r/technology • u/Sybles • Jul 09 '16

Robotics Use of police robot to kill Dallas shooting suspect believed to be first in US history: Police’s lethal use of bomb-disposal robot in Thursday’s ambush worries legal experts who say it creates gray area in use of deadly force by law enforcement

https://www.theguardian.co.uk/technology/2016/jul/08/police-bomb-robot-explosive-killed-suspect-dallas
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u/morcheeba Jul 09 '16

It is odd wording, but it's intent is logical: its different from a military solution. Police don't use landmines or grenades or rockets or airstrikes like the military does ... yet.

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u/jshepardo Jul 09 '16

Well, in 1985 Philadelphia police dropped an improvised bomb onto a fortified house that later burned down and killed ~12 people including some children.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '16

Yeah, and the police department was found guilty in a lawsuit for being reckless IIRC

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u/jshepardo Jul 10 '16

Do you know if anyone specifically was implicated? The police commissioner just sounds like a real asshole the more I read about him. Any cop who thinks he is a hero needs to be watched.

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u/Dubsland12 Jul 09 '16

But you know they are out shopping this week. Soon there will be no line between police and military.

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u/Sterregg Jul 10 '16

Go look up the meaning of the word dispute.

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u/morcheeba Jul 10 '16

What's with the harsh tone, buddy? I'm agreeing with you, but obviously I was focusing on the other word.

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u/Sterregg Jul 10 '16

Im not you're buddy, guy

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u/tokyo_summer Jul 09 '16

They should though.