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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: 0s | source
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tomcam ◴[18 Nov 24 01:28 UTC] No.42168915[source]▶
Not sure why swatting isn’t treated like attempted murder
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drexlspivey ◴[18 Nov 24 02:14 UTC] No.42169121[source]▶
Well he is facing 20 years
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saghm ◴[18 Nov 24 02:19 UTC] No.42169148[source]▶
That's a pretty light sentence for 375 murder attempts and threats.
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pluc ◴[18 Nov 24 14:34 UTC] No.42172597[source]▶
It's only attempted murder because American SWAT is trigger happy, equipped literally like an army and shoots before asking questions or establishing context, that's hardly his fault.
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lupusreal ◴[18 Nov 24 14:38 UTC] No.42172630{3}[source]▶
It's his fault if he knows his actions may result in the targets death and does it anyway.

"It's hardly my fault the police doused pluc with gasoline, all I did was throw a match"

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1. pluc ◴[18 Nov 24 15:01 UTC] No.42172904{4}[source]▶
If you have smart police officers who do smart police work this is a mild annoyance at best. Not trying to defend him, but SWAT is just as guilty as he is.
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2. lupusreal ◴[18 Nov 24 20:36 UTC] No.42176684[source]▶
AFAIK the swat teams involved in the OP incidents didn't kill anybody, so they more or less did their jobs properly. Nonetheless, the intent was there; this guy committed hundreds of attempted murders.