A prank is putting shaving foam on a friend's hand while he sleeps. Sending armed and twitchy police to someones house resulting in a man's death is not. At all.
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You are so right. If everybody under the sun wasn't allowed to purchase assault rifles that can shoot 60 rounds at a time, the police might not be so twitchy. What ever happened to talking someone down? No one even tries anymore.They could've found out it was a prank call.
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Let's be honest, American police have always been known to be trigger happy even when you couldn't buy AR-15s from Wal-Mart and bump stocks with next day delivery on the internet.
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There are some countries that average cops don't carry guns, they may kick your ass but you'll live,they don't face 350 million legal guns and millions more made in garages that arent registered,we had 128 officers die in 2017 and 2000 unarmed citizens on behalf gun rights
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There are approximately 90 armed civilians for every armed police officer in the US.
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1. The officer who shot and killed and unarmed man. 2. Everyone who was involved in selected, calling, and putting the fake SWAT call in motion. All should be charged, tried, and convicted.
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I haven't seen anyone mention it yet - Why didn't Wichita PD first use a hostage negotiator? or at least attempt to phone the house or use a bullhorn before they sent the SWAT Team to the door? It seems they knew before they went there that they would shoot to kill.
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I think the victim came to his front door to see what the commotion was. Not sure SWAT came to his actual door yet. Still, they basically shot a man looking outside to see what SWAT was gathering for. He was clearly no threat and they killed him because they were scared.
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Oh, I see. The early report I read said that the victim answered his door, so I assumed there was a knock.
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They have arrested the caller, who has a criminal history.http://beta.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-swatting-suspect-20171230-story.html …
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The caller certainly broke the law and is to blame, but the trained professionals who did not accurately assess the situation and acted impulsively bear greater responsibility.
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Let's not call "swatting" a "prank". It is a false police report. If it is not a crime, it should be.
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It is a crime , however less officers die in the line of duty every year in the last 20 but more civilians are killed so the police are becoming more aggressive about solving things with bullets, no matter who dies or pulls the trigger from guns, even 1 is too many .
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The guy who called in the swatting is 100% to blame. The cops may have made horrible mistakes but they were acting in good faith and would never have been put into that position if it wasn’t for a malicious swatter.
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The cop shot an unarmed man. That is criminal. Even if it *had* been a hostage situation, you can't just execute unarmed people. The police are most certainly guilty here as well. Do no absolve their criminal acts.
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the caller and the cops, duh
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I would humbly request the removal of the word "prank" here. Falsely calling an armed, militarized police force to the home of someone who disagrees with you on the internet is not a "prank." It's terrorism.
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