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Re:Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted him over ... by patrickthebold on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @10:03PM (#27901513)
The article doesn't give much details about what the police did. It says there were a lot of them, and that the victim came out of their house with a gun and was told to put their hands up.

So they definitely didn't storm in. And he did have a gun.

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Re:Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted him over ... by choward on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @10:11PM (#27901574)
> It says there were a lot of them

> ... they definitely didn't storm in.

Yes. There were a lot of them for absolutely no reason but for a completely baseless claim.

> And he did have a gun.

This is irrelevant. He was on his own property and did nothing wrong. The authorities didn't know he had a gun before sending so many cops.

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Re:Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted him over ... by TheFreim on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @10:18PM (#27901634)
> Yes. There were a lot of them for absolutely no reason but for a completely baseless claim.

How would they know its baseless? If someone broke into your house with a gun do you want the police to show up assuming you're lying?

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