Teen behind hundreds of swatting attacks pleads guilty to federal charges

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242 points LinuxBender | 1 comments | 18 Nov 24 00:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.287s | 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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rgmerk ◴[18 Nov 24 03:46 UTC] No.42169561[source]▶

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To be ever so slightly sympathetic to American cops, unlike just about anywhere else in the developed world, it is plausible that the person behind the door is armed with anything up to an automatic rifle, and any random person they stop may be carrying a concealed firearm.

Given that, if I was busting down doors in the US, I’d want to be armed to the teeth, equipped with the best body armour money can buy, and wouldn’t waste a lot of time on niceties until I was sure that nobody was going to attempt to kill me.

Blame the Second Amendment as currently interpreted.

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1. potato3732842 ◴[18 Nov 24 14:50 UTC] No.42172778[source]▶

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When the cops think they are actually likely to encounter genuine armed resistance they ambush the suspect outside their home. If that's not practical they set up a perimeter. Police are not profession combatants. Their tactical doctrine is dominated by "gotta go home safe." SWAT raids exist mostly for the image and spectacle.

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