Dallas Police Department Attempt To Block Release Of Info Related To Bomb RobotBy Derrick Broze On July 7, Micah Xavier Johnson attacked a group of police officers in Dallas, Texas, killing five officers and injuring two others. Johnson was reportedly upset about the police shootings of black men and wanted to target white officers. After hours of negotiations, Dallas Police Chief David Brown decided to send in a robot armed with a brick of C-4 explosive. The robotdetonated the bomb near Johnson on thecampus of El Centro College in downtown Dallas. Johnson was killed in the explosion. Our bomb robot detonated a bomb where the suspect was, Brown said at the time. Other options would have subjected officers to great danger. This marked the first time a police department in the United States used a robot to kill an American citizen. Following the killing of Johnson, city and police officials have been inundated with public information requests from journalists seeking more information about how the robot works. The city of Dallas is attempting to suppress the data. Courthouse News reported on the situation: Dallas Police Department officials want to block the release of highly intimate or embarrassing information regarding the use of a bomb disposal robot to kill a sniper who murdered five officers last month, saying it is of no legitimate concern to the public. City officials asked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for an advisory opinion on July 19, in response to at least 17 public information requests by journalists. The requests want access to robot and body camera footage, among other things. In a letter to Paxton, Assistant City Attorney P. Armstrong argued that the requested informationis protected by common-law privacy, which protects information that is highly intimate or embarrassing, such that its release would be highly objectionable to a reasonable person, and it is of not legitimate concern to the public. The letter also states that the requested data is confidential under the law and could endanger officers working undercover. The disclosure of the requested information that includes such information could jeopardize the safety and well-being of these officers and the confidential informants used by DPD, the letter states. As well, it may subject them to retaliation for offenses attained from the location if this information is disclosed. Following the killing of Johnson, a number of civil liberties experts raised alarm bells about establishing a precedent for law enforcement killing a suspect without a trial. Marjorie Cohn, Professor Emerita at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law and editor and contributor to Drones and Targeted Killings: Legal, Moral, and Geopolitical Issues, said U.S. law enforcement isgoing in the wrong direction. The fact that the police have a weapon like this, and other weapons like drones and tanks, is an example of the militarization of the police and law enforcementand goes in the wrong direction, Cohn told Common Dreams after the incident. We should see the police using humane techniques, interacting on a more humane level with the community, and although certainly the police officers did not deserve to die, this is an indication of something much deeper in the society, and thats the racism that permeates the police departments across the country. Its a real tragedy. Seth Stoughton, a former police officer and assistant professor of law at the University of South Carolina, told The Atlantic that the bomb robot representsa new horizon for police technology and raises some new issues. The City of Dallas and the Dallas Police are weary of allowing the public to take a glimpse behind the curtain of police secrecy. We have entered a new era where the U.S. government assassinates American citizens via drones in foreign nations and now, we have the first example of local police using a robot armed with a bomb to explode an American citizen. Where does the technology go from here? Can we trust the police and increasingly tyrannical government to wield such a technology? Should we put stock in their promises to only use the drones and robots when all other options have been exhausted? Leave your thoughts below. Image Credit Derrick Broze is an investigative journalist and liberty activist. He is the Lead Investigative Reporter for selfnewsPost.com and the founder of the TheConsciousResistance.com. Follow him on Twitter. Derrick is the author of two books: The Conscious Resistance: Reflections on Anarchy and Spirituality and Finding Freedom in an Age of Confusion. Derrick is available for interviews. Please contact Derrick@activistpost.com This article may be freely reposted in part or in full with author attribution and source link. I consider myself a reasonable person. When I heard that Dallas sent in a robot with a bomb to kill a guy basically trapped in a corner I didnt like the sound of it. I do believe this was a test and I dont like it. They did that to one guy thats ONLY the beginning. The robot didnt detonate the C4. A human being at the receiving end of the robots video feed detonated the C4. Has not anyone learned TPsTB sanitation methods? Do all police departments stock C4? If so, since when? And what other uses would C4 have for the police?Shouldnt citizens have the right to know if their local or state police have explosives and have appropriate regulations governing their use? I find it ridiculous a modern swat team couldnt take out one guy. Either way he ended up dead. At least if we can believe everything weve told about this incident. Well written article, which raises points of interest for all Americans. Bravo to the writer. Im not sure it happened. They said the bomb destroyed ALL DNA evidence. Unlikely. So DNA info is suppressed. Why? And why the bomb robot to begin with? They couldnt image in infrared? They couldnt find an angle for a sniper? Its too weird. Its just a weird story. The letter also states that the requested data is confidential under the law and could endanger officers working undercover. I call BS. How is releasing specs on a robot going to endanger an undercover officer? Dallas = False Flag like Sandy Hoax, Boston Fake-A-Thon, Florida night club, etc etc etc. No one killed, no one injured, fake fake fake. Of course, they had to cover up any use of the robot because it never happened. Yep Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings is a member of Bloombergs Mayors Against Illegal Guns and has also been a guest speaker at the United Nations hes a globalist and anti-2A. And the patsy always dies. Dead men tell no tales. Extra Judicial Murder !! The Constitution forbids it,but Americans nowadays embrace it !! We are in SHEEP dip !! Guess it was a kamikaze robot. Hey Dallas Police DeptNOBODY BELIEVES YOUR LIES! RELEASE THE INFO.SHOW US ALL HOW CORRUPT YOU ARE! FESS UP YOU ARE BEING CONTROLLED BY THE USA GOVERNMENT.STARTING BACK AT THE KENNEDY ASSINATION! I knew it! It NEVER happened! You must be naive and gullible after all the previous hoaxes to buy this one. TRUST NO ONE! And NEVER trust the media!EVER! a photo of alleged perps body was leaked on bestgore. 