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Re:Three Charged in Fatal Kansas ‘Swatting’ Attack by agildehaus on Thursday May 24, 2018 @04:22PM (#17148022)
The root problem is the overreaction to the phone call. Swatting wouldn't exist without police overreaction and lack of verification.

We can control how police act by settings standards and demanding better. We cannot prevent terrible people from making false 911 calls.

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Re:Three Charged in Fatal Kansas ‘Swatting’ Attack by GFischer on Thursday May 24, 2018 @05:46PM (#17148740)
Exactly, swatting DOESN'T exist outside the U.S. (save a rare counterexample).

Cops in my country aren't great, but they don't do this, ever.

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