{"id":4755,"date":"2021-04-29T19:07:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T19:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editorial.thenextweb.com\/?p=1348991"},"modified":"2021-04-29T19:07:54","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T19:07:54","slug":"nypd-sends-terrifying-robot-dog-back-to-the-kennel-after-public-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=4755","title":{"rendered":"NYPD sends terrifying robot dog back to the kennel after public backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A terrifying robot dog that\u2019s been prowling New York\u2019s streets over the past few months is being sent back to the pound.<\/p>\n

The NYPD had been leasing the quadruped from Boston Dynamics since last year, but canceled the contract last week after a public backlash.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a casualty of politics, bad information, and cheap sound bytes,\u201d John Miller, the department\u2019s deputy commissioner for intelligence and counterterrorism, told The New York Times<\/a>. \u201cWe should have named it \u2018Lassie\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nah they really got these robot police dogs in NYC. This is wild pic.twitter.com\/iG7CTPFevH<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 THEE DON\u2764\ufe0f\u200d\ud83d\udd25 (@1800SPOILED) April 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The device has attracted controversy ever since it was unveiled in December.<\/p>\n

Inspector Frank Digiacomo told ABC 7<\/a> at the time that the machine \u201cis going to save lives, protect people, and protect officers and that\u2019s our goal.\u201d But sightings of the robot in the Bronx and a public housing building in Manhattan triggered concerns that it was targeting low-income communities of color.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was among the most vociferous critics. She described the device as a \u201crobotic surveillance ground drone\u201d and argued that the investment in the robot should have been spent elsewhere.<\/p>\n

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Please ask yourself: when was the last time you saw next-generation, world class technology for education, healthcare, housing, etc consistently prioritized for underserved communities like this?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

New York\u2019s city council responded to the outcry by issuing a subpoena to find out how the robot cost, which revealed that the NYPD had a $94,000 contract with Boston Dynamics<\/span> to lease the device. The contract was due to end in August, but was terminated four months early due to the uproar.<\/p>\n

The NYPD said it\u2019s used robots to respond to dangerous situations for almost 50 years. But with calls to defund the police continuing to resonate, the department\u2019s deployment of robot dogs on New York streets was seriously bad optics.<\/p>\n

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