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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[–] Gracchi 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago (edited ago)
I have little sympathy for this kid, calling our police on someone is directly putting their lives at risk, but our police are completely out of control. SWAT teams were just supposed to be special units used when faced with potential crimials so highly armed that regular police couldn't handle it. Over a few dacades their use has become routine against the most non-violent of "criminals".