTE]
birdshot, probably. It doesn't have to hit it hard, but damage just one component on it and the thing flies off balance and crashes. Birdshot is pretty fucking easy to hit a target with
[QUOTE=coolgame8013;46123924]Why does this remind me of this mission in GTA:SA, where you use a minigun-ish toy bipplane to total delivery trucks and kill their drivers..[/QUOTE]
maybe because its an rc plane you use in that mission and this thread is about rc planes (drones)
[QUOTE=Code3Response;46123387]Perfectly legal. Under the same reasoning why airplanes can take photos of your property without permission. You have no reasonable expectation of privacy from above without a roof.
If you have your curtains open, same thing. Not illegal. You have no expectation of privacy through a window.
Finally, the use of the drone is legal to this because the FAA has not restricted it. (yet)[/QUOTE]
By the strictest interpretation of the FAA's rulings, anything in the air is unrestricted and your property ends at the tips of the blades of grass in your yard, and there would be nothing illegal about a drone hovering outside your windows, peering into your house, all day.
Practically speaking, if you shoot said drone down, there'll probably be a lot of people lining up to defend you.
It's really a grey area until the FAA revises their UAV policy.
[QUOTE=coolgame8013;46123924]Why does this remind me of this mission in GTA:SA, where you use a minigun-ish toy bipplane to total delivery trucks and kill their drivers..[/QUOTE]
wow
fuck that mission so much
[QUOTE=Water-Marine;46123917]Why can't people fly these things without being assumed of this?
This video comes to mind:
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Fun fact about this, it ended up that she got a year of probation and it'd get erased from her record two years after if she isn't involved in any criminal activity by then. Pretty nice sentencing for assaulting a minor, property damage, and lying to police.
Now imagine if the genders were swapped.
[QUOTE=Crimor;46127535]
Now imagine if the genders were swapped.[/QUOTE]
Was this necessary?
[QUOTE=FalseLogic;46127567]Was this necessary?[/QUOTE]
Ain't a court in the world that would have given the same ruling if it was swapped. If you want to have equality you gotta see both sides.
[QUOTE=Crimor;46127585]Ain't a court in the world that would have given the same ruling if it was swapped. If you want to have equality you gotta see both sides.[/QUOTE]
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