“Why Dallas Police used the robot with explosives, a theory.’
My theory is so they can start using armed drones on “terrorists” in the USA and not expect any push back or legal challenges.
Just replace the word ‘terrorist’ with bible believing Christians to see where this is really headed,
Maybe they used a robot so there wouldn’t be a human cop for the BLM crowd to focus their anger on.
“My theory is so they can start using armed drones on “terrorists” in the USA and not expect any push back or legal challenges.”
I too, highly doubt the whole “Hey! Let’s just strap some explosives to our robot and blow the SOB up” was a spontaneous idea. The question was ‘when’ and under what circumstances will it be optimal timing to roll out this ‘new’ domestic police technique of just blowing up the individual in the standoff, and the accompanying ‘judge-jury-executioner’ instant ‘trial’ that it entails. Also worth questioning, if indeed this wasn’t spontaneous, is what sort of situations are being anticipated in the future that require the need to set a legal precedent now? To those who would just blindly accept this without question, discussion, or debate, as another eloquent poster stated “who gives a shit?”, may I suggest a possibility as to why this current administration in control would want to get any challenges out of the way now: just imagine our worst nightmare, worse than terrorist attacks on our nation, of Hillary winning the presidency, and through whatever means declaring the 2A invalid and mandating all gun owners must turn in their firearms. Let’s not kid ourselves, millions of people will go along with it. Millions more will “lose their firearms in a tragic boating accident” and NEVER pick up a firearm again. Then there will be some who refuse to submit to the illegal decree coming from the queen. The explosives laden robot will be a simple solution to the individual holed up in his house taking pot shots at those trying to arrest him. All of the sudden, libtards and the media will no longer be afraid to use the word “terrorist” and will aggressively begin a campaign to label all people who do not submit as terrorists. Just like many on FR are now saying, there will be plenty who say “he’s breaking the law and the robot is saving innocent police lives”.
Yes, I DO think using a robot with explosives CAN be a useful tool in the law enforcement arsenal. Was it appropriate in this situation? I don’t know all the details of the truth of it all, so I’ll refrain from passing judgement. What I DO know, is that I do indeed “give a shit” and think that much further discussion about this technique is needed. Just for starters, would it have been appropriate for the police to have sought out permission from a judge to proceed, much like it is needed to obtain a warrant before busting down a person’s door. The police had over 3 hours to do such, but there most likely is very little, if any, legal precedent in seeking permission to blow up a barricaded and armed individual. In the future, exactly what circumstances will determine when this is appropriate? There’s plenty of questions that need to be answered before this can become any sort of standard operating procedure, and is certainly worthy of debate, IMO.