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Robot Snatches Rifle From Barricaded Suspect, Ends Standoff (latimes.com)
Slashdot reader schwit1 quotes the L.A. Times:
An hours-long standoff in the darkness of the high desert came to a novel end when Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies used a robot to stealthily snatch a rifle from an attempted murder suspect, authorities said Thursday.
Officials said the use of the robot to disarm a violent suspect was unprecedented for the Sheriff's Department, and comes as law enforcement agencies increasingly rely on military-grade technology to reduce the risk of injury during confrontations with civilians.
"The robot was a game changer here," said Capt. Jack Ewell, a tactical expert with the Sheriff's Department -- the largest sheriff's department in the nation. "We didn't have to risk a deputy's life to disarm a very violent man."
It was only later when the robot came back to also pull down a wire barricade that the 51-year-old suspect realized his gun was gone.
"The robot was a game changer here," said Capt. Jack Ewell, a tactical expert with the Sheriff's Department -- the largest sheriff's department in the nation. "We didn't have to risk a deputy's life to disarm a very violent man."
It was only later when the robot came back to also pull down a wire barricade that the 51-year-old suspect realized his gun was gone.
Yes, this is not American. I'm pretty sure they violated his Second Amendment rights by disarming rather than killing him.
The robots have begun to steal weapons. It's only a matter of time before the uprising starts.
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil
Next logical step: Violent offenders using Robots to stage remote assaults.
When the foot seeks the place of the head, the line is crossed. Know your place. Keep your place. Be a shoe.
It also took his clothes, his boots and his motorcycle.
What ever happened to the second amendment! This is just the cops over-reaching and infringing on my constitutional rights again!