Backlash against spy craft exploding nationwide

Steve Watson Infowars.com Feb 8, 2013

The backlash against government and law  enforcement plans to use surveillance drones is continuing apace across the  nation, with the latest victory for privacy coming in Seattle.

AP reports that Mayor Mike McGinn ordered the city police  department to scrap extensive plans it had to roll out drones it has already  acquired through federal grant money.

“Today I spoke with Seattle Police Chief John Diaz, and we  agreed that it was time to end the unmanned aerial vehicle program, so that SPD  can focus its resources on public safety and the community building work that is  the department’s priority,” a statement from the Mayor read.

Residents and anti-drone activists have been leading protests  against the drone plans for some time. A City Council meeting on Wednesday saw  many speak out against the plans, influencing the decision to block authority  for police to use the unmanned craft.

Doug Honig, a spokesman for the Washington chapter of the  American Civil Liberties Union, said “We applaud the mayor’s action… Drones  would have given the police unprecedented abilities to engage in surveillance  and intrude on the privacy of people in Seattle … and there was a never a  strong case made that Seattle needed them for public safety.”

The Seattle Police Department had planned to deploy unmanned surveillance drones over the city after it became one of the first law enforcement agencies in the US to be granted permission by the federal government to do so.

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