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My perspective from the U.K. is that it’s primarily the swatters fault but the terrible action taken by the police is somewhat “allowed” by US society due to fe
by JamesBaxter 9y ago
My perspective from the U.K. is that it’s primarily the swatters fault but the terrible action taken by the police is somewhat “allowed” by US society due to fear of guns being available.
I was trying to figure out how prevalent swatting is in the U.K. and if it could go this wrong. At least here the police don’t have to be as afraid of an armed defence which gives them less of an excuse for overreacting
- pjc50 9y agoI've found a Brit involved in a US swatting: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/robert-mcdaid-charged-tyran-dobbs-swatting-hoax-call-swat-terrorism-maryland-shot-gun-explosives-a7677071.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/robert-mcdaid... And someone swatted Mumsnet: https://www.newstatesman.com/sci-tech/2015/08/troll-hacked-mumsnet-and-sent-armed-police-founders-house https://www.newstatesman.com/sci-tech/2015/08/troll-hacked-m... But generally the lack of trigger-happy police makes it much less likely in the UK. I suspect a lot of protocol was built up in the era of regular (most, but not all false) bomb threats from the IRA.