> some in this thread are calling for leniancy for 'swatters' Saying that swat teams need to safely deal with false reports is not in any way sympathizing with

> some in this thread are calling for leniancy for 'swatters' Saying that swat teams need to safely deal with false reports is not in any way sympathizing with swatters. Of course swatting is bad - everyone knows that. But "get people to stop lying to police" is not an achievable goal; "get police to stop killing randoms because someone lied" is. > perhaps because they've done it themselves or are friends with those who have. This is out of line, surely.