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This is why Swatting is a crime that should severely punished, like attempted murder or harsher. I know it's not going to solve how the police handles intervent
by throw_m239339 3y ago
This is why Swatting is a crime that should severely punished, like attempted murder or harsher. I know it's not going to solve how the police handles interventions like these, and people lost their lives as the result of these actions but it's clearly people trying to murder others via cops... these aren't pranks.
But yeah, we need to rethink certain police protocols as well...
- NoMoreNicksLeft 3y agoI think this misses the point entirely. If the police can be used to commit a crime akin to murder, maybe it's not the criminal we should be worried about so much as the police.
- throw_m239339 3y ago> I think this misses the point entirely. No it doesn't miss any point entirey. I said > But yeah, we need to rethink certain police protocols as well...
- ttyprintk 3y agoI think the article misses that point. Somewhere toward the middle, more mental health professionals to understand the swatter. No thanks, not on my dime. Send the mental health professionals to the swatted house where they can relaxedly see nothing is wrong.
- hackerlight 3y agoIf someone hires a hitman to pull the trigger, that someone is an integral part of the chain of causality leading to the murder, and that should be criminal.
- CyberDildonics 3y agoWhy are the police synonymous with "hitmen" ?
- NoMoreNicksLeft 3y agoThe police can't help themselves. It's not their fault. Their academies never taught them wrong from right. Maybe if they're made to attend a 2 hour training seminar entitled "How to not murder the victims of SWATting" they'll do better.
- ummonk 3y agoRocks can be used to murder people by bashing them on the head. Maybe it's not the criminals we should be worried about so much as all the rocks out there on planet earth.
- themitigating 3y agoRocks are inanimate objects, the police are people
- nemo44x 3y agoAgreed. Start throwing the swatters in prison for 10 year terms and you’ll see a change in behavior quickly.
- stjohnswarts 3y agoYou'd probably need to put the "think again: 10 years in Federal Prison is a long time, Don't SWAT" ads in "in game" ads on phone games and such as well, but it would be worth
- nemo44x 3y agoWould be smart. And of course bring the video cameras and make a spectacle of dragging a pimply 18 year-old out of his moms basement. Throw the book at him and make it very high profile. Sucks the kid has to waste away 10 years in the clink but someone has to be the example.