{"id":204716,"date":"2020-03-29T08:20:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T08:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=204716"},"modified":"2020-04-01T05:30:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T05:30:04","slug":"nypd-releases-orwellian-video-of-drones-spying-on-citizens-to-enforce-social-distancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=204716","title":{"rendered":"NYPD Releases Orwellian Video of Drones Spying on Citizens to Enforce Social Distancing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matt Agorist \u2013 Free Thought Project March 27, 2020<\/h1>\n
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In a matter of weeks, Americans have watched a police state unfold in front of their eyes. The phrase \u201cthat could never happen here\u201d has taken a back seat to \u201comg what will they do next.\u201d Well, next up on the \u201choly sh*t we have reached 1984 status\u201d list is the fact that residents in New York and California are now being monitored by drones \u2014 and officials are bragging about it.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Thursday, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea posted a video to Twitter of some of the aerial footage over multiple locations throughout the city of New York, including Carl Schurz Park, Inwood Hill Park and Juniper Valley Park.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sadly enough, some folks took to the tweet thread to beg the commissioner to bring the drones to their neighborhood. \u201cCome to Borough Park, my neighborhood. Not the case here!\u201d one Twitter user wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGo to Grand concourse not the case there. Good job officers, keep on doing great things. Praying for all of you,\u201d wrote another.<\/span><\/p>\n

Others took to Twitter to call it what it is \u201cDystopian af.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIs this a scene from Terminator?\u201d and \u201c1984 wasn\u2019t an instruction manual.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Although the government-loving citizens asking for the drone to come in their neighborhood complained of people being outside, the commissioner himself essentially made his own case for the unnecessary nature of such Orwellian tactics. They couldn\u2019t find anyone breaking the mandate.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve visited hundreds of restaurants, parks, & other spaces this week \u2014 by foot, by car, & by air. What we\u2019ve seen so far\u2026is nearly \uf4af% compliance,\u201d Shea wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n

For those who remember, back in 2018, when the NYPD first announced the department\u2019s acquisition of this technology, officials claimed they would never be used for instances like this.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey will not be used for routine police patrols, unlawful surveillance or to enforce traffic laws,\u201d the officials said, according to the NY Times<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLet me be clear: N.Y.P.D. drones will not be used for warrantless surveillance,\u201d Chief of Department Terence A. Monahan said in 2018.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

What a difference 17 months makes. As the video below illustrates, that wasn\u2019t entirely true<\/span><\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve visited hundreds of restaurants, parks, & other spaces this week \u2014 by foot, by car, & by air. What we\u2019ve seen so far…is nearly ?% compliance.<\/p>\n

NYers working together (from 6 feet apart) to help stem the spread of #COVID19<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thanks, NYC \u2014 we\u2019ll get through this together. pic.twitter.com\/Xsu35HAn8W<\/a><\/p>\n

— Commissioner Shea (@NYPDShea) March 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n