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San Francisco to allow police to use robots that can kill

After an "impassioned debate" that resulted in an 8-3 vote, supervisors on Tuesday authorized police to use bomb disposal and reconnaissance robots, reported the San Francisco Chronicle. One of the city supervisors, Rafael Mandelman, confirmed that the board passed an ordinance approving the policy "governing the funding, acquisition, and use of certain technology."

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"This is a sad moment for our City, and it shows how far we have strayed from the 2020 reckoning on police violence," Preston said on Twitter. According to Mandelman, under the policy, city police would be "authorized to use these robots to carry out deadly force in extremely limited situations when risk to loss of life to members of the public or officers is imminent and outweighs any other force option available."