Washington Post – by Martin Weil
An aerial drone, a pilotless aircraft of the type that has aroused intense public discussion in recent months, crashed Saturday into the stands at a public event in Virginia that has also aroused heated discourse.
A drone crashed into the grandstand at Virginia Motorsports Park during the Great Bull Run, said Major W.B. Knott, of the Dinwiddie County sheriff’s office, reporting what might be described as the dramatic encounter between a controversial piece of hardware and a controversial spectacle.
Knott said he was told that four or five people suffered very minor injuries. They were treated by EMS personnel at the event, and none was taken to a hospital, Knott said.The bull run was billed as a daylong festival featuring bands, drinking, games and a tomato fight. The highlight was to be four scheduled bull runs in which participants were to try to elude or outrace 24 hefty specimens of male livestock.
Animal rights organizations have contended that the event endangered both people and bovines.
A Richmond area television station, WTVR-Channel 6, said the drone was being used to capture video of the event.
In video posted on the station’s website, the drone was seen hovering above the stands. It appeared to be about four feet in diameter and reminiscent of a spider, with numerous appendages projecting from a central core. Then, it suddenly dipped and fell into the midst of about a dozen spectators. Others rushed toward the place where it came down. One picked it up and put it aside.
I was wondering when something like this would happen. Why is the crowd so nonchalant about the whole thing like it’s just another everyday occurance? I guess they love their enslavement.
. . .
Too bad the crowd didn’t stomp on it.
That would have been my reaction for sure! Actions speak louder than words when waking up the sheeple. Worry about the arrest of destroying government property later.
. . .