Nope, you didn't.

This should be the legal equivalent of involuntary manslaughter. I certainly hope that's how it is prosecuted.

I agree with that - the cops should definitively be prosecuted under that charge.

I honestly don't know how to respond to your level of moral apathy towards the person who initiated a series of events that could predictably, and indeed did, lead to the completely unnecessary death of an innocent person and traumatization of a family and a police force and a city.

The police definitely share some blame, but swatting is absolutely abhorrent. It is not a victimless crime, it is not a casual prank, it is unacceptable, and your indifference is incomprehensible.

You forget that in any normal - I repeat, NORMAL - country, police would not have killed an innocent person no matter what.

I get sick when I think that one phone call and a random address can get INNOCENT HUMAN BEINGS killed. Is this the American idea of being the greatest nation on earth?

If swatting deserves more than a fine, then you're living in a deeply fucked up society and should probably focus on fixing that first.

What you're suggesting would sound utterly ridiculous to someone in Europe.

People who make hoax bomb calls in the UK get prison sentences.

12 week sentence, suspended for 18 months. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales- news/bomb-hoax-caller-tells-judge-13811047

18 week sentence, suspended: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-42255427

12 month sentence (not suspended, I think) http://www.legalcheek.com/2015/02/breaking-news-nazi-bomb-ho...

2 years for a combined bomb hoax and blackmail: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/sep/29/g4s-employe...