Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted him over his rare Twitter handle

Re:Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted him over ... by umvi on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @09:30PM (#27901287)

> The core problem with swatting really seems to be the process of reaction by adult police officers starting with a fully-militarized force as their first interaction

Well the alternative is to assume every crisis phone call is a prank/crying wolf? You'll just swing the other direction and the police will show up unprepared for a crisis every once in a while.

Say some kids go to Mecca and "prank" big crowds of people by shouting "bomb! bomb!" and then it causes a stampede and people die. Is the core problem there the reaction of the adult Muslims not being skeptical enough of the initial claim?

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Re:Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted him over ... by kelnos on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @09:33PM (#27901307)

I think the parent is off about that being the "core" problem, but you're presenting a false dichotomy: one can be skeptical about the truth of a crisis phone call while still investigating to see what's really going on.

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Re:Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted him over ... by selimthegrim on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @01:38AM (#27902700)

You realize there are checkpoints on all the roads to Mecca where they check your documents and religious affiliation, right?

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