This fetishistic anthropomorphizing of what amounts to destruction of property is weird and gross. Is the language used meant to make us sympathetic towards th

This fetishistic anthropomorphizing of what amounts to destruction of property is weird and gross. Is the language used meant to make us sympathetic towards the militarization of American police? Are we supposed to feel sorry for this piece of equipment? It's not a robotic "police dog", it's a mobile surveillance and weapons platform. You know these things are going to have guns mounted on them eventually, if they aren't already.