Turkish Police Shoot Down Private Drone Over Protesters

A bit like high-consequence skeet

As personal drones become more usable – and more ubiquitous – I think we'll see more and more scenes like this one. The video, taken in Istanbul by a protester named Jenk Kose, shows the quadcopter falling out of the sky after being shot at by the police. The quadcopter's camera failed when it was hit, but Jenk was able to save some of the footage.

Jenk wrote:

Tuesday afternoon on June 11th 2013, Police was violently attacking peaceful protestors. Police fired guns at one of our RC drone during the protests in Taksim square, Istanbul. Police aimed directly at the camera. Due to the impact on the camera (it did have a housing) the last video was not saved properly on the SD card. The camera and drone were both broken. Managed to keep the SD card. Here is the footage from that camera! This footage you are about to see is from the prior flights minutes before the incident.

FOOTAGE FROM RC DRONE THAT WAS SHOT DOWN BY POLICE / Polis Tarafindan Dusurulen Helikopter [HD] from Jenk K on Vimeo.