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TIL Since 2017, when Waymo, began testing self-driving vans in Chandler, Arizona, Police have responded to dozens of calls regarding people threatening and harassing them. People have thrown rocks at Waymos, slashed a tire, chased them, tried to run them off the road and aimed a gun at one of them

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