In a shocking move, the San Francisco city board voted to grant the city’s police department the legal authority to use remotely controlled robots to attack and kill suspects in certain circumstances.
. At least fourteen percent of those killed were homeless — and although only around 5 percent of the city’s population is Black, they made up over 30 percent of fatal police shootings.
The policy is not yet official — it must pass another vote by the board next week, and be approved by Mayor London Breed before being implemented. According to the San Francisco Police Department , robots have been obtained through federal grant money rather than military surplus. They also said that theand there is no immediate plan to do so. But the department’s current fleet of robots — used for reconnaissance, bomb disposal and other types of rescue missions — could be armed with explosives if deemed necessary “to contact, incapacitate, or disorient violent, armed, or dangerous suspect,” a spokesperson for the department said.
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