Unable to subdue the suspect without compromising their safety, police decided to end the standoff by attaching explosives to a bomb robot and detonating them near the suspect.
And there was the time in 1985 Philly police dropped bombs from a helicopter. So police have killed with robots and they’ve killed with aerial bombardment. Only a matter of time before local PD start authorizing drone strikes.
still not a single drone assasination on usa soil, truly remarkably pliant society
Not a drone, but in 2016:Robot-delivered lethal explosive in Dallas police standoff was a first, experts say
And there was the time in 1985 Philly police dropped bombs from a helicopter. So police have killed with robots and they’ve killed with aerial bombardment. Only a matter of time before local PD start authorizing drone strikes.
Oh cops absolutely do it, cartels as well (although i think only inside central/south america). I meant non-state side
Just commenting to add the battle of Blair mountain to this list as well. You know they would’ve been using drones on those workers if they had em.