San Francisco Will Allow Police To Deploy Robots That Kill
Associated Press | November 29, 2022 | Janie HarSupervisors in San Francisco voted Tuesday to give city police the ability to use potentially lethal, remote-controlled robots in emergency situations — following an emotionally charged debate that reflected divisions on the politically liberal board over support for law enforcement.
The vote was 8-3, with the majority agreeing to grant police the option despite strong objections from civil liberties and other police oversight groups. Opponents said the authority would lead to the further militarization of a police force already too aggressive with poor and minority communities.
Supervisor Connie Chan, a member of the committee that forwarded the proposal to the full board, said she understood concerns over use of force but that “according to state law, we are required to approve the use of these equipments. So here we are, and it’s definitely not a easy discussion.”
The San Francisco Police Department said it does not have pre-armed robots and has no plans to arm robots with guns. But the department could deploy robots equipped with explosive charges “to contact, incapacitate, or disorient violent, armed, or dangerous suspect” when lives are at stake, SFPD spokesperson Allison Maxie said in a statement.
Supervisor Connie Chan and SFPD spokesperson Allison Maxie — having apparently never seen a movie at all — thereupon volunteered to have their families be test subjects in a confusing home-invasion / self-defense simulation. Or to pay the lawsuits of those cases that go wrong.
Straight Line of the Day: San Francisco’s killer robots will…
…be gay.
… uncover stashes of “killer” weed – performance will degrade over time…
… see the needles and the damage done, and do nothing, because the DA controls their law-enforcement programming…
A robot’s knockin’ down my cellar door
“I love it, baby, can we have some more?”
— Democrats (the damage is done).
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S*it in the city has the upper hand
I watched a fellow wed another man
Democrats: the damage done.
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I sing this song because I admire the plan
I know that some of you don’t understand
Milk’s bros are now a power clan.
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I’ve seen the needles and the damage done
A little part of blame for everyone
But every robot’s going to get a gun!
San Fran, the damage’s done.
That was John Wayne man!
… hack into the BART system, using control of it as leverage to gain more favorable working conditions…
. . . vote multiple times in the next election.
. . . go to Paul Pelosi’s house and watch him get hammered.
. . . blast anyone Adrian Monk points to and says, “He’s the guy.”
San Francisco’s killer robots will…
…show all the remorse of a ravenous crocodile.
…be programmed to respect your pronouns.
…get offended if you don’t refer to them as “non-human afterlife facilitators.”
San Francisco’s killer robots will…
… Win the next “Miss San Francisco” pageant, in the name of “diversity.”
How dare you assume their gender – have you no shame?!
… actually be excellent investments for IMAO’s S.F. field office.
San Francisco’s killer robots will…
Have authorization to cross state lines if in hot pursuit.
San Francisco’s killer robots will…
Not be allowed to date cyborgs.
San Francisco’s killer robots will…
Be required to pay taxes.
87,000 new IRS agents vs. 87,000 new killer robots: which presents the greatest threat?
— Sophist’s Choice.
… be equipped with Yul Brynner’s smile, just to reassure the citizens of their benign intent …