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They know a SWAT team is going to go because they know police will overreact to a phone call.
by agildehaus 8y ago
They know a SWAT team is going to go because they know police will overreact to a phone call.
- rhacker 8y agoThat's exactly what I'm saying - yes the police bear some responsibility, but the caller still wanted this dangerous situation to exist.
- agildehaus 8y agoThe root problem is the overreaction to the phone call. Swatting wouldn't exist without police overreaction and lack of verification. We can control how police act by settings standards and demanding better. We cannot prevent terrible people from making false 911 calls.
- GFischer 8y agoExactly, swatting DOESN'T exist outside the U.S. (save a rare counterexample). Cops in my country aren't great, but they don't do this, ever.