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Re:Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted him over ... by kelnos on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @09:31PM (#27901299)
The police/SWAT team are the ones who ultimately pull the trigger. They need to do their due diligence before doing so.

"Someone else told me XYZ" doesn't absolve you of responsibility for your actions. The people who called in with a false report certainly share in that responsibility, but it's not solely theirs.

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Re:Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted him over ... by MattGaiser on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @09:36PM (#27901324)
They didn't pull the trigger at all. They just showed up.
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Re:Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted him over ... by fouc on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @10:04PM (#27901521)
True, but did they show up aggressively and unannounced stormed into the guy's house or land while armed to the teeth and totally shock him into death?
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Re:Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted him over ... by PragmaticPulp on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @10:11PM (#27901573)
They didn’t storm anything. They responded to the call and the man came at the police with a gun. They de-escalated.

What are you proposing they should have done? Just waited it out from a distance?

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