Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Thursday, July 21, 2016.
What’s up with the Chicago Police Department’s mysterious robot?
The Chicago Police Department has a rarely seen tool to fight crime and respond to emergencies: a robot. The robot was on standby when police were called to a north-side motel Monday regarding a man inside who was threatening to kill himself. Dallas police used a similar-looking machine, the Remotec Andros Mark V-A1, to detonate an explosive during the standoff with Micah Xavier Johnson, who killed five officers earlier this month. [DNAInfo Chicago]
