Police exist to protect capital, not people.

This. Is. Democracy. Manifest!

Aaannnnddd then?

I see you know your judo well.

Disorderly conduct.

Looking at the replies to your comment... so many people not getting the reference. 🥲

Robot cones that block the bots but move out of the way for cars would be fun.

Your company needs to charge Waymo a toll for usage of your premises.

Alternatively, get a button-operated rising-arm barrier. All a driver needs to do is push the button to get in or out. Unless they're an AI that can't get out of the car, anyway.

Edit: Sometimes I a word.

it sounds like a opportunity for jury nullification

Because robots in the physical world are legal, and in this case using public sidewalks. Online bots are violating terms of service as defined by the human owners of websites.

That's always one of the tricks these companies pull. They take some communally-owned thing that used to have a clear purpose and start using it for their different for-profit use.

Take sidewalks. They're surprisingly expensive to build, but they're built from community tax money so that people walking don't have to walk on the road. Now Uber is using them as a place where they can drive their robots. Are they paying anything? I assume not. Sidewalks have also become a favourite parking spot for rental scooters. Do the scooter companies pay for that? Of course not. Even when they're parked well they reduce the space available for walking, and when they're parked badly they can force pedestrians out into the street.

I found myself wondering about this. If you stand blocking the entrance to a building, and won’t move when the police tell you to, I guess I can see them turning that into a disorderly conduct charge. Of course we are solely debating whether blocking a robot is a crime, but their rationale iin court is probably going to be more based around obstructing a place of public accommodation or something like that.

Maybe the robot should be charged for blocking her way

Cops will violent attack anyone who threatens capital. It has almost nothing to do with "laws".

Thanks for letting me know, I guess… it eroded quite some faith i had in US-kind

Gotta love MAGATs rubbing their two brain cells together to try to come up with a good insult

I want those brain cells back

You weren't kidding. The amount of confidently incorrect comments in there is astounding.

I predict they will begin to arm the robots.

We are closer to skynet every day.