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> posts a message threatening to kill someone do internet threats generally hold any credibility? what's the actualization rate?
by abiox 10y ago
> posts a message threatening to kill someone
do internet threats generally hold any credibility? what's the actualization rate?
- maxlybbert 10y agoThe question is "do police believe internet threats are credible?" It appears that many police departments do not find the threats credible by themselves, so SWATing isn't as dangerous as it was a few years ago. But it also appears that some police departments are more easily convinced than others. So the real question is "does the police department in my area -- the one most likely to decide whether to raid my house -- believe internet threats are credible?"
- Sohcahtoa82 10y agoProbably pretty close to 0%, but I think the question is a bit problematic. If the actualization rate is any greater than 0%, police need to respond, because if it gets ignored and the person making the threat actually follows through, then people will go up in arms about how someone said they were going to kill somebody and the police did nothing. Take another scenario. Some high school kid writes a tweet that he's going to shoot up his school tomorrow. Would it be fair for the school to get shut down and the kid taken into custody?