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Re:Serial swatter who caused death gets five years in prison by recursive on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @08:10PM (#27913768)
It bothers me too. It's just that the part about the phone call doesn't seem relevant to me. If the caller had used text or video instead, the problem is the same.

Availability of military-style shoot-first-ask-later force to anyone is a problem, regardless of the communication mechanism used to request it.

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Re:Serial swatter who caused death gets five years in prison by kjeetgill on Thursday July 22, 2021 @01:55AM (#27915844)
Hm, I think the the other poster didn't really mean the put the communication medium in the spotlight here and was just referring to police brutality tongue in cheek.

That's my impression atleast, so I'd guess you agree.

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Re:Serial swatter who caused death gets five years in prison by recursive on Thursday July 22, 2021 @02:05PM (#27922224)
Murder is generally bad, but making it generally impossible doesn't seem like a realistic goal though. IMO a slightly more approachable problem is the militarization of local police forces.
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