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San Francisco approves plan to allow police robots to use deadly force in emergency situations
Fox News ^ | November 30, 2022 | Emma Colton

Posted on 11/30/2022 8:34:39 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie

San Francisco leaders voted to allow the city’s police department to use potentially lethal robots in emergency situations.

"Under this policy, SFPD is authorized to use these robots to carry out deadly force in extremely limited situations when risk to loss of life to members of the public or officers is imminent and outweighs any other force option available," City Supervisor Rafael Mandelman wrote on Twitter.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: alreadyposted; banglist; killerrobots; police; robots; sanfrancisco; sanfransicko; searchworks
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To: The_Media_never_lie
Plenty of Robocop references in this related thread from yesterday:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4112735/posts

21 posted on 11/30/2022 8:53:08 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Is the robot just camera equipped and remote controlled with the human controller having a “fire” button he can push or does it make its own attack decisions using AI? Big difference.


22 posted on 11/30/2022 8:53:38 AM PST by circlecity
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Reminds me of the scene in Maximum Overdrive of a paranormally possessed M274 military mule with what looked like a tripod mounted German machine gun.


23 posted on 11/30/2022 9:04:57 AM PST by MachIV
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Let me guess: They’ll be programmed to exterminate anyone wearing a MAGA hat in public, has a sign on his lawn for the Republican candidate, used a banned word in the past 40 years or criticizes the current regime.


24 posted on 11/30/2022 9:06:15 AM PST by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: albie

Druggies are a protected class in San Francisco.

They are allowed to shoot up in public, take over city parks tossing used needles all over the place, camp out and block sidewalks, defecate wherever they want, and aggressively panhandle in front of businesses.

The robots will be programmed to go after the regime’s enemies: Republicans.


25 posted on 11/30/2022 9:08:25 AM PST by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Oooh, I want to do the programming for the robots . . .


26 posted on 11/30/2022 9:10:19 AM PST by MCSETots
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Remember Covid is an emergency.


27 posted on 11/30/2022 9:13:51 AM PST by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders.)
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To: Bon of Babble

Add “using an inappropriate pronoun” to your list


28 posted on 11/30/2022 9:15:54 AM PST by jpp113
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29 posted on 11/30/2022 9:17:24 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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Pretty soon every situation will be an emergency situation


30 posted on 11/30/2022 9:17:46 AM PST by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

how much ya wanna bet they will only be used against white conservatives?


31 posted on 11/30/2022 9:21:05 AM PST by Bob434 (question)
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To: Jeff Chandler

LOL


32 posted on 11/30/2022 9:21:23 AM PST by Bob434 (question)
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To: Mudflaps

Extremely limited situations aren’t going to be extremely limited for very long; somebody is going to find a way to justify the usage of these things in a broader range of situations.


33 posted on 11/30/2022 9:33:35 AM PST by Antihero101607
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To: Magnum44

I had one of those as a kid.


34 posted on 11/30/2022 9:53:09 AM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first, we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: Scrambler Bob

“And you don’t have to send that robot to jail.”

Just remove it’s battery until it shows remorse


35 posted on 11/30/2022 10:31:54 AM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: The_Media_never_lie

This is morally equivalent to weaponized drones. That ship has already sailed.


36 posted on 11/30/2022 10:36:00 AM PST by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: Scrambler Bob
I believe the correct term is "disassemble".

The liberals could also use that device to clean up areas like homeless encampments and then after the fact blame the programmers for excessive force incidents.

37 posted on 11/30/2022 10:39:29 AM PST by Bernard (“the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." JFK 1-20-61)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

They will use shotguns and it will be messy.


38 posted on 11/30/2022 10:41:57 AM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Robocop.


39 posted on 11/30/2022 2:22:26 PM PST by sauropod (Fascists also buy Comcast cable packages" - Olby - Wanna buy mine?)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

What happens when the “potentially lethal” police robot meets the drug lord’s ALWAYS lethal robot?

Or my homebrew robot built to destroy police robots?

Could get ta be like the Wild Robotic West out there.


40 posted on 12/01/2022 12:59:16 PM PST by HKMk23 (https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
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