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Teen behind hundreds of swatting attacks pleads guilty to federal charges

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242 points LinuxBender | 2 comments | 18 Nov 24 00:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.601s | source
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plagiarist ◴[18 Nov 24 01:29 UTC] No.42168920[source]▶
It should really not be possible for a single anonymous phone call to dispatch a heavily armed response team to break down someone's door.

Aside from that, people who do so are despicable. 20 years is a light sentence. Taking money to put people in situations that could easily become deadly.

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bigiain ◴[18 Nov 24 01:53 UTC] No.42169045[source]▶
It wouldn't be a problem, if the "heavily armed response team" was properly held to account when they killed innocent people.

Cops kill people on the basis of ludicrous anonymous phone call because they know they'll get away with it when it turns out to be false.

And they like it that way.

There needs to be a few very public cases of entire SWAT teams getting 20 year sentences.

ACAB

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nkrisc ◴[18 Nov 24 02:45 UTC] No.42169284[source]▶
> It wouldn't be a problem, if the "heavily armed response team" was properly held to account when they killed innocent people.

You’re right, but it is a problem and people who choose to abuse that fact deserve to have the book thrown at them.

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1. account42 ◴[18 Nov 24 14:39 UTC] No.42172638[source]▶
Before the people that make this possible and carry out the raids in an unsafe manner and without due dilligence? Before the ones protecting the police from any accountability?

The kid should be punished, yes, but a quarter of his lifespan is not exactly a light sentence.

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2. nkrisc ◴[18 Nov 24 15:03 UTC] No.42172927[source]▶
Before, after, concurrently - it doesn’t matter.

Both issues need to be addressed and addressing one doesn’t relate to the other.

This kid shouldn’t get off easy just because his crime shouldn’t be possible. It is possible, and he chose to do it. Most people are good and choose not to do it.