Archived 15 year-old prankster sentenced to 25 years for swatting, blamed for SWAT team overreacting and shooting someone (voat.co)
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Archived 15 year-old prankster sentenced to 25 years for swatting, blamed for SWAT team overreacting and shooting someone (voat.co)
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[–] InnocentBystander 8 points 12 points 20 points (+20|-8) ago
I approve in this case. A swat team is an undisciplined club. It is not a tool of precision. Unless that kid was retarded he knew he was putting lives in danger. It also makes it clear to any future swatters that this is not acceptable.
Personally I do not have a problem with harsh punishments in cases of clear guilt that endanger innocents.
The shithead did this for lols because he was butt-hurt over losing a game. That is the kind of person I would rather not have on the street.
Throw away the key.
[–] InnatelyAcidic 6 points -4 points 2 points (+2|-6) ago
Yeah, I'm sure as a 15 year old, you never did anything fucking stupid, without a second thought to the potential repercussions of said action. How could you? You're perfection incarnate after all. Right?
You stink of 'holier than thou prick.'
I'd argue that there's a reasonable expectation for police officers; Special Weapons And Tactics, no less, to only use deadly force if the situation demands it; to be able to assess the situation, and administer the appropriate level of force necessary, in an extremely short amount of time. How can a kid be expected to, basically, be clairvoyant?
Did he deserve punishment? Yes, absolutely. When did the concept of a minor not bring judged as harshly as an adult, except in the most heinous of circumstances?
[–] WakkoWarner 5 points 9 points 14 points (+14|-5) ago
Infact it isn't. But what they call "justice" is actually revenge in disguise.
The whole swatting thing is just insane and mostly only an american phenomena, it is not this 15y/o fault if the cops are blood thirsty and seek any possible excuse to murder, torture and destroy the life of random people.
Yes, he made a mistake and yes, he needs some kind of corrective punishment for it (say forcing him to work for some months for his community for free)... but it is not the 15y/o who shoot, injured and perhaps killed someone because of incompetence, that's is fully responsibility of the cops who went there and shoot an unarmed person in his own house only because someone made them a phone call.
[–] InnocentBystander 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
But the kid knows the cops are like that and sends them in. He is at fault for that.
The cops are a different problem, you are right. But that is what makes the kids actions so bad. He sent killers after innocents. He is a criminal, and responsible for his actions.
The fact that the cops can also be murderers does not change anything.
[–] fr33europe ago
It is the same as if he was behind the trigger.
Getting swatted is no joke
[–] juicyloops 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
Although the father was harmed, they also said that there was absolutely no evidence of a shooting or any stress, so why the hell was he shot? They just walk in and start shooting? They could be shooting hostages. The 15 year old kid should have to take responsibility for the terrible decision he made, but not that injury.
[–] demi_god_dylan 2 points -1 points 1 point (+1|-2) ago
This is pretty harsh this kid is an idiot but he wasn't acting maliciously. I think he should be let out lot sooner and hopefully he will be, but he needs to pay for the crime he committed the. It would also be kind of great if he gets raided once or twice a year for a while at random times during the year but that would probably get ruled as strange and unusual punishment.
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