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Re:FBI finally tracks “swatting” incidents as attacks increa... by throw_m239339 on Friday June 30, 2023 @06:15PM (#36543191)
This is why Swatting is a crime that should severely punished, like attempted murder or harsher. I know it's not going to solve how the police handles interventions like these, and people lost their lives as the result of these actions but it's clearly people trying to murder others via cops... these aren't pranks.

But yeah, we need to rethink certain police protocols as well...

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Re:FBI finally tracks “swatting” incidents as attacks increa... by NoMoreNicksLeft on Friday June 30, 2023 @06:17PM (#36543215)
I think this misses the point entirely.

If the police can be used to commit a crime akin to murder, maybe it's not the criminal we should be worried about so much as the police.

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Re:FBI finally tracks “swatting” incidents as attacks increa... by ttyprintk on Friday June 30, 2023 @06:34PM (#36543415)
I think the article misses that point. Somewhere toward the middle, more mental health professionals to understand the swatter. No thanks, not on my dime. Send the mental health professionals to the swatted house where they can relaxedly see nothing is wrong.
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Re:FBI finally tracks “swatting” incidents as attacks increa... by throw_m239339 on Friday June 30, 2023 @06:20PM (#36543248)
> I think this misses the point entirely.

No it doesn't miss any point entirey.

I said

> But yeah, we need to rethink certain police protocols as well...

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Re:FBI finally tracks “swatting” incidents as attacks increa... by hackerlight on Friday June 30, 2023 @06:59PM (#36543703)
If someone hires a hitman to pull the trigger, that someone is an integral part of the chain of causality leading to the murder, and that should be criminal.
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Re:FBI finally tracks “swatting” incidents as attacks increa... by CyberDildonics on Friday June 30, 2023 @07:07PM (#36543794)
Why are the police synonymous with "hitmen" ?
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Re:FBI finally tracks “swatting” incidents as attacks increa... by NoMoreNicksLeft on Friday June 30, 2023 @11:17PM (#36546084)
The police can't help themselves. It's not their fault. Their academies never taught them wrong from right. Maybe if they're made to attend a 2 hour training seminar entitled "How to not murder the victims of SWATting" they'll do better.
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Re:FBI finally tracks “swatting” incidents as attacks increa... by ummonk on Friday June 30, 2023 @07:08PM (#36543807)
Rocks can be used to murder people by bashing them on the head. Maybe it's not the criminals we should be worried about so much as all the rocks out there on planet earth.
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Re:FBI finally tracks “swatting” incidents as attacks increa... by themitigating on Friday June 30, 2023 @07:16PM (#36543899)
Rocks are inanimate objects, the police are people
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Re:FBI finally tracks “swatting” incidents as attacks increa... by nemo44x on Friday June 30, 2023 @07:22PM (#36543981)
Agreed. Start throwing the swatters in prison for 10 year terms and you’ll see a change in behavior quickly.
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Re:FBI finally tracks “swatting” incidents as attacks increa... by stjohnswarts on Saturday July 01, 2023 @12:37PM (#36551928)
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Re:FBI finally tracks “swatting” incidents as attacks increa... by nemo44x on Saturday July 01, 2023 @12:59PM (#36552132)
Would be smart. And of course bring the video cameras and make a spectacle of dragging a pimply 18 year-old out of his moms basement. Throw the book at him and make it very high profile. Sucks the kid has to waste away 10 years in the clink but someone has to be the example.
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