San Francisco legislators this week changed course on their killer robot policy, banning the police from using remote-control bots fitted with explosives. For now.
However, the supervisors have now undone that decision, and sent the deadly robot provision back to the city's Rules Committee for further debate. This panel may decide to revisit the policy. If the committee does not advance the proposal, and lets the matter drop, a total ban on lethal police robots will stand. If the committee does revise the rules, the board will get to vote on it again. So far, there seems little appetite to allow the cops to use bots that explode or shoot.
Preston was one of the three elected officials who voted against the killer robot policy late last month."I am calling on my colleagues to take heed of the powerful backlash and make sure this harmful policy is never approved — not today, not tomorrow, not ever," he added. "This story has been become distorted and the narrative being driven is a distraction from the real issue, which is having the tools necessary to prevent loss of innocent lives in an active shooter or mass casualty incident.
Let's see, these bots were armed with bombs. Deadly force can only be used if a victim or officer is in iminant danger. If the suspect is no where near a victim .. the victim is not in danger, if near a victim a bomb is likely to kill victim.
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