“Swatter” Tyler Barriss Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter

Re:“Swatter” Tyler Barriss Charged with Involuntary Manslaug... by DoreenMichele on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @06:02AM (#16157298)

My position is that the caller needs to be held responsible. If you agree that it was not done for fun, then I really don't know why you are arguing with me at all. Everything you have said agrees that the caller acted with malice aforethought. I cannot comprehend how you think that justifies letting him off the hook.

General police violence in the US is not a justification for saying the caller should not be held responsible for their part in this.

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Re:“Swatter” Tyler Barriss Charged with Involuntary Manslaug... by watwut on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @06:18AM (#16157376)

It does not matter whather you punish him or how much all that much. The root cause is how police systematically reacts, how afraid they are and how little they value citizens lives.

I don't see people saying he should not be punished. They say that cops needs to change.

Focusing on his punishment is like adding yet another hack into badly engineered system - it makes people feel good and makes one bug go away, but it does nothing to address root cause which is bad system.

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Re:“Swatter” Tyler Barriss Charged with Involuntary Manslaug... by DoreenMichele on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @06:25AM (#16157400)

Look, I quoted what I was responding to, which was someone saying that the guilt of this guy was essentially irrelevant. They have since changed their remark.

Me asserting that it isn't okay to let him off the hook is not the same as me saying the system as a whole is fine and does not need reform.

Arguing with me from that angle amounts to putting words in my mouth.

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