police used a bomb droid to take out Dallas shooter

[brainhulk]

1st time ever a bomb droid used by police? badass, better than to risk officer lives but so many questions

did it look like r2d2? johnny#5? Arnold Shwartzanegger?

will it lead to more hostage taking?
more use of lethal force? or a quicker decision to use lethal force?
droids pulling us over for traffic tickets?

bad boys bad boys watcha gonna do? watcha gonna do when r2d2 comes for you?

 

[shortylickens]

repost?
Wrong forum?
Day late, dollar short?

 

[Crono]

1st time ever a bomb droid used by police? badass, better than to risk officer lives but so many questions

did it look like r2d2? johnny#5? Arnold Shwartzanegger?

will it lead to more hostage taking?
more use of lethal force? or a quicker decision to use lethal force?
droids pulling us over for traffic tickets?

bad boys bad boys watcha gonna do? watcha gonna do when r2d2 comes for you?

You are in direct violation of Penal Code 1.13, Section 9.

 

[olds]

Welcome to the internet.

 

[Spacehead]

I thought that was an odd way to take him out when i first heard it. I'm guessing either SWAT didn't have a good shot or with the sniper saying there were bombs around the cops didn't want to take any chances.

 

[Ketchup]

You are in direct violation of Penal Code 1.13, Section 9.

I thought it was section 6. Wasn't section 9 something about cats on a leash?

 

[pete6032]

What type of explosive would be used for this?

 

[Jaskalas]

What type of explosive would be used for this?

The kind that goes boom.

 

[luv2liv]

1 day a drone from 10,000ft in the sky takes out a bank robber on American soil?
i wouldnt be surprised.

 

[lupi]

Didn't hear about this till late yesterday, kinda surprised there wasn't a thread about it yet.

 

[SKORPI0]

Bomb-Disposal Robot, not droid... :hmm:

Use of police robot to kill Dallas shooting suspect believed to be first in US history

For what experts are calling the first time in history, US police have used a robot in a show of lethal force. Early Friday morning, Dallas police used a bomb-disposal robot with an explosive device on its manipulator arm to kill a suspect after five police officers were murdered and seven others wounded.
“We saw no other option but to use our bomb robot and place a device on its extension for it to detonate where the suspect was,” Dallas police chief David Brown told reporters.

 

[Mayne]

kamakazi robots is the wave of the future. About time if you ask me.

 

[olds]

So they executed him without a trial? We should have rules against that.

 

[Cr0nJ0b]

So they executed him without a trial? We should have rules against that.

He was an active shooter trying to kill people, actively. what were they supposed to do? Ask him nicely? just keep sending folks up to get shot?

No, I like the idea of killing the murderous scum and not burdening our legal system.

 

[MustISO]

I thought this was a great use of resources and a great solution to the problem. 100% approved.

 

[tynopik]

and then send the bill for the robot to his family

 

[Balt]

Not ideal and I'm sure they will be plenty of criticism in retrospect, but if the guy was claiming to have his hands on the detonator for a bunch of bombs I think you have to take him out however you can.

 

[Charmonium]

1 day a drone from 10,000ft in the sky takes out a bank robber on American soil?
i wouldnt be surprised.

I'm fine with that, at least until they start going judge dredd. I mean this is sort of JD already but where there is danger to innocent civilians, take them out, even if there is just the potential for killing people.

 

[jlee]

Here's another use of a robot by police in a non-bomb-disposal situation, in case anyone finds it interesting: http://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-...obots/robocop-delivers-pizza-prevents-suicide

What type of explosive would be used for this?

The type that bomb disposal robots use for controlled detonations of explosives.

 

[FelixDeCat]

When ROBOCOP says "hands up", he means it.

 

[Balt]

1 day a drone from 10,000ft in the sky takes out a bank robber on American soil?
i wouldnt be surprised.

I believe the use of the military against civilians on domestic soil is very limited by the law, but since the police have become so increasingly militarized there may not be much of a difference at some point in the future.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Today's level of thuggery requires a new level of threat response.

 

[tynopik]

they probably snuck it up on him under the guise of delivering a pizza

candygram

 

[twinrider1]

Why would I stick my head up to get shot if I had another way to take the guy out?

Don't police robots usually have cameras? I'd like to see the footage.

 

[Ruptga]

Why would I stick my head up to get shot if I had another way to take the guy out?

Don't police robots usually have cameras? I'd like to see the footage.

False dichotomy, you could just as easily keep him teargassed for an hour straight. At some point he'd pass out from pain or dehydration, and you could even use a robot to verify that.