San Francisco supervisors voted Tuesday to put the brakes on a controversial policy that would let police use robots for deadly force
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Some supervisors said they felt the public did not have enough time to engage in the discussion about whether robots could be used to kill people before the board first voted last week. Supervisor Dean Preston, who voted against the policy, said the spirit of the law is to make sure “strong feelings people hold” can be heard by public officials. He argued the board failed to allow enough time for that.
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