Robocop.......................and so it begins......................

[schmidlap]

Well, it looks like one of them there liberal cities has decided to arm police robots.

Well, it would not be as bad as a permissive policy that allows angry drunks and crazy people to mince around with man-enhancers, but it's not happening.

Personally, I have no problem with police robots shooting criminal robots.

 

[petro]

How funny would it be if the robots realized the politicians were the real criminals?

 

[Natural Citizen]

Well, it looks like one of them there liberal cities has decided to arm police robots. San Francisco has now authorized police robots to be allowed to use deadly force if the police think it's necessary. Currently, no robots are armed with guns, but police are now authorized to strap explosives to them in order to take out dangerous criminals.

Strapping them with explosives? How much longer before they become armed with guns?

San Francisco gives approval for police to deploy robots with lethal capabilities

Opponents to the controversial policy said it would lead to the further militarization of a police force already too aggressive with poor and minority communities.

www.cbsnews.com

Relevant reading...

After Backlash, San Francisco Government Quickly Moves from Authorizing to Banning Police Using Robots to Kill - For Now

The remote killing authorization, though, is still not itself fully killed. Morris notes in his article:

''Instead of granting final authorization to the policy Tuesday in its second of two required votes, the Board of Supervisors reversed course and voted 8-3 to explicitly prohibit police from using remote-controlled robots with lethal force. It was a rare step: The board's second votes on local laws are typically formalities that don't change anything.

But the board's initial 8-3 approval of the deadly robot policy last week sparked a wave of public outcry from community members and progressive supervisors who threatened to go to the ballot if their colleagues did not change their minds on Tuesday.

The board's Rules Committee may now choose to refine that provision — placing tighter limits on when police can use bomb-bearing robots with deadly force — or abandon it entirely, leaving in place the prohibition passed Tuesday.

Supervisors are expected to take a final vote on the new version of the policy that bans deadly robots — for now, at least — next week.''


For now, the folks of that locality would do well to remain vigilant that remote-control killing authorization does not sneak back into the city's police policy over the short term or the longer term.

As well, be vigilant across the country itself of police policies pertaining to their local and state governments. Had a precedent been set in San Fran, make no mistake, the rest of the police polices would follow suit nationally. There's no doubt about it.

 

[MisterBeale]

Caitlin Johnstone: Normalizing Police Robot Murder​

Caitlin Johnstone: Normalizing Police Robot Murder

It makes sense that the U.S., where the police force is more heavily funded than almost any other nation’s entire military, is leading this charge. By Caitlin Johnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com Governments have been incrementally prepping the public toward accepting the use of police robots

consortiumnews.com

 

[fncceo]

ED-209 was WAY cooler than Robocop ... AND, he shot YUPPIES on sight ... bonus!

 

[1srelluc]

ED-209 was WAY cooler than Robocop ... AND, he shot YUPPIES on sight ... bonus!

Indeed....I remember thinking the same thing......It just needed to negotiate stairs better.

 

[fncceo]

Indeed....I remember thinking the same thing......It just needed to negotiate stairs better.

Still better than a Dalek.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Caitlin Johnstone: Normalizing Police Robot Murder​

Caitlin Johnstone: Normalizing Police Robot Murder

It makes sense that the U.S., where the police force is more heavily funded than almost any other nation’s entire military, is leading this charge. By Caitlin Johnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com Governments have been incrementally prepping the public toward accepting the use of police robots

consortiumnews.com

You need to be airlifted into Anacostia.

 

[Pellinore]

Indeed....I remember thinking the same thing......It just needed to negotiate stairs better.

My favorite part about ED-209 was the implication that one of its programmers decided at one point that its programming just HAD to have both lion roars and pig squeals.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Still better than a Dalek.

Daleks don't need to negotiate stairs. They can hover and fly.

 

[MisterBeale]

You need to be airlifted into Anacostia.

That sounds awful.