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Re:Call of Duty gaming community points to ‘swatting’ in Wic... by jstarfish on Friday December 29, 2017 @09:21PM (#16033423)
Sending armed officers to someone's house under the pretense that the resident is an armed threat does not result in 'inconvenience.' Inconvenience is a hundred pizza guys being sent to your house delivering stuff you didn't order.

This may be the first death as the direct result of a prank call, but it is far from the first accidental death as the result of a swat team being deployed.

If inconvenience were truly the goal, a prank call to child services that launches an investigation would work much better. But that's not the outcome the caller actually wants to see happen.

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Re:Call of Duty gaming community points to ‘swatting’ in Wic... by pwaai on Sunday December 31, 2017 @03:26PM (#16042707)
Sending in armed officers with the assumption that the victim will disobey direct police orders and get himself killed is a mental gymnastic that only lies within your head. It does not belong in the courts because there's no way to prove intent without evidence. Conjectures are not accepted in court.
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