De Blasio says ‘we must aloof rethink’ NYPD’s robot canine over public concerns

The NYPD desires to “rethink” its new “Digidog,” Mayor de Blasio said Wednesday — a day after a clip of the robotic canine in movement went viral and sent tongues wagging.

Hizzoner hesitated when he became once wondered regarding the video, which been viewed greater than 8 million times and left some to match the programmable pooch to an episode of “Sad Mirror.”

“I haven’t viewed it, nonetheless I surely fragment the distress that if whatsoever it’s unsettling to americans, we must aloof rethink the equation,” de Blasio said at his day-to-day press briefing. “I don’t know what is being completed to verify it — I’ll surely consult with the commissioner about it. I don’t decide americans to in actual fact feel that one thing is going down that they don’t know about. So we’ll work that out.”

The clip showed the “Digidog” casually strolling out of a housing accomplishing in Long island following the arrest of Luis Gonzalez, 41, an NYPD rep said Tuesday.

Cops arrived to the scene to search out Gonzales sequestered inner an condo with a mother and small one, who exited unhurt, the NYPD said. Gonzalez became once apprehended after about two hours of negotiations.

The canine “became once no longer utilized,” the rep said.

Twitter user @hella_leigh shared the video, on the side of the caption, “By the purpose my kids are outmoded ample to see Sad Mirror it’s going to be a documentary sequence.” 

Police furthermore old vogue the canine support in February whereas responding to a home invasion and hostage utter within the Bronx. 

By the purpose cops replied, nobody became once there.

The four-legged crime fighter sparked concerns from native politicians along side Receive. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who referred to because it a “robotic surveillance ground drone.”

The bot weighs 70 kilos, has cameras and lights, is in a position to two-plot communication and is ready to use man made intelligence to navigate its ambiance, police said. 

It’s some distance technically unarmed. City Councilman Ben Kallos remaining month introduced laws to ban NYPD from the use of “weaponized” robots.