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Swatting doesn't work in any other country than America because in any other country than America, the police won't immediately murder someone based on a phone

Swatting doesn't work in any other country than America because in any other country than America, the police won't immediately murder someone based on a phone call.

adventured 4y ago
Swatting rarely results in murder in the US, and obviously it makes the news when it does. It's largely an effective harrassment, terrorization (fear) tactic. Congressperson Marjorie Greene (yes she's terrible, not the point) being an on-going example of that.
- cassianoleal 4y ago
  > Swatting rarely results in murder in the US, and obviously it makes the news when it does. I don't think this is as much of a counter-argument as you seem to think.
bhelkey 4y ago
> Swatting doesn't work in any other country than America because in any other country than America A Twitch streamer was swatted in the UK [1]. [1] https://www.shacknews.com/article/131816/twitch-streamer-keffals-arrested-during-swatting-incident https://www.shacknews.com/article/131816/twitch-streamer-kef...
- Symbiote 4y ago
  That's London in Canada.
- ghusbands 4y ago
  > A Twitch streamer was swatted in the UK It says "Canadian" in the headline and throughout the article. Still a country other than America, but not the UK.
  - OJFord 4y ago
    But also the most similar country there is to the USA.