Illinois prohibits weapons, facial recognition on police drones
Can we get a federal bill with the same prohibitions? It would be absurd if the right to be free from fear of automated death from the skies is left to a patchwork of state and local restrictions.<p>Irresponsible arguments that I would totally not be surprised to hear to push in the opposite direction:<p>- If law enforcement doesn&#x27;t have armed drones, we live in a world where only the criminals have armed drones.<p>- Sometimes law enforcement must be able to use deadly force. Isn&#x27;t it better if in those situations, officers aren&#x27;t also putting their lives at risk?<p>- Currently, when law enforcement uses deadly force, one of the strongest defenses is that in the moment, an officer felt that their own life was at risk. A drone operator has no such fear and therefore no bias towards using weapons prematurely.