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Jun. 2—Pittsburgh City Council members gave preliminary approval Wednesday for the police department to buy two small robots equipped with cameras. But they did so only after discussion among members and asking the police department's Special Deployment Cmdr. Ed Trapp about how the robots will be used. "It's just distressing to a lot of the populations that we'd be talking about robots and . ....
TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Pittsburgh City Council members gave preliminary approval Wednesday for the police department to buy two small robots equipped with cameras. But they did so only after discussion among members and asking the police department’s Special Deployment Cmdr. Ed Trapp about how the robots will be used. “It’s just distressing to a lot of the populations that we’d be talking about robots and policing in the same sentence,” Councilwoman Deb Gross said. “We’ve seen police forces using some big, scary looking robots in other cities.” ....
Eight minutes changed the course of 2020. It was Memorial Day. May 25. George Floyd was being arrested by Minneapolis police outside of a grocery store after authorities received a 911 call that someone paid with a counterfeit bill. The caller told authorities the man was acting erratically. Floyd, who is Black, matched the caller’s description of the suspect. Minneapolis police officers responded and handcuffed Floyd. Shortly thereafter, Officer Derek Chauvin, who is white, was caught on camera kneeling on Floyd’s neck on the curb of the city street. Floyd pleaded with Chauvin, gasping that he couldn’t breathe. He became unresponsive and later died at a nearby medical center. ....