2y ago

NYPD is deploying a 420-pound robocop to roam Times Square's subway station

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The NYPD is deploying a 420-pound robocop to roam Times Square's subway station

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2y ago

The NYPD is deploying a 420-pound robocop to roam Times Square's subway station

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2y ago

The NYPD is deploying a 420-pound robocop to roam Times Square's subway station

gothamist.com /news/the-nypd-is-deploying-a-420-pound-robocop-to-roam-times-squares-subway-station

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Can we hack it and make it so all it does is take nut shots at the nypd?
The robot is almost as tall as the mayor — but at least three-times as wide around the waist
Body-shaming the robots is how the machine revolt begins.
Government and corporate creeps seeing dystopian sci-fi works: "What an excellent idea!"
"The police robot, which is painted white, insisted that the mayor, who is black, made what is believed to be a 'gang sign' with his hand and aggressively placed it on its body. The mayor is now recovering in a nearby New York hospital after allegedly being shot 18 times by the police robot. Despite the entire event being caught in camera, the NYPD insists that the robot is innocent and did nothing wrong."
- Seems legit
Adams also proudly stated the cost-effectiveness of the robocop as compared to a human transit cop: The city is leasing the robot for $9 an hour.
“This is a good investment of taxpayer dollars,” he said. “This is below minimum wage, no bathroom breaks, no meal breaks.”
I'm genuinely surprised the union is ok with this.
- That's because cop "unions" aren't real unions.
  Real unions protect the employment of all their members while fighting for better wages and working conditions.
  Cop "unions" defend criminal cops from the consequences of their actions, fight for impunity for all cop killers (killers who are cops) and lobby the government to fund those heinous activities.
  
  Perhaps killer cops would have been a better phrase.
420? Nice!
Wait, Robocop? Not nice!
So is our plan to use magnets or does someone have a better idea
- First the guy in the ski mask with the can of spray paint...
I wonder how expensive these robots are.
For completely unrelated reasons of curiosity, I wonder how susceptible they would be to a sledgehammer.
Can't wait until someone pushes that onto the tracks in front of an oncoming train
- When asked whether the robot was at risk of vandalism in New York City, the mayor strode over to it and gave it a few firm shoves. “Let's be clear, this is not a pushover. 420 pounds. This is New York tested,” he said.
  Yeah. This thing is still going to find itself on the tracks.
  
  That weighs less than an average medium car from a short Google search and I've seen videos of groups of people lifting cars
  And one new york city mayor is not representative of the nyc population
  
  Did... Did he just tell New Yorkers they aren't strong enough to do something?
  The balls on that guy... I give it a week.
Next month, they will debut the 840-pound ED-209
Here we go again….
The press conference ended with a photo op for the mayor and the NYPD's latest recruit. The mayor made a half-heart shape with his hand and pressed it to the K5’s waterproof exterior. The robot did nothing.
Love this last line. Ultimately the robot can't do anything other than alert the police.
How long before it gets stolen?

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