By Michael Liedtke and Bree Fowler Associated Press DALLAS — When Dallas police used a bomb-carrying robot to kill a sniper, they also kicked off an ethical debate about technology's use as a crime-fighting weapon. In what appears to be an unprecedented tactic, police rigged a bomb-disposal robot to kill an armed suspect in the […]
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Man's family doesn't want his death to be 'race thing' in Baton Rouge OIS
By Melinda Deslatte and Michael Kunzelman Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana woman says she doesn't want the death of her son's father, a black man killed by white police officers, to "be a race thing." Quinyetta McMillon wouldn't say, however, whether she believes police would have treated Alton Sterling the same way […]
Minn. cop's lawyer blames driver's gun, not his race, in fatal shooting
By Skip Foreman and Sadie Gurman Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — A suburban Minnesota police officer who killed a black driver reacted to the man's gun, not his race, his attorney said Saturday, giving the most detailed account so far of why the officer drew his own weapon. Philando Castile's girlfriend, who streamed the […]