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You don't get SWATed for owning a child porn domain. SWAT teams only break down your door if you might have a weapon and be violent with it. If the police just

You don't get SWATed for owning a child porn domain. SWAT teams only break down your door if you might have a weapon and be violent with it. If the police just think you're involved in a crime, they have to get a warrant for your arrest and then knock on your door and wait "a reasonable amount of time". They're also less trigger happy if they don't suspect you of having a weapon.

munificent 4y ago
"The 2017 Wichita swatting occurred on December 28, 2017, in Wichita, Kansas, United States. The incident began as an online dispute between Casey Viner and Shane Gaskill, regarding the video game Call of Duty: WWII. During the dispute, Viner threatened to have Gaskill swatted, and Gaskill responded by giving him a false address for his residence, one that was occupied by an uninvolved person, Andrew Finch. Viner then asked Tyler Barriss to make the required fraudulent call to initiate the swatting. Wichita Police responded to the address, and as Finch was exiting his house, police officer Justin Rapp fatally shot him." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Wichita_swatting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Wichita_swatting
- throwaway787544 4y ago
  "Barriss, identifying himself as "Brian", claimed that he was at the residence at 1033 West McCormick Street, had fatally shot his father, and was holding family members at gunpoint. He asked if police were coming to the house, saying he had already poured gasoline all over the house and was threatening to set it on fire." ^ THAT is why the police shot. Not because someone had registered a domain name called "imakechildporn.com". They need a credible and imminent threat of violence. You can't just roll up on someone who might be hosting a "illegal website" and use that as a pretext to shoot first ask questions later.
  - Beltalowda 4y ago
    I'd argue that someone phoning in such an over-the-top movie scenario threat from an anonymous phone number is also not a "credible and imminent threat of violence". Definitely something that warrants investigation of course, but not something to start pulling out all the guns and start shooting people when they open the front door to see what all the ruckus is about.

munificent 4y ago

"The 2017 Wichita swatting occurred on December 28, 2017, in Wichita, Kansas, United States. The incident began as an online dispute between Casey Viner and Shane Gaskill, regarding the video game Call of Duty: WWII. During the dispute, Viner threatened to have Gaskill swatted, and Gaskill responded by giving him a false address for his residence, one that was occupied by an uninvolved person, Andrew Finch. Viner then asked Tyler Barriss to make the required fraudulent call to initiate the swatting. Wichita Police responded to the address, and as Finch was exiting his house, police officer Justin Rapp fatally shot him." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Wichita_swatting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Wichita_swatting

throwaway787544 4y ago
"Barriss, identifying himself as "Brian", claimed that he was at the residence at 1033 West McCormick Street, had fatally shot his father, and was holding family members at gunpoint. He asked if police were coming to the house, saying he had already poured gasoline all over the house and was threatening to set it on fire." ^ THAT is why the police shot. Not because someone had registered a domain name called "imakechildporn.com". They need a credible and imminent threat of violence. You can't just roll up on someone who might be hosting a "illegal website" and use that as a pretext to shoot first ask questions later.
- Beltalowda 4y ago
  I'd argue that someone phoning in such an over-the-top movie scenario threat from an anonymous phone number is also not a "credible and imminent threat of violence". Definitely something that warrants investigation of course, but not something to start pulling out all the guns and start shooting people when they open the front door to see what all the ruckus is about.