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Company known for inventing the Taser halts its plan for a police drone that could TASER school shooting suspects after nine of the company's ethics board members resign in protest
2022-06-07
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Axon on June 2 said they were forging ahead with 'a remotely operated, non-lethal drone system' for use in schools, to stop mass shootings

  • The scheme had been suggested a year ago, and the board voted against it: CEO Rick Smith overruled them, in the wake of the Uvalde, Texas shooting

  • Backlash against Smith's decision was swift, with the ACLU tweeting that it 'was not the answer' and Smith having to defend the plan

  • On Monday, nine of the 12 members of its ethics board resigned in protest, even as Smith announced the plan had been put on hold

  • They said they could not work with a company that rode roughshod over the concerns of an ethics panel formed to hold the leadership to account
Posted by:Skidmark

#5  Was it a 'Woke' board? Was it the drone or the *icky* Police users?
Posted by: magpie   2022-06-07 13:17  

#4  
Imagine for a second dark side uses of such mini drones.

Wait for it... the cat's out of the bag and the ideal is out there.
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-06-07 12:57  

#3  Do they really think they stopped anything? Do they not know about duct tape?
Posted by: Super Hose   2022-06-07 12:24  

#2  Stop. Putting. Fish. In. Barrels.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-06-07 09:44  

#1  I was just thinking about this the other day, although my version used tranquilizer darts.
Posted by: SteveS   2022-06-07 09:39  

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