A family of “sovereign citizens” in North Dakota was arrested with the help of a predator drone, borrowed from border patrol agents by the local sheriff in an effort to avoid a standoff over some missing cows.The arrest took place back in late June, after Nelson County Sheriff Kelly Janke conducted a search for six missing cows on the farm of the Brossart family. He was chased off by three men carrying rifles, and called in an unarmed Predator B Drone for backup, as well as “reinforcements from the state Highway Patrol, a regional SWAT team, a bomb squad, ambulances and deputy sheriffs from three other counties,” the Los Angeles Times reports.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=103466