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In response to "Let me ask a legal question. Why don't the cops require some sort of verification when they're prepared to send in a SWAT team?" by David

the whole thing is maddening. He called city hall, not the police, didn't have a local number and refused to give more details to the dispatcher.

Posted by Reagen Dec 30 '17, 14:23

this never should have even gotten to the stage of sending out the team.

(of course, there's the problem of it being an underlying assumption of these attacks that the police can be counted on to overreact dangerously)

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Jeez, I hope he doesn't get off from charge of making false police report because he didn't actually report to the police -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 30, 14:55 3
- He can probably be charged with some level of murder - manslaughter, depraved indifference... -- nm - . Dec 30, 14:58 2
  - I hope so, he knowingly put someone in danger, it was a forseeable risk (and he had been charged with swatting before) -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 30, 15:15 1
    - I expect they'll also look at the past threats he's confessed to on Twitter. -- nm - Ender Dec 30, 15:33
There's obviously some steps missing here. -- nm - . Dec 30, 14:45
And the person's alive if we have gun control laws in this country. - David Dec 30, 14:26 1
- Yup. It's the perfect Gordion Knot. -- nm - Reagen Dec 30, 14:28

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the whole thing is maddening. He called city hall, not the police, didn't have a local number and refused to give more details to the dispatcher.

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