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This is Why You Don’t Just Fly a Drone in Skid Row in the Middle of the Night

December 28, 2014 by Brian Champlin

So what happens when two dudes fire up their drone and decide to fly that sucker smack dab in the middle of skid row in downtown Los Angeles (at ground level!)  during the wee hours of the night?

As the (apparent) police officer points out while speaking with the filmmakers (an outfit called Skycame) post incident, if you’re going to film in an area with heavy criminal activity that has drug hustle on taking up space on virtually every corner, you damn better well talk to the appropriate stakeholder (the shot-caller) to get the ok or pay whatever tariff is necessary to ensure no harm may come.

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Or, as I like to call it, common frackin’ sense.

Anyways, these guys decided not to do that. Check the video below to see what happens.

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