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Gavin Newsom sides with cops, vetoes California bill banning police use of killer drones (www.sacbee.com)
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[–] MediaSensationalism 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

San Francisco explicitly approved drones and robots armed with remote explosives less than two years ago, and last year Axon's board of ethics resigned after TASER-armed drones were announced. These are emerging technologies, and larger departments are always licking their lips at the potential for new toys.