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Man seeks millions after being shot by police in game-related swatting incident

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Re: Man seeks millions after being shot by police in game-related swatting incident

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I don't understand why more police agencies aren't being super careful with this stuff, especially if they're being sent to a house / location where no other crimes have been reported. It would be one thing if you have a call to a house that's had domestic violence calls, other shootings, etc. Instead, they're just getting a call and thinking, "Oh no! Danger!" and running in, guns blazing. I love the protection from the police but sometimes I'm afraid they don't think intelligently and instead just react.

Re: Man seeks millions after being shot by police in game-related swatting incident

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Time to start a new company, Swatly.ai, which listens in on 911 calls and warns police if they may be responding to a SWATting attempt. Working on integrating into their firearms so they won't fire unless the AI thinks it's load-bearing.

Re: Man seeks millions after being shot by police in game-related swatting incident

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I don't understand why more police agencies aren't being super careful with this stuff, especially if they're being sent to a house / location where no other crimes have been reported. It would be one thing if you have a call to a house that's had domestic violence calls, other shootings, etc. Instead, they're just getting a call and thinking, "Oh no! Danger!" and running in, guns blazing. I love the protection from…

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Re: Man seeks millions after being shot by police in game-related swatting incident

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I don't understand why more police agencies aren't being super careful with this stuff, especially if they're being sent to a house / location where no other crimes have been reported. It would be one thing if you have a call to a house that's had domestic violence calls, other shootings, etc. Instead, they're just getting a call and thinking, "Oh no! Danger!" and running in, guns blazing. I love the protection from…

Some protection!

Re: Man seeks millions after being shot by police in game-related swatting incident

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I don't understand why more police agencies aren't being super careful with this stuff, especially if they're being sent to a house / location where no other crimes have been reported. It would be one thing if you have a call to a house that's had domestic violence calls, other shootings, etc. Instead, they're just getting a call and thinking, "Oh no! Danger!" and running in, guns blazing. I love the protection from…

Some protection!

In San Francisco the cop cars don't say "To serve and protect" they say "Safety with respect" lmfao

cuts to 6 cops beating a guy with clubs

Re: Man seeks millions after being shot by police in game-related swatting incident

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They need to get sued _hard_ and lose millions, as well as have cops put in jail before real change happens. I feel sorry for this kid but he's doing the right thing.

> cops put in jail

Right. The real justice comes from treating this incident like you would if there were no municipal coffers at play, and simply punish criminals for criminal action.

Re: Man seeks millions after being shot by police in game-related swatting incident

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I don't understand why more police agencies aren't being super careful with this stuff, especially if they're being sent to a house / location where no other crimes have been reported. It would be one thing if you have a call to a house that's had domestic violence calls, other shootings, etc. Instead, they're just getting a call and thinking, "Oh no! Danger!" and running in, guns blazing. I love the protection from…

They aren't being super careful because there's no cost to being careless.

Re: Man seeks millions after being shot by police in game-related swatting incident

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some protection!

In San Francisco the cop cars don't say "To serve and protect" they say "Safety with respect" lmfao cuts to 6 cops beating a guy with clubs

IIRC "To serve and protect" was originally from a movie. Cops don't have a duty to protect you, and there in fact many cases of a cop not intervening during a violent crime due to concerns for their own safety, even when the asailant only had a knife.
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