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> Around 6:30 a.m., her father jostled her awake and said she needed to come downstairs. When she got to the top of the steps, she saw her family’s living room
by caseysoftware 11y ago
> Around 6:30 a.m., her father jostled her awake and said she needed to come downstairs. When she got to the top of the steps, she saw her family’s living room ‘‘covered in cops.’’ There were at least five officers in riot gear, guns drawn. They had bulletproof vests and pads and helmets with visors.
This line doesn't make sense.
If officers showed up in SWAT/riot gear, they wouldn't let anyone leave their presence unsupervised, especially if someone else was in the house. SWAT only goes in for situations where they believe violence is imminent. Therefore they go room to room to clear/gather everyone, make sure potential victims are secured, and that no one is armed.
If her/NYT's description is accurate, they broke procedure and put themselves and any possible victims at extreme risk.
Are there any third party or police reports of this event?
- tacojuan 11y agoIf you watch enough swattings (most are streamed via twitch.tv and wind up on youtube) you'll see they typically have a sheriff follow the obviously unarmed, unharmed, and generally confused victims around the house.
- caseysoftware 11y agoNo, most are not streamed via Twitch. A tiny percentage are. In fact, we will never hear of most of them unless someone is killed. Further, read the paragraph and my quoted portion again. She says her father woke her up and she didn't see cops until she saw into the living room. Therefore, there was no sheriff with him.
- onewaystreet 11y agoThe SWAT team likely rushed in, saw that there was no threat and then let the father go upstairs. And her account doesn't say if her father came up alone or not.