Dallas Police Used Robot with Bomb to Kill Ambush Suspect: Mayor

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Post by uptown » Fri, Jul 08, 2016, 1:58 PM UTC

Dallas Police Used Robot with Bomb to Kill Ambush Suspect: Mayor
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Post by Houshalter » Fri, Jul 08, 2016, 2:11 PM UTC

Is that legal? I don't have any sympathy for the guy, but Ive never heard of police doing this. It's certainly a creative way of resolving the conflict.

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Post by iqisracist » Fri, Jul 08, 2016, 2:14 PM UTC

That is really cool!

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Post by PietdeVries » Fri, Jul 08, 2016, 2:14 PM UTC

Houshalter wrote: post #2

Is that legal? I don't have any sympathy for the guy, but Ive never heard of police doing this. It's certainly a creative way of resolving the conflict.

Well... If you have to chose between sending in your troops/colleagues or a robot, what would you pick?

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Post by JoeAltmaier » Fri, Jul 08, 2016, 2:14 PM UTC

Houshalter wrote: post #2

Is that legal? I don't have any sympathy for the guy, but Ive never heard of police doing this. It's certainly a creative way of resolving the conflict.

Legal? vs say shooting him? Why would it be different?

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Post by secstate » Fri, Jul 08, 2016, 2:14 PM UTC

Houshalter wrote: post #2

Is that legal? I don't have any sympathy for the guy, but Ive never heard of police doing this. It's certainly a creative way of resolving the conflict.

God I hope that's not legal. It seems like if it's not a hostage situation, you wait it out. The police department effectively decided to summarily execute the perpetrator, which is a bit Judge Dred, if we're being honest here.

Not having been in the situation means I'm armchair quarterbacking the situation, but I hope there is a least some legal guidelines one when this is okay coming out of this.

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Post by mikeash » Fri, Jul 08, 2016, 2:15 PM UTC

PietdeVries wrote: post #4

Houshalter wrote: post #2

Is that legal? I don't have any sympathy for the guy, but Ive never heard of police doing this. It's certainly a creative way of resolving the conflict.

Well... If you have to chose between sending in your troops/colleagues or a robot, what would you pick?

The point is, were those their only two choices? It sure sounded like the situation was in hand and they could have just waited.

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Post by eximius » Fri, Jul 08, 2016, 2:16 PM UTC

Wow. This feels incredibly wrong. I know it is just an extension of the militarization of American police, but should they be allowed to issue a death sentence like that? I argue no. Expend the time and resources to non-lethally incarcerate him.

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Post by mikeash » Fri, Jul 08, 2016, 2:16 PM UTC

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #5

Houshalter wrote: post #2

Is that legal? I don't have any sympathy for the guy, but Ive never heard of police doing this. It's certainly a creative way of resolving the conflict.

Legal? vs say shooting him? Why would it be different?

I don't think shooting him would have been legal either. You only get to shoot a suspect when there's an imminent threat, and it sounds like there wasn't one. (If there was, they wouldn't have had time to send in the robot.)