By Jennifer Baker
REVOLUTION NEWS on 08/27/2015
Thanks to a last-minute push by a pro-police lobbyist, it is now legal
for law enforcement in North Dakota to fly drones armed with ‘less
lethal’ weapons such as rubber bullets, tear gas, tasers, sound cannons
and pepper spray.
Less lethal weapons can kill. At least 39 people have been killed by police Tasers in 2015 so far, according to The Guardian. Bean bags, rubber bullets, and flying tear gas canisters have also killed and maimed people in the U.S. and abroad. When State Rep. Rick Becker introduced H.B. 1328, the law both banned weaponized drones and established a procedure for law enforcement to seek a warrant before using drones in searches. Only the warrant requirement survived.
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