San Francisco pauses on ‘killer police robots’ amid outcry

The people of San Francisco have spoken loud and clear: There is no place for killer police robots in our city

San Francisco pauses on ‘killer police robots’ amid outcry (Jeff Chiu/AP)

San Francisco supervisors voted on Tuesday to put the brakes on a controversial policy that would have let police use robots for deadly force just days after their approval of the plan generated fierce pushback.

The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to explicitly ban the use of robots in such a fashion for now.