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Given that this could have easily resulted in a death, calling it a "prank" and suggesting that "Whomever instigated the swatting should be ashamed of themselve
by weavejester 12y ago
Given that this could have easily resulted in a death, calling it a "prank" and suggesting that "Whomever instigated the swatting should be ashamed of themselves" seems the wrong of language for what is a pretty serious crime.
- mikeash 12y agoSeriously. How about, "Whoever committed this crime should go to prison"? I also object to the headline. It makes it sound like the police raided and arrested him for playing games.
- cyphunk 12y agoyou are probably right. it's a crime to abuse civil servants but wow what timing. right when the US is in the middle of a militarisation of police debate centered in part around abusive use of SWAT everywhere. In the end though this particular use illustrates that not all police are animals. Of course, Kootra is white. Just sayin.
- jdong 12y ago"could have easily resulted in a death" applies to lots of things. Getting in your car in the morning can easily result in a death. From a statistical point of view, this situation probably wasn't as dangerous at it seems.
- bmelton 12y agoWhile I agree wholeheartedly, we should probably discourage pranks that have non-zero (or at least non-negligible) chances of death as a potential outcome.
- Oculus 12y agoExactly. Techcrunch writes about interesting events sometimes, but boy do they have room for improvement when it comes to quality.