Drone struck Emprie State Building, man arrested

[JTsyo]

This is why we can't have nice things.

 

[Genx87]

If we only made everybody register themselves into an FAA database this could had been avoided!

 

[PottedMeat]

was arrested on Thursday after he asked security guards there for help retrieving it from a ledge on the famed skyscraper’s 36th floor

lol dumbass

 

[Linux23]

Fuck, and he's from my city too

 

[Blackjack200]

Did they really need to arrest him?

 

[DrPizza]

Terrorist! Obviously trying to knock down the landmark.

 

[Brian Stirling]

As usual, it's the 1% that always ruins things for the other 99%. The media will lap this shit up and further the anti drone momentum.


Brian

 

[MrPickins]

If we only made everybody register themselves into an FAA database this could had been avoided!

Maybe not avoided, but it sure makes it easier to pin the blame after the fact...

 

[alien42]

Did they really need to arrest him?

i thought the same thing. the dude is definitely a dumbass but wouldn't a ticket and hefty fine be more appropriate?

 

[Blackjack200]

i thought the same thing. the dude is definitely a dumbass but wouldn't a ticket and hefty fine be more appropriate?

I don't even know if that much is necessary. I mean, maybe it just got caught in a gust of wind? Why didn't they just get his damn drone for him?

I'm admitted short on facts here, maybe he was flying it unsafely or something, but it just feels shitty.

 

[MrPickins]

Did they really need to arrest him?

i thought the same thing. the dude is definitely a dumbass but wouldn't a ticket and hefty fine be more appropriate?

Kinda depends on whether they charge him with 1st or 2nd degree Reckless Endangerment:

http://www.new-york-lawyers.org/reckless-endangerment.html

PUNISHMENT & SENTENCE OF RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT
Obviously, the magnitude of the punishment for any crime is a severe as that handed down by a judge, but the sentence must always fall within the parameters of the law. As a misdemeanor crime, Second Degree Reckless Endangerment carries a sentence of up to one year in jail. This sentence never waivers. Meaning, you could have a prior criminal history or not history at all and the maximum sentence you could receive would be one year in a local or county jail (Rikers in NYC). Keep in mind, however, that even if the maximum remains the same regardless of your criminal history, a court or prosecutor will no doubt take that history into consideration.

First Degree Reckless Endangerment is quite different than its misdemeanor counterpart. A felony, NY PL 120.25 has no minimum for a first time felony offender and a maximum of two and one third to seven years in prison (2 and 1/3 to 7 years). As such, a judge could sentence you to a conditional discharge, probation, one to three years, two to six years or some variation that does not ultimately exceed seven years in a New York State penitentiary.

Keep in mind that he easily could have seriously injured or killed someone walking below (he's lucky it got stuck on a ledge).

 

[Blackjack200]

Keep in mind that he easily could have seriously injured or killed someone walking below (he's lucky it got stuck on a ledge).

Do we know that? I didn't get that from the story.

 

[fleshconsumed]

Keep in mind that he easily could have seriously injured or killed someone walking below (he's lucky it got stuck on a ledge).

Depends on the drone. Some of them weigh like 5 ounces. Very unlikely to injure anyone.

 

[rudder]

Depends on the drone. Some of them weigh like 5 ounces. Very unlikely to injure anyone.

The drone had to be hefty enough to handle the wind tunnel effect the buildings sometimes create. A 5oz drone would have likely ended up 30 blocks away.

 

[MongGrel]

I read a pretty funny anti drone thing the other day, see if I can find it.

Well the BBC had the police training eagles to take em out, but this is pretty close.

Eagle knocks drone out of sky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY9QNf0sCFI

Actually I think it was the Dutch training them to do it.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/02/europe/dutch-drones-eagles/index.html

 

[Paratus]

Depends on the drone. Some of them weigh like 5 ounces. Very unlikely to injure anyone.

Drones that fly that high and take decent pictures generally weigh about 1KG + .5KG.

So 2lbs of plastic hitting someone on the head from a 35 floor fall could seriously injure them.

 

[chipwitch]

Did they really need to arrest him?

Seriously? Would you mind something falling on YOUR head from 400 feet? He CRASHED. Accidents happen.

 

[chipwitch]

i thought the same thing. the dude is definitely a dumbass but wouldn't a ticket and hefty fine be more appropriate?

I'll go along with that. +1

 

[Blackjack200]

So if I lose control of my car and drive it into a ditch, and I call a wrecker to pull it out for me, they should call the cops because I could have run someone over, even though I didn't?

 

[Unheard]

Drone:

Quadracopter:

It's funny how the media has vilified these hobbyist rc aircraft by making them sound scary.

 

[MrPickins]

So if I lose control of my car and drive it into a ditch, and I call a wrecker to pull it out for me, they should call the cops because I could have run someone over, even though I didn't?

Were you driving on the sidewalk when it happened? If so, then yes.

 

[Bart*Simpson]

Did they really need to arrest him?

I'm surprised that the NYPD didn't beat him, shoot him eighty times, suffocate him, and then go shoot a random dog over this.

 

[Bart*Simpson]

Seriously? Would you mind something falling on YOUR head from 400 feet?

I bet you have existential angst over snow and rain.

 

[MongGrel]

Drone:

Quadracopter:

It's funny how the media has vilified these hobbyist rc aircraft by making them sound scary.

YMMV I guess, I remember even in the 70's seeing some pretty huge gas powered RV hobbyist planes that would be capable of carrying a pretty large payload.

But even randomly having a 2lb RC/drone drop from that height would potentially kill someone pretty easily on a crowded street.

Used to be a drop a penny off the Empire State Building thing and kill someone potentially, even prior to the interwebs.

Not sure if was a myth or not, but it would build up velocity.

 

[glenn1]

Drone:

Quadracopter:

It's funny how the media has vilified these hobbyist rc aircraft by making them sound scary.

Agreed. If it was small enough that no one noticed it hitting the building until this guy asked the guards for help retrieving it then it's not a drone.