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Re:Man charged after US gamer is shot by SWAT following hoax... by ballenf on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @05:49AM (#14096157)
The local new channel has a much better summary of the situation from before the caller was identified:

http://wjla.com/features/7-on-your-side/fbi-says-swatting-is...

The police statement on the issue has additional detail that, if true, puts the victim in a slightly different light.

https://www.scribd.com/document/271698829/Howard-County-Poli...

My conclusion is that the guy had a small stash of pot and was panicking thinking they were there for that. So he was going around his apartment trying to hide it instead of coming out when directed. Police interpreted that as hostility and shot him. They claim the shot to the face was because the guy "fell into" a shot intended for the torso. I really don't know how they said that with a straight face.

The advice in the first link to call your local police if you think someone might try to SWAT you sounds very helpful.

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Re:Man charged after US gamer is shot by SWAT following hoax... by panic on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @06:12AM (#14096252)
The police have a long history of making things up to justify their violence after the fact. Don't get me wrong, they're an important part of our society, but it's a shame we can't seem to get our police to stop acting like this (especially toward black people like Mr. Dobbs).
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Re:Man charged after US gamer is shot by SWAT following hoax... by mtempleton on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @06:14AM (#14096266)
>the guy "fell into" a shot intended for the torso. I really don't know how they said that with a straight face.

Oh this sort of thing happens all the time. Haven't you seen the documentary, The Matrix?

It is like when Gary Webb exposed a CIA drug running scheme. Died of 2 gunshot wounds to the head. The universe opens itself up to interesting probabilities when police accountability is on the line.

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Re:Man charged after US gamer is shot by SWAT following hoax... by simonh on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @07:05AM (#14096511)
Is groundless mud-slinging like that really necessary? Why even do that? If he had a small stash of pot surely the police would have found it. They had a ton of motivation to find something to pin on him.
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Re:Man charged after US gamer is shot by SWAT following hoax... by misnome on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @05:54AM (#14096178)
So, he deserved death because he panicked?
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Re:Man charged after US gamer is shot by SWAT following hoax... by rkangel on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @06:10AM (#14096242)
No. That's why he was shot with non-lethal rounds. He suffered serious injuries certainly, and the whole case is deplorable, but it was a fairly reasonable response to his actions at that moment.
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Re:Man charged after US gamer is shot by SWAT following hoax... by caf on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @07:43AM (#14096698)
They're not "non-lethal", they're "less lethal". People can and do die from rubber bullets.
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Re:Man charged after US gamer is shot by SWAT following hoax... by GordonS on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @05:34PM (#14101982)
> That's why he was shot with non-lethal rounds

In the face - not his legs or torso (Not that he should have been shot at all).

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Re:Man charged after US gamer is shot by SWAT following hoax... by GordonS on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @05:33PM (#14101976)
> They claim the shot to the face was because the guy "fell into" a shot intended for the torso

Seriously? Was he levitating when they busted in gun blazing?!

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