Oakland Cops Hope to Arm Robots With Lethal Shotguns

A line of Oakland police officers during a protest in Oakland, Calif., on Dec. 15, 2014. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Article by Sam Biddle. The Intercept – October 17 2022.

In a series of little noted Zoom meetings this fall, the city of Oakland, California, grappled with a question whose consequences could shape the future of American policing: Should cops be able to kill people with shotgun-armed robots? The back-and-forth between the Oakland Police Department and a civilian oversight […]

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