Explosives are an area weapon, and it's hard for me to reconcile their use with law enforcement, and any scenario, even this one, that has explosives as the only viable option.
The use of any method to end the violent behavior of a scofflaw, as long as it doesn’t endanger innocents, is warranted.
I wonder if the robot was BLACK or if it were a WHITE robot. This does matter.
Anybody Else Disturbed by the Dallas use of the “Bomb Robot”?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Yep.
He needed to be taken alive. They could have gassed him, or darted him, tazed him. The could have fire hosed him.
But they wanted himn dead. We need the information he had that would lead us back to the community organizer.
I’m concerned about the little robot, if that’s what you mean.
NO PROBLEM! THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED, even though belatedly after so many were hurt.
Would you have felt better if the robot has a shotgun on it?
It’s not right in any way.
It's not a "robot" it's a remote controlled cart with a bomb in it, completely operated by a human being. If it makes cops feel safer, it means they're less likely to use lethal force inappropriately.
I, for one, welcome our new bomb-cart overlords.
The Philly Police used a bomb on suspects in 1985 and burned down an entire city block.
Apparently bombs ARE in the police arsenal, and have been for a long time.
That’s a first so far as I know. I am not totally informed on this because I get tire of the looping story on Fox but someone said here that Micah X. had his own bomb and the robot blew that up with the extension arm. But either way Loretta Lynch will open a civil rights investigation with Commie and find that Micah X. had no intent.
I feel cops had nothing but time.
They lost valuable info.
Lynch made em do it.
Obama said no more hot meals for the children
This was not a robot.
Robots do not harm humans.
This was an LEO-run drone.
That said, GOOD job. except should have taken
the Obama-activated, Lynch-Holder-enhanced
murderer out earlier.
None. Whatever works. We can’t go back to muskets and balls.
I had the same thoughts. If he was barricaded in a secure space and had no chance of escape, let him sit there and rot. If he comes out in any way other than on his knees with his hands up, light his ass up. I don’t get why they would send a bomb in to him if he wasn’t currently posing a danger to anyone.
The concern that drove the decision to use the robotic bomb device was the shooter’s claim that there were many bombs planted in the parking deck and he would detonate them. If that had not been the case, the use of the robot would, to me, be somewhat disturbing.
“I am shocked that the Dallas Police are using explosives as a deadly weapon.”
Before you go postal, why don’t you try and find out just what was used to “supress” the shooter? I would submit that not all “expolsives” are area weapons necessarily. The robot could have had something like an M-79 on it that lagged in a small grenade.
Could they have used something to disable him - possibly - but also remember he had indicated that multiple IEDs were planted around the city, so they had to proceed with the suspicion that he might have a remote detonation device of some type.
In that case, if he is not completely disabled he could possibly detonate multiple explosives. They had to take him out completely and quickly and this was the best solution to do that.
Hindsight is always 20/20
Sets a questionable precedent
Why explosives in their arsenal - breaching charges, charges used to destroy suspected bombs, etc. I get why they have it.
I also get the choice; assuming a police sniper couldn’t get a good angle without exposing himself to counter fire, and assuming no available armor would guarantee officer safety, I can see how they came to the idea. Being that his elevated position and previous shots from that position (including during negotiations), he was an imminent danger to the public.
But yeah, it disturbs the hell out of me.