What else are they going to do with all of that excessive money and time…and desire to shoot people?
87Six@lemmy.zip 16 hours ago
How the fuck is swatting even a thing?
Can just anyone call the police, yell “BOMB AT X ADDRESS!” and they just show up, tear down doors and throw you to the ground???
All, without repercussions???
III@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
BanaramaClamcrotch@lemmy.zip 16 hours ago
Pretty cool way of collecting OT too… kitting up with the boys, kicking doors down, shouting at grandmas…
Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 hours ago
Police? Work? Nah
SupremeDonut@lemmy.ml 16 hours ago
Gotta test this bearcat somehow!
pound_heap@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 hours ago
In my state there is a law that makes false call to 911 a criminal offense. If someone says “there is a bomb” on such call, that makes it more serious offence because this will cause public alarm. If the person making such call is stupid enough to do it from their phone, they will likely be identified and prosecuted. And people doing stupid things tend to be that stupid.
I’m not sure about damages caused by the raid, though. SWAT doesn’t know if the threat is real or not, so they can’t be held liable. Probably the victim can sue the caller, if they’ve been found…
HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
How about the police do, idk, like 5 min of police work to verify literally any part of the story first?
protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 minutes ago
things like this can often be very time sensitive, beyond that exactly how would they very verify it?
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
That’s crazy talk!
87Six@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
Exactly, like asking “is the caller even in the same area? Who lives there? Is this place usually agitated?” Which seems like they would need to know before going in anyway…
ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 15 hours ago
Yeah, exactly, that’s exactly how it happens. It’s so fucking dumb.
FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 hours ago
Not only without repercussions, but without reparations. Anything destroyed or damaged is on the owner to replace/fix, including the pile of splinters formerly known as “door”.