04.06.2012 - 10:07 [ Digital Journal ]

First Arrest by Pilotless Drone Raises Fourth Amendment Questions

The Lakota, North Dakota, resident held police off for nearly 16 hours as he threatened to kill anyone who came on his property. (The stand-off took place over the ownership of six cows that had made their way onto the man‘s property.)
The Department of Homeland Security eventually got involved. It used a drone to accurately pinpoint the man‘s location on his farm. Then the arrest was made.
The novel facts of the case seem settled, but the outcome is not.