# Is that a dong on a drone? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 3, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-dong-on-a-drone/943564 "2021-06-03T19:44:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-dong-on-a-drone/943564/1 "2021-06-03T19:44:13Z")
> [@](#): > > # Sex Toy-Laden Drone Interrupts New Mexico Mayoral Candidate > > A campaign event for Bernalillo County Sheriff Manny Gonzales took an unexpected turn. > > It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s … a drone carrying a sex toy ― and it’s headed straight for the sheriff. > > A campaign event for Bernalillo County Sheriff Manny Gonzales took an unexpected turn Tuesday night, when a speech by the Albuquerque mayoral hopeful was interrupted by a slow-moving drone bearing a sex toy. > > [Video of the incident](https://www.facebook.com/andrellita.trujhero/videos/172318528168743) captured the drone’s pendulous approach. > > “Is that a dong on a drone?” Someone wonders aloud as giggles ripple through the crowd. > > When the drone buzzes toward the stage where Gonzales is speaking, the owner of the venue can be seen grabbing the toy, knocking the drone out of the air. > > 20-year-old Kaelan Ashby Dreyer then approaches the stage in an attempt to retrieve the drone. When his efforts prove unsuccessful, court documents allege Dreyer yelled, “He’s a tyrant,” and took a swing at Gonzales, glancing his arm. > > At that point in the video, Dreyer is obscured by security personnel, making it difficult to discern his actions. An off-duty officer restrained Dreyer, who was arrested and faces misdemeanor charges of battery and resisting arrest. > **[Sex Toy-Laden Drone Interrupts New Mexico Mayoral Candidate](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-mexico-sex-toy-drone-mayor_n_60b8e52ee4b001ebd46ee39a)** > > A campaign event for Bernalillo County Sheriff Manny Gonzales took an unexpected turn. Our mayoral races are NEVER this interesting ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-dong-on-a-drone/943564/2 "2021-06-03T20:38:00Z")
Is it Iron Man or Steely Dan? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-dong-on-a-drone/943564/3 "2021-06-03T20:57:59Z")
This is not the science fictional future that I signed up for. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-dong-on-a-drone/943564/4 "2021-06-03T21:48:10Z")
I’ve had it with these motherf#ckin dongs on these motherf#ckin drones! ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-dong-on-a-drone/943564/5 "2021-06-03T23:18:19Z")
I suspect an entire new category of porn has been born. We’re gonna need skilled drone operators and soft bladed drones. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-dong-on-a-drone/943564/6 "2021-06-04T00:10:10Z")
I happened to see this in the local news today. I know _nothing_ about the candidates, and less than that about the race. But I _ **do** _ know that I snorted coffee up my nose, and all over my keyboard when I read that someone got “_dong-coptered._” Tripler Where was this when the Bundys were holed up in that National Wildlife Refuge? 🚁 🍆 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-dong-on-a-drone/943564/7 "2021-06-04T00:45:32Z")
This being Texas, I’m surprised that no one has yet attached Truck Nuts to a drone and flown it into a meeting. The gold-plated ones would be really eye-catching. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-dong-on-a-drone/943564/8 "2021-06-04T15:51:04Z")
The dong arrives at 27:30 in the clip… Doesn’t look to me like he does anything to Gonzales; some very obviously off-duty cop looking guy grabs the dong and yanks the drone out of the air, a shaggy looking guy who I assume is Dreyer starts scuffling with him over the dong & drone, and then some guy sort of gets between the camera and the scuffle, and when we can see again, we just see Dreyer under a pile of cops/security people. Battery and resisting arrest seem a bit strong; he’s definitely immature, but I don’t think wanting some off duty cop not to mangle your drone is necessarily battery or resisting arrest. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-dong-on-a-drone/943564/9 "2021-06-04T17:42:39Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I’ve had it with these motherf#ckin dongs on these motherf#ckin drones! I believe you mean “[monkey-fighting dongs on these Monday-to-Friday drones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4t6zNZ-b0A).” ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-dong-on-a-drone/943564/10 "2021-06-04T19:27:15Z")
> [@bump](#): > > but I don’t think wanting some off duty cop not to mangle your drone is necessarily battery or resisting arrest. From [one article on the subject](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/man-charged-after-punching-sheriff-manny-gonzales-at-campaign-event/ar-AAKCh7e): > In the complaint, Dreyer said he didn’t mean to hit the sheriff, just swing his fists. As the old saying goes, your right to swing your fist ends at my nose. If he hit anyone, they had a pretext for arrest. As they were hauling Dreyer away, someone (I think Dryer) shouts “You’re a pedophile!” If he can’t back that up, he’s opened himself up to a slander lawsuit. ---
**Author:** ![CorpusNeptune](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corpusneptune/32/17561_2.png) [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-dong-on-a-drone/943564/11 "2021-06-04T19:32:02Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > This being Texas, I’m surprised that no one has yet attached Truck Nuts to a drone and flown it into a meeting. > > The gold-plated ones would be really eye-catching. Shhh, don’t give them ideas. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-dong-on-a-drone/943564/12 "2021-06-04T19:48:48Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > If he hit anyone, they had a pretext for arrest. Reading the [ABQ Journal article,](https://www.abqjournal.com/2396100/details-emerge-about-assault-on-sheriff-at-campaign-event.html) . . . > [@](#): > > . . . a man had landed a glancing blow on the sheriff’s arm. IANAL, but this would be enough for a battery charge. ‘Humorosity’ aside, this is kind of concerning for me; this is just a baby step to more dangerous actions at larger, more prominent events. Having worked some federal-level events in the past, there are countermeasures in place to prevent drones from getting into/acting around the venue, but those resources aren’t readily available at the municipal level. There’s not much preventing another Dreyer from physically flying his drone _ **into** _ local candidates to injure them. Potentially scary shit, in my eyes. Tripler Flying whirling blades of death 1, candidate 0. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-dong-on-a-drone/943564/13 "2021-06-05T04:43:27Z")
While not what I signed up for specifically, I’m pleased with the outcome.