[LINK] Are Robots Still Just "Tools" When They Are Used to Kill?

[Jim Birch]

Negotiators say they negotiate indefinitely if required.  This is likely to
produce the best outcome.

If the guy says he can detonate multiple explosions, and you can't
eliminate the possibility that he might be telling the truth, and he's
irrational, and not improving under negotiations, it's a quite different
situation.  In that case, an instant lethal response could be appropriate.
It's not "just" police lives at stake.

Jim