> There's no good way for the SWAT team to actually confirm the story without going in. I don't think I agree, especially as communications technology matures.

> There's no good way for the SWAT team to actually confirm the story without going in. I don't think I agree, especially as communications technology matures. On its face, this "hostage with gun to the head" story needs to be regarded with enormous skepticism, just because of how rare it actually is.