The July 7th shooting in Dallas, when two snipers attacked police officers protecting a Black Lives Matter protest, saw the first use of a drone to kill a suspect.
A bomb squad robot fitted with explosives was driven into the sniper's position in a parking garage, and detonated next to the sniper. This was not an AI choosing to kill the sniper, but still very similar to U.S. military tactics in the Middle East. (i.e. Remote controlled drones and drone planes carrying out bombings on ISIS and Al Qaeda positions.)
I would like to hear discussion on Steemit's thoughts on where this could lead, as the first use of a remote controlled drone to kill someone on American soil. While I can be more understanding of its use in the Middle East in war, I question its use in killing someone in a police standoff. If this was more readily employed, will negotiations be used less and less in police standoffs? Could this be something employed even in situations where there are hostages? Additionally, with plans for "drone shutdown guns" available and developed with ingredients as simple as a few lines of code targeting Wifi connections and a Raspberry Pi, could these drones be turned against police, creating more of a hazard?