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An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house" (www.motherjones.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Cool...

This one goes out to all the small government, privacy loving, Republicans out there, supposedly hating invasive big brother tactics and representing the values of the American heartland.

Would be much appreciated if you could have a word with your people about this.

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[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 40 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Talking a whole lot of shit for someone riding around in a machine that will find literally any excuse to break down. Helicopters are sketchy as fuck, and even if you manage to autorotate perfectly to try and recover from a stall, you're still liable to suffer severe or fatal injuries. It's super easy to crash due to human error or some kind of mechanical failure.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

A well kept helicopter is a reliable machine as any other, but it's true that it's probably a civil heli with extra cop stuff, ergo easy to down with some fuckery.

[–] tamman2000@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Even a well maintained helicopter is a safety nightmare.

I started my career in aerospace at a company that makes helicopter engines and later I became a search and rescue mountaineer/EMT in a county with more helicopters used for SAR than anywhere else in the US. We beat it into our new members "never pass up the opportunity to turn down a helicopter ride".

The mountain rescue association tracks member fatalities and injuries. Helicopter accidents are, by a large margin, the leading cause of line of duty death in mountain rescue, and we spend only a couple percent of our time in them.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Indeed, one of the few mainstream machines where the smallest of human error, mechanical failure, or hell just bad unexpected weather, doesn't just bring you to a stop, but a deadly rapid unplanned disassembly. Screw that.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This simply isn't true. When well piloted and maintained, an helicopter is a safe and sound machine, not a LoonyTunes gag.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Less safe than driving per mile traveled, which is arguably not very safe.