""Given how many police [departments] have robots and given how versatile they are and the various uses to which they've been put, including in ho…
"As police departments acquire more robots that were once seen only in war zones, civilian law enforcement officers are pushing into territory forged by th…
"“The situation definitely raises interesting questions,” said Peter Asaro, an assistant professor at the New School for Public Engagement in New York City…
"“Using bombs in general is pretty unheard of in policing, rather than a firearm,” said Peter Asaro, co-founder and vice chair of the International Committ…
"While the Dallas event is also an outlier, the worry is that it could be a harbinger. "I hope they don’t start designing a whole series of police-arm…
"But Peter Asaro, an assistant professor at the New School in New York City and a co-founder of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control, wondere…
"“Police are permitted to use deadly force to protect themselves or others, but what does it mean...when the police may be far away?” said Elizabeth Joh, a…
"Joh said she was worried that the decision by police to use robots to end lives had been arrived at far too casually. “Lethally armed police robots raise…
""If lethally equipped robots can be used in this situation, when else can they be used?" says Elizabeth Joh, a University of California at Davis…
"“No court would find a legal problem here,” said Ryan Calo, a professor at the University of Washington law school. “When someone is an ongoing lethal dan…
"“The legal framework for police use of force assumes human decision-making about immediate human threats,” Elizabeth Joh, a professor of law specializing…
""A tragedy tends to focus discussion in a way that a broader speculation cannot," Bryant Walker Smith said. The tragedy he was referring to was…