Bavaria lets police shoot drones

Bavaria's government approved a law empowering police to detect, pursue and, if necessary, shoot down unauthorized drones and to establish a drone‑defence centre near Erding.

by Andrew Curry

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Andrew Curry

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The Trump administration has restricted drone and model aircraft flights over 935 square miles of Chicago, likely in an effort to prevent journalists from documenting ICE activity: www.aclu.org/news/privacy...

Sweeping Ban on Drone Flights Across Chicago Looks Suspiciously Like an Attempt to Ban Press Coverage | ACLU

We can’t let government block drone photography of newsworthy events simply by claiming a need to fly their own aircraft in an area or claiming the existence of vague “security threats”

www.aclu.org

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