Re:20 years for swatter who got a man killed
by geofft on Friday March 29, 2019 @10:11PM
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> It's not like the police force gets a kick out of deploying SWAT.
I'm actually not quite sure about this, unfortunately....
Re:20 years for swatter who got a man killed
by soraminazuki on Friday March 29, 2019 @11:09PM
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> but hopefully not at the expense of quick response to real emergencies.
An overpowered response at the expense of innocent lives are not in any way better. It's actually worse, since the people responsible for the killings don't face the consequences like everyone else.
Re:20 years for swatter who got a man killed
by paulddraper on Saturday March 30, 2019 @10:02AM
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Agreed
Re:20 years for swatter who got a man killed
by dragonwriter on Friday March 29, 2019 @09:22PM
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> I don't know if you're being serious or not, but some things are time sensitive, and a slow or underpowered response can be fatal.
And so can a hasty, under-/mis-informed, and/or overpowered response.
I don't know if you're being serious or not, but some things are time sensitive, and a slow or underpowered response can be fatal.
It's not like the police force gets a kick out of deploying SWAT. Yes, obviously the response needs to be more precise, but hopefully not at the expense of quick response to real emergencies.