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Maybe we could stop shooting first and asking questions later? I don't recall any stories of this happening in other developed nations.
by wnevets 5y ago
Maybe we could stop shooting first and asking questions later? I don't recall any stories of this happening in other developed nations.
- PragmaticPulp 5y agoThe police didn't shoot anyone. The person who died came outside to greet the police with a gun in hand. The police de-escalated, but they continued to be cautious because they had received a call about a violent gun-related crime in progress.
- wnevets 5y agoYou're correct, I confused this case with the other cases of swatting that resulted in death.
- didibus 5y agoThey didn't shoot in this case, he died from the stress of the event causing him a heart attack. Also, this is only one last straw in a long string of harassment tactics, those on their own should be enough to be sent to jail in my opinion. Releasing public information, tricking cash on delivery to the person's address, making false reporting of child abuse to security services about the person, coordinating to have strangers unknowingly perform home invasion at their house, etc. There might be something to be said about a swat team response, but let's not get distracted by what is a much more common and growing type of crime.
- whimsicalism 5y ago> I don't recall any stories of this happening in other developed nations. https://www.newstatesman.com/sci-tech/2015/08/swatting-uk-trolls-newest-intimidation-and-harassment-tool-and-police-need-take-it https://www.newstatesman.com/sci-tech/2015/08/swatting-uk-tr... Other countries don't have loose guns policies like we do, which means that more incidents will require armed response.