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> Does anyone have any suggestions for how we should actually handle situations like these? Mandatory country wide minimal training standards for all LEOs, aut
by tastroder 7y ago
> Does anyone have any suggestions for how we should actually handle situations like these?
Mandatory country wide minimal training standards for all LEOs, automatic investigation when a shot is fired, demilitarization, getting rid of trigger happy or clearly racist officers, lowering qualified immunity to a remotely sensible level, it's not like there wouldn't be approaches that work in other countries. Oh and of course doing something about America's gun culture on the other side would be another good start but that's never going to happen either.
The best response in the US so far seems to be registering on potential victims lists like in Seattle (https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-stop-swatting-before-it-happens-seattle/ https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-stop-swatting-before-it-h... - HN discussions exist if you're interested).
- thecyborganizer 7y agoThe victim list is a good idea, but it wouldn't have prevented this shooting - the victim in this case was simply the hapless individual living at the former address of the intended target (who gave that address to the swatter). The victim list did recently prevent the attempted swatting of Seattle author Ijeoma Oluo: https://www.newsweek.com/author-so-you-want-talk-about-race-targeted-swatting-hoax-white-supremacists-1454644 https://www.newsweek.com/author-so-you-want-talk-about-race-...
- tastroder 7y agoSure, I didn't want to imply that the list itself is a bad idea, it's surely a necessity that works. The "best response" part was merely to point out that more substantial preventative actions, like better training, would be preferrable in my view to shift the paradigm to a world where "swatting" isn't a realistic thing in the first place.