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It's important to remember that the shooter was specifically targeting police officers over what he viewed as massive injustices towards his own community. Usi

It's important to remember that the shooter was specifically targeting police officers over what he viewed as massive injustices towards his own community. Using a robot with a weapon of mass destruction to execute the suspect does nothing to defuse that frustration and anger in others who may be sympathetic to what the shooter was trying to accomplish. In this case, two wrongs very much don't make a right. Unfortunately I'm not sure most citizens understand the historical significance of this event or the fact that the slippery slope is now well greased. How many more years till our police officers are armed with FPV multi-rotor drones capable of seeking out suspects and detonating explosives to take them out?

pbhjpbhj 10y ago
Not really a response, just venting: If you saw someone actually gun down a couple of your colleagues would you treat them as just a "suspect" or would you treat them as a murderer. I know why it's put like this but in some cases I find it a bit ridiculous.
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- patcheudor 10y ago
  This is the exact reason we have a justice system with courts and rule of law rather than supporting vigilante justice. If you remember, early on in this incident, a completely innocent individual was identified as the possible shooter with many absolutely convinced he was. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/08/during-deadly-dallas-shooting-confusion-swirled-around-armed-man-carrying-a-rifle/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/0...
nradov 10y ago
That's some George W. Bush style exaggeration. A small conventional explosive is in no way a WMD.
- patcheudor 10y ago
  Yes, I intentionally called it a WMD because if you look at what law enforcement has been doing since 9/11, it's not uncommon to arrest someone in possession of a pipe bomb or flash-powder as an example on WMD charges. http://abcnews.go.com/US/russian-citizen-pa-charged-wmd/story?id=22072231 http://abcnews.go.com/US/russian-citizen-pa-charged-wmd/stor...

pbhjpbhj 10y ago

Not really a response, just venting: If you saw someone actually gun down a couple of your colleagues would you treat them as just a "suspect" or would you treat them as a murderer. I know why it's put like this but in some cases I find it a bit ridiculous.

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patcheudor 10y ago
This is the exact reason we have a justice system with courts and rule of law rather than supporting vigilante justice. If you remember, early on in this incident, a completely innocent individual was identified as the possible shooter with many absolutely convinced he was. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/08/during-deadly-dallas-shooting-confusion-swirled-around-armed-man-carrying-a-rifle/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/0...

nradov 10y ago

That's some George W. Bush style exaggeration. A small conventional explosive is in no way a WMD.

patcheudor 10y ago
Yes, I intentionally called it a WMD because if you look at what law enforcement has been doing since 9/11, it's not uncommon to arrest someone in possession of a pipe bomb or flash-powder as an example on WMD charges. http://abcnews.go.com/US/russian-citizen-pa-charged-wmd/story?id=22072231 http://abcnews.go.com/US/russian-citizen-pa-charged-wmd/stor...