Why RoboCop is not the cyborg lawman we need
“RoboCop” has turned out to be remarkably prescient. Police departments in the US have, like ED-209, grown bloated with military firepower. Departments have access to armored trucks, M-16 rifles, grenade launchers, machine guns, silencers, even aircraft. Critics have pointed to this increasing militarization as a serious and overlooked problem: Almost by its very nature, military technology makes police more deadly.

January 11, 2016 at 05:27PM
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