Bomb Robot Takes Down Dallas Gunman
This is the robot that was used against the Dallas gunman
NY Times, “‘Bomb Robot’ Takes Down Dallas Gunman, but Raises Enforcement Questions”, 8 July 2016:
The Dallas police ended a standoff with the gunman suspected of killing five officers with a tactic that by all accounts appears to be unprecedented: It blew him up using a robot.
In doing so, it sought to protect police who had negotiated with the man for several hours and had exchanged gunfire with him. But the decision ignited a debate about the increasing militarization of police and the remote-controlled use of force, and raised the specter of a new era of policing.
Related issues
Police departments in U.S. -
. Increasing military equipment
. Israeli military training.
. Skirting Posse Comitatus Act
