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In this case it was an irresponsible prank, but it seems perfectly possible that someone could mistakenly give an incorrect address for a real situation, or the
by lutorm 8y ago
In this case it was an irresponsible prank, but it seems perfectly possible that someone could mistakenly give an incorrect address for a real situation, or the 911 operator could copy it down wrong, or whatever. There are simply too many possibilities that could lead to a false alarm that shooting first and asking questions later when showing up at a house without in any way ascertaining whether there is a real threat is, in my mind, a completely unreasonable procedure.
- jacquesm 8y agoI don't think this was a prank. This was a calculated effort to cause someone bodily harm by weaponizing the police services.
- lutorm 8y agoI thought it was a calculated effort to scare the shit out of someone, not actually getting people shot. (I'm admittedly not very experienced in this art, but my assumption would not be that if I called the cops on someone they would just gun them down.)
- jacquesm 8y agoRead the article and how the situation is described. They are not asking for 'the cops' they know the result of the call is that a heavily armed SWAT team is going to go in with the intent of disabling the hostage taker. That's way beyond just scaring someone.