San Francisco to allow police 'killer robots'

Key Facts

• Image source, Getty Images Image caption, A bomb disposal robot extends its arm San Francisco's ruling Board of Supervisors has voted to let the city's police use robots that can kill.
• They said though that there may be future scenarios in which lethal force could be used by a robot.
• A spokesperson for the police said "robots could potentially be equipped with explosive charges to breach fortified structures containing violent, armed, or dangerous subjects".
• They also said robots could be used to "incapacitate, or disorient violent, armed, or dangerous suspects who pose a risk of loss of life".

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