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Re:Serial swatter who caused death gets five years in prison by lm28469 on Thursday July 22, 2021 @04:37AM (#27916746)
> Ask questions before shooting.

And how do you see that working exactly ? You're fixing the 1 in a billion edge case and breaking 99% of the real world interventions

"Sir are you stabbing your gf by any chance?"

"Hm nope, you must have the wrong number, is this a swatting aha ?"

"ok nevermind, have a good night sir"

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Re:Serial swatter who caused death gets five years in prison by lenkite on Thursday July 22, 2021 @05:22AM (#27916960)
This is actually what the UK police does. The UK no special status in law when it comes to the use of such force. So police do not escalate since they know they will be questioned on the their use of force.

The US police are extremely trigger happy. Since they are a 'protected class'.

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Re:Serial swatter who caused death gets five years in prison by lm28469 on Thursday July 22, 2021 @06:04AM (#27917188)
A 2 second google search shows swatting exists in the UK too. Call the cops and report any kind of serious armed crime going on in your house and I guarantee you they won't call the landline before showing up...

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/armed-police-swoop-on-hom...

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