If I'm not mistaken, they consider this Assault on an officer, just the same as if you shoot a police dog. He's probably going to be the first person to be sentenced to a prison term for attacking a robot.
Assault on a police officer? First off, firing a gun at something is not assault, it's attempted murder. Also, it will never be called an assault or attempted murder. At most this is destruction of property, possession of a firearm, maybe discharging a firearm unlawfully (if such a law exists in that jurisdiction).
Now if it was a police dog, horse, pigeon, cat, midget or any other living being it would be assault with a deadly weapon or attempted murder (most likely the latter).
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If I'm not mistaken, they consider this Assault on an officer, just the same as if you shoot a police dog. He's probably going to be the first person to be sentenced to a prison term for attacking a robot.
oh man, would that suck...
but he just might some street cred:
"hey man, what are you in for?"
"I shot a robot."
"...who are you? Sarah Connor?"
ok, guess not :P
Assault on a police officer? First off, firing a gun at something is not assault, it's attempted murder. Also, it will never be called an assault or attempted murder. At most this is destruction of property, possession of a firearm, maybe discharging a firearm unlawfully (if such a law exists in that jurisdiction).
Now if it was a police dog, horse, pigeon, cat, midget or any other living being it would be assault with a deadly weapon or attempted murder (most likely the latter).
chilin:
what happens when the robots have full on AI?