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I can’t find any articles that say an actual SWAT team was dispatched. This article and the one it sources both say that police responded to a call. They have s
by PragmaticPulp 5y ago
I can’t find any articles that say an actual SWAT team was dispatched. This article and the one it sources both say that police responded to a call. They have stock photos of SWAT teams and they talk about “swatting” but this sounds more like local police rushing to the scene.
The homeowner actually went outside with a gun in hand to confront the police, but they de-escalated the situation without shots fired. The man died of a heart attack from the stress of confronting the police with a gun, not from being attacked by an actual SWAT team.
- MattGaiser 5y agoYeah, people are essentially mad at the police for showing up.
- WesleyHale 5y agoThe article does define swatting as a large armed response as opposed to a SWAT team responding, but it's splitting hairs. The guy walked outside to a squad of officers aimed at him. Whether they were SWAT or not seems mostly irrelevant.
- TaupeRanger 5y ago> The man died of a heart attack from the stress of confronting the police with a gun And even that is probably an exaggeration. Stressful situations don't cause fatal heart attacks by themselves...he probably had severe heart disease before this happened.
- decker 5y agoDoes a swat team have to show up for it to be swatting?