LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting call to Wichita police
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Re: LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting call to Wichita police
#2Like Brian Krebs said yesterday on his blog -- it seems like the doctrine of felony murder should apply here.
Re: LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting call to Wichita police
#3Apparently he wasn’t even a gamer. They had the wrong address
Re: LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting call to Wichita police
#4Like Brian Krebs said yesterday on his blog -- it seems like the doctrine of felony murder should apply here.
Doctrine of WTF is wrong with the Police should apply here.
Re: LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting call to Wichita police
#5Like Brian Krebs said yesterday on his blog -- it seems like the doctrine of felony murder should apply here.
And what would that make the US police forces look like? To me, as an European, it makes them look like a weapon, which you can conjure by a simple phone-call. It doesn't have to be like this.
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#6Re: LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting call to Wichita police
#7Is the policeman who killed an unarmed man at his house going to be charged? Ideally this wouldn't be a rhetorical question.
How long until the police give themselves the right to kill someone annoying by anonymously phoning in a warning then making sure they're amongst the ones who turn up?
Re: LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting call to Wichita police
#8Like Brian Krebs said yesterday on his blog -- it seems like the doctrine of felony murder should apply here.
And what would that make the US police forces look like? To me, as an European, it makes them look like a weapon, which you can conjure by a simple phone-call. It doesn't have to be like this.
(As another European) it's hard to see any alternative for regular people whose profession just happens to put their life at almost permanent risk, thanks to the attitude toward guns over there.
I'm not sure if in Europe we'd react any different -- if you called the police to report an in-progress shooting, I wouldn't be surprised if a similar trigger-happy result emerged
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#9Re: LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting call to Wichita police
#10Edit: I didn't realize that it takes about 40 minutes for a tranquilizer to take effect, if they hit the target in the right spot.
I apologize for my stupidity.