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LAPD Just Approved Drones: Here’s What They Aren’t Telling You—Graham Elwood

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Channel: Graham Elwood · 2017 · News & Politics

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LAPD Just Approved Drones: Here’s What They Aren’t Telling You—Graham Elwood

In this video, Graham Elwood examines reporting by Kate Mather in the Los Angeles Times covering the Los Angeles Police Commission’s 3-1 vote approving a drone pilot program for the LAPD. Graham highlights warnings from civil liberties groups like the ACLU and National Lawyers Guild regarding mission creep and surveillance overreach. He critiques the ongoing militarization of municipal police forces and argues for authentic community policing over an expanding corporate-backed surveillance state.
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📚 Sources & Further Reading:
1. Los Angeles Times - Kate Mather on LAPD Drone Testing Approval: https://www.latimes.com/
2. ACLU of Southern California - Civil Liberties & Police Surveillance Oversight: https://www.aclusocal.org/
3. National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Los Angeles - Combating Mission Creep & Police Militarization: https://www.nlg-la.org/
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In this video I discuss the following: 
✅ The Los Angeles Times reports on the LAPD becoming the largest department to test drones.
✅ The LA Police Commission’s 3-1 vote and Commissioner Cynthia McClain-Hill’s lone dissent
✅ Chief Charlie Beck’s shift from previous promises to rolling out two department drones
✅ Civil rights warnings from the ACLU and National Lawyers Guild regarding mission creep
✅ Scrutinizing SWAT-only guidelines, facial recognition restrictions, and oversight loopholes
✅ Why increasing drone technology expands the surveillance state at the expense of community policing

⏳ Timestamps: 
00:00 - Introduction & LA Times Report on LAPD Drones
01:10 - Surveillance State Growth & Rejecting Police Militarization
02:30 - National Lawyers Guild & Warnings of "Mission Creep"
03:20 - Chief Charlie Beck, Cynthia McClain-Hill & Policy Shifts
04:15 - SWAT Deployment Rules, ACLU Pushback & Surveillance Creep
05:40 - Community Policing vs. The Surveillance State & Wrap-Up

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