No doubt, the events in Dallas were profound and horrific.
The ambush sniper murder was vicious and carries heavy political significance for the heated debates over gun control, race, the police state and the larger era of turbulent change.
But the police response itself has already made history. Not just because the police killed the suspect (which is by now commonplace though certainly not justified in every situation) but because they are now using bombs to blow up the suspect.
Law enforcement and military personnel have long used robots to investigate or detonate suspected or known IEDs or explosives, and that isn’t necessarily without controversy but it isn’t often challenged.
But Dallas is the first known time that U. S. police officers have used a robot to kill their suspect.
Here’s the statement by Dallas police chief David Brown:
This post was published at shtfplan on July 8th, 2016.
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