Another twist to the matter, this thrown in by NPR a few hours ago -

In An Apparent First, Police Used A Robot To Kill

Excerpt: After sniper fire struck 12 police officers at a rally in downtown Dallas, killing five, police cornered a single suspect in a parking garage. After a prolonged exchange of gunfire and a five-hour-long standoff, police made what experts say was an unprecedented decision: to send in a police robot, jury-rigged with a bomb.

I remember hearing about that bit on the way home from work, then I just assumed that we had already been doing that for a long time :laughing:.

Paul Verhoeven is going to have a field day with this.

Skynet is nigh...

Son of a bitch! You ninja'd me and now my post is just a piggyback joke.

What else is new^?

But this time it's unjustified.

Well you win some you loose some my little hell spawn.

*lose

What? I was likening this crime against humanity to Showgirls.