{"id":233775,"date":"2021-05-12T07:49:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T07:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=233775"},"modified":"2021-05-13T13:46:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T13:46:26","slug":"nypds-use-of-robot-dog-during-operation-draws-public-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=233775","title":{"rendered":"NYPD\u2019s use of robot dog during operation draws public outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Franz Walker \u2013 Natural News May 10, 2021<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>A new video showing New York City police officers patrolling with a robot dog has <a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/outcry-video-robodog-patrolling-nypd\">drawn flak from various sectors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1800SPOILED\/status\/1381755654164074498\">The video<\/a> shows\u00a0<em>New York Police Department<\/em> (NYPD) officers exiting a\u00a0public housing building in Manhattan on Monday, April 12, with\u00a0a 70-pound robotic\u00a0dog outfitted with lights, cameras and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>The officers had\u00a0come to the building to apprehend a man who they said\u00a0had a gun and had been hiding in an apartment with a woman and her baby. But according to the officers on the scene, the robot dog had only stayed in the lobby and did not play an active role\u00a0in the operation.<\/p>\n<p>The sighting of the robot do was met with outrage. Many bystanders during the operation were audibly voicing their displeasure at the robot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the f***\u00a0is this is the exact right reaction,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em> journalist Kara Swisher in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karaswisher\/status\/1381977783929339905?s=19\">reply to the original tweet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even the person filming the video can be heard saying, \u201cI ain\u2019t never seen nothing like this in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nah they really got these robot police dogs in NYC. This is wild <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iG7CTPFevH\">pic.twitter.com\/iG7CTPFevH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Empress (@1800SPOILED) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1800SPOILED\/status\/1381755654164074498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Use of robot dog draws criticism<\/h2>\n<p>The NYPD\u2019s decision to deploy the robots was met with widespread criticism and raised privacy concerns earlier this year. Last February, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/27\/nyregion\/nypd-robot-dog.html\">robot dog was used<\/a> during an operation in a Bronx home to supposedly ensure that there was no one inside.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout all this, the police have maintained that they\u2019re using the technology to save lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NYPD has been using robots since the 1970s to save lives in hostage situations and hazmat incidents,\u201d\u00a0stated the NYPD <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYPDnews\/status\/1365083501989609477\">in a tweet<\/a> last\u00a0February. \u201cThis model of robot is being tested to evaluate its capabilities against other models in use by our Emergency Service Unit and Bomb Squad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But despite the reassurances, many remain unconvinced.\u00a0Many have condemned the robot as a stark example of police power and misplaced priorities in light of the supposed issues that led to the widespread anti-police riots last year. (Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalnews.com\/2021-04-12-french-army-boston-dynamics-robot-spot-combat.html\">French Army testing Boston Dynamics\u2019 robot dog in combat scenarios<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t give me a living wage, you can\u2019t raise a minimum wage, you can\u2019t give me affordable housing; I\u2019m working hard and I can\u2019t get paid leave, I can\u2019t get affordable child care,\u201d said\u00a0Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a Democrat representing parts of the Bronx and Westchester County, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamaalBowmanNY\/status\/1382126695147266052\">in a tweet<\/a>. \u201cInstead we got money, taxpayer money, going to robot dogs?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a news conference on Wednesday, April 14, Mayor Bill de Blasio said that, while he had not seen the robot dog, he shared \u201cthe concern that\u00a0if in any way it\u2019s unsettling to people we should rethink the equation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>De Blasio confirmed that he would discuss the matter with NYPD commissioner Dermot F. Shea.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">NYC mayoral candidates jumping on outrage against robot dog<\/h2>\n<p>The public backlash against the robot dog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/04\/14\/nyregion\/robot-dog-nypd.html\">could play a role<\/a> in the city\u2019s upcoming mayoral election, primaries for which are set to take place in June. A number of Democratic mayoral hopefuls have\u00a0stated their opposition to its use.<\/p>\n<p>One such Democratic candidate, former\u00a0<em>MSNBC<\/em> analyst Maya Wiley, characterized the $74,000 robot as wasteful and a threat to New Yorkers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRather than $70m invested into saving residents from dangerous mold &amp; lead paint, N.Y.C. creates another danger for Black &amp; Latino residents?!\u201d Wiley said. \u201cNot when I\u2019m Mayor!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Scott M. Stringer, another Democratic mayoral candidate and the city comptroller, said that the NYPD shouldn\u2019t be focused on creating \u201cnew and more sophisticated ways to harass the poor and people of color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs mayor, we will invest in people, not police dogs,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Other candidates, such as current frontrunner Andrew Yang, have yet to make any statements about the robot dog.<\/p>\n<p>Follow <a href=\"http:\/\/Robotics.news\">Robotics.news<\/a>\u00a0for more on the latest news about robots used by police departments around the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/outcry-video-robodog-patrolling-nypd\">Futurism.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karaswisher\/status\/1381977783929339905?s=19\">Twitter.com 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karaswisher\/status\/1381977783929339905?s=19\">Twitter.com 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/27\/nyregion\/nypd-robot-dog.html\">NYTimes.com 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYPDnews\/status\/1365083501989609477\">Twitter.com 3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamaalBowmanNY\/status\/1382126695147266052\">Twitter.com 4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/04\/14\/nyregion\/robot-dog-nypd.html\">NYTimes.com 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalnews.com\/2021-05-10-nypd-robot-dog-draws-public-outrage.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stuff of science-fiction nightmares is rapidly becoming a reality<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":233777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Current_Affairs","category-Fringe_Science_New_Discoveries_and_Developments"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=233775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233776,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233775\/revisions\/233776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/233777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=233775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=233775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=233775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}