Drones Against Crime
Published in Folha.com (Folha de Sao Paulo)
(Brazil) on 15 June 2012
by Verena Fornetti (link to
original)
Small drones (unmanned aircrafts) are being used on U.S. territory to combat crime. They fly low and send images to security organizations. Each one costs $176 million dollars. For Senator Rand Paul, son of Ron Paul, this is synonymous with an invasion of the privacy of American citizens and is spying on the citizens' lives.
Paul proposes a law to ban the use of drones within the country, unless the searches are authorized by the judiciary and based on concrete reasons.
"I am not against the use of technology itself. What I am defending is the constitutional process and protection of our civil liberties. It is not that I am against the police using cars, planes and robots, but no police should do this without asking permission of a judge", he said.*
Paul states he does not want a police-state that controls every minute of its citizen's lives.
The Republican Representative Austin Scott of Georgia supports Paul's position. "…when I'm out hunting on my property, I don't want them spying on me. And I'm not a hunter. But when I'm separating out my recyclables, I don't want them having a drone to make sure I'm putting my newspaper in the proper bin."
*Editor’s note: The original quote, although accurately translated, could not be verified.
Paul proposes a law to ban the use of drones within the country, unless the searches are authorized by the judiciary and based on concrete reasons.
"I am not against the use of technology itself. What I am defending is the constitutional process and protection of our civil liberties. It is not that I am against the police using cars, planes and robots, but no police should do this without asking permission of a judge", he said.*
Paul states he does not want a police-state that controls every minute of its citizen's lives.
The Republican Representative Austin Scott of Georgia supports Paul's position. "…when I'm out hunting on my property, I don't want them spying on me. And I'm not a hunter. But when I'm separating out my recyclables, I don't want them having a drone to make sure I'm putting my newspaper in the proper bin."
*Editor’s note: The original quote, although accurately translated, could not be verified.