Following local protests and international criticism, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors reversed a decision Tuesday that would have allowed law enforcement to deploy armed robots.
Last week, the board gave a go-ahead for the police to use killer remote-controlled robots in what police have described as dire, life and death situations. With the approval came widespread contention against it, both from international and local community members, civil rights organizations and labor groups.
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