Three Men Charged in ‘Swatting’ Schemes

Post by AstralStorm » Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 10:55 AM UTC

kinleyd wrote: post #18

aharrison wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You will note that I did not say "scam" anonymous call. I said "anonymous call" which includes both real and anonymous calls. Police officers should respond with force dictated by the circumstances of their situation, trained in such analysis, and held accountable to their decisions - both as individual officers and as departments. The source of the initial investigation should have little if any impact on the level…

Spot on. I believe the crux of the issue lies in the present bias toward officer safety, leading to an almost anything goes situation if the officer claims to have felt endangered. Which is quite ridiculous because the danger is always there. It's just not an acceptable reason to blast away.

They're paid hazard rates exactly because of the danger. They are not supposed to cause danger. It is completely unacceptable.

At least here which is not US there is no such problem.

Post by cannonedhamster » Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 4:53 PM UTC

Memosyne wrote: post #43

specialp wrote: post #12

The main perpetrator whom gave up his friends Tyler Rai Barriss actually did cause the death of someone in Kansas by "Swatting" them. He then was completely unapologetic. These new indictments are after he accepted a plea deal for 20-25 years in federal prison. Here is his twitter: https://twitter.com/goredtutor36?lang=en . He boasted about swatting people and somehow got internet access in prison and posted his late…

According to a police statement regarding the 2017 Wichita Swatting event: "Officers gave [the victim] several verbal commands to put his hands up and walk towards them. The male complied for a very short time and then put his hands back down to his waist. The officers continued to give him verbal commands to put his hands up, and he lowered them again." [1] I'm not well informed on the subject, but wouldn't equippin…

They shot him from across the street, with poor visibility, from a semi concealed position for pulling up his pants. There are no non-lethal tools that would have worked at the distance they were at and the man would have had to have been a fantastic shot to pose a risk to the officers based on the distance.

In the video the officer who fires is to the left of the speaker. Caution you will see someone getting shot to death.

https://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article192111974.htm...

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