A recent history of protest drones, from Zuccotti Park to Taksim Square
It’s not just governments and crop-dusters using drones. The ability to put together your own flying camera for a few hundred dollars has led drones to be featured at demonstrations around the world, as protestors attempt to document the various unpleasant things the powers-that-be do to get them out from wherever they are. The above video comes from recent protests in Istanbul’s Taksim Square, and the drone in question was apparently shot down by police minutes after the sequence was filmed.
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