Author(s):
Elizabeth Joh
Publication Date:
July 14, 2016
Publication Type:
Other Writing
The robot used by the Dallas police department to kill Micah Johnson — the sniper who fired into a peaceful protest and killed five police officers, injuring others — was originally designed to defuse explosives. The police attached a pound of the explosive C4 to the robot, creating a makeshift weapon out of a design that was not intended to inflict harm on people. The robot was also remote-controlled, not autonomous.
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This article by Elizabeth Joh originally appeared on cyberlaw.stanford.edu on July 14, 2016 at 10:00AM