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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: 1.294s | 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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1. sirspacey ◴[18 Nov 24 18:39 UTC] No.42175464[source]▶
You are asserting quite a lot here.

Have you spoken with SWAT team members?

The few I know would find this attitude of “killing is fine because we won’t be sued” abhorrent

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2. bigiain ◴[18 Nov 24 22:47 UTC] No.42177940[source]▶
> Have you spoken with SWAT team members?

Not only do I have zero interest in speaking with SWAT team members, I have very real reasons why I choose wherever possible to not talk to any cops at all.

https://youtu.be/d-7o9xYp7eE

The fact that you "know a few" SWAT team members immediately makes me strongly suspicious that you are part of the problem, perhaps not directly corrupt yourself, but very likely to be complicit in hiding the misbehaviour of police you know who are corrupt.

ACAB