San Francisco police are cleared to use potentially lethal, remote-controlled robots in emergency situations despite strong objections from civil liberties and other police oversight groups
The first time a robot was used to deliver explosives in the US was in 2016, when Dallas police sent in an armed robot that killed a holed-up sniper.
Opponents said the authority would lead to the further militarisation of a police force already too aggressive with poor and minority communities. “Robots equipped in this manner would only be used in extreme circumstances to save or prevent further loss of innocent lives,” she said. The San Francisco Public Defender's office sent a letter on Monday to the board saying that granting police "the ability to kill community members remotely" goes against the city's progressive values.
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