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What is the appropriate response in this kind of situation?

pfortuny 9y ago
None. That situation should not occur, at all. Unless you can handle it, in which case you should be a drug lord or similar. It is a travesty of the Rule of Law.
- lowbloodsugar 9y ago
  "Innocent until proven guilty in a court of law." Unless you are murdered by the police for pulling up your pants. Unless you are murdered by the police "restraining" you. Unless you are murdered by the police in your cell. Unless you are mentally incompetent and are tricked into signing a confession. Unless you are mentally competent and are persuaded by the evidence (not of the crime, but the evidence that the system is corrupt) that you should plead to a lesser crime. You have to make it to the court before that little sound-bite of freedom kicks in.
enraged_camel 9y ago
Pray. Even if you aren’t religious. I’m not religious and I would definitely pray.
- enraged_camel 9y ago
  I'm laughing at the downvotes. The OP asked what to do if getting swatted and I offered a genuine opinion, apparently this isn't allowed on HN. ;)
  - r3bl 9y ago
    > Pray. Even if you aren’t religious. For what? For the SWAT team to do a better job at the scene? For their training to be better in such situations? For 350 million to not prank call the police? Any of these three solutions are better than praying to god to someone who is not religious, and yet, none of them will produce any result what so ever.
    - enraged_camel 9y ago
      I meant it in the sense that there is nothing you can do. Jesus christ HN can be dense sometimes...
      - sctb 9y ago
        Users are rightly downvoting and flagging you for breaking a variety of guidelines. Could you please stop that? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Steko 9y ago
Call the house? Call back the original report?
- Medox 9y ago
  exactly. it is THAT simple sometimes.
bonestamp2 9y ago
Ideally it wouldn't get this far but at a minimum, the police should not shoot until an actual gun is seen. Thinking they are in danger is not good enough, their rules for engagement need to be as high as the military, if not higher... they should have to confirm there is an actual threat and should not fire their weapons until at least that threat is confirmed. A feeling is not enough to shoot on.
- ams6110 9y ago
  Do you actually think that "a feeling" is the training standard for deciding whether to shoot?
  - bonestamp2 9y ago
    I don't think it's the training standard, but it is the most common defense in court. Somehow military soldiers are able to resist these feelings and have much more strict rules of engagement. Citizens should have the same protection against being shot at by the police that terrorists get from being shot at by the military. I don't think that's too much to ask.

None. That situation should not occur, at all. Unless you can handle it, in which case you should be a drug lord or similar. It is a travesty of the Rule of Law.

lowbloodsugar 9y ago
"Innocent until proven guilty in a court of law." Unless you are murdered by the police for pulling up your pants. Unless you are murdered by the police "restraining" you. Unless you are murdered by the police in your cell. Unless you are mentally incompetent and are tricked into signing a confession. Unless you are mentally competent and are persuaded by the evidence (not of the crime, but the evidence that the system is corrupt) that you should plead to a lesser crime. You have to make it to the court before that little sound-bite of freedom kicks in.

enraged_camel 9y ago

Pray. Even if you aren’t religious. I’m not religious and I would definitely pray.

enraged_camel 9y ago
I'm laughing at the downvotes. The OP asked what to do if getting swatted and I offered a genuine opinion, apparently this isn't allowed on HN. ;)
- r3bl 9y ago
  > Pray. Even if you aren’t religious. For what? For the SWAT team to do a better job at the scene? For their training to be better in such situations? For 350 million to not prank call the police? Any of these three solutions are better than praying to god to someone who is not religious, and yet, none of them will produce any result what so ever.
  - enraged_camel 9y ago
    I meant it in the sense that there is nothing you can do. Jesus christ HN can be dense sometimes...
    - sctb 9y ago
      Users are rightly downvoting and flagging you for breaking a variety of guidelines. Could you please stop that? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Steko 9y ago

Call the house? Call back the original report?

Medox 9y ago
exactly. it is THAT simple sometimes.

bonestamp2 9y ago

Ideally it wouldn't get this far but at a minimum, the police should not shoot until an actual gun is seen. Thinking they are in danger is not good enough, their rules for engagement need to be as high as the military, if not higher... they should have to confirm there is an actual threat and should not fire their weapons until at least that threat is confirmed. A feeling is not enough to shoot on.

ams6110 9y ago
Do you actually think that "a feeling" is the training standard for deciding whether to shoot?
- bonestamp2 9y ago
  I don't think it's the training standard, but it is the most common defense in court. Somehow military soldiers are able to resist these feelings and have much more strict rules of engagement. Citizens should have the same protection against being shot at by the police that terrorists get from being shot at by the military. I don't think that's too much to ask.