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Comments on: Robot Cop ends tense Massachusetts siege

Hilarious - and scary. 

Posted Tuesday 3rd April 2007 14:38 GMT

This is wonderful! One drunk with a knife and suddenly an army of heavily-armed policemen is in play. Any parallels with America's policy in the Middle East here?

So what did the robot actually do? 

Posted Tuesday 3rd April 2007 14:49 GMT

Apart from arriving on the scene, requiring help from a human, and taking all the credit, did the robot assist in any way?

I'd also like to know why gun-toting police and robot-equipped bomb disposal crew were necessary for a drunk guy who chucked a knife into a wall, but hey-ho, only in America.

Alice's Restaurant revisited? 

Posted Tuesday 3rd April 2007 20:51 GMT

The level of attention and police presence is very reminiscent of Arlo Guthrie's song "Alice's Restaurant". Similar setup, too -- a small Massachusetts town.

borded cops 

Posted Wednesday 4th April 2007 16:07 GMT

this is what hapens in small town america with a bored police dept. Simple traffic stop can turn into a swat action.