Anti-drone protests hit CEO's home

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San Diego Police Sgt. Dan Sayasane looks on as a small radio controlled quadcopter to simulate a drone lands in the hand of CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin during an anti-drone protest in front of the La Jolla home of James Neal Blue, CEO of General Atomics, makers of drones used by the military. The drone was confiscated as it violated an ordinance requiring a permit to fly. It was returned with the understanding it wouldn't fly again without a permit.

Anti-drone protests hit CEO's home
By Mark Walker12:40 p.m.
April 5, 2013

San Diego's "drone zone" manufacturing hub is under fire from groups opposed to unmanned aerial vehicles carrying out deadly overseas strikes and their use as a furtive eye in the sky.

A series of small protests that began Thursday continued Friday and culminate Saturday afternoon at the USS Midway Museum on Harbor Drive.

The demonstrations are part of a nationwide effort by activist groups seeking to focus attention on a growing debate over the technology and come as a business and military group seeks to have the region declared one of five national test zones for drones, which generate more than $1 billion a year in the local economy.

Early Friday, about 40 protesters organized by the group CodePink descended on an upscale La Jolla neighborhood to stage a street demonstration in front of the home of Neal Blue, chief executive officer of General Atomics, which manufactures the Predator drone.