Kansas Man Killed In ‘SWATting’ Attack
This is so disturbing on many levels and is indicative of the whole breakdown of our society, and the loss of individual freedom and personal safety. Imagine you are at home, and a swat team shows up, and you answer the door, knowing you have no reason to see them. Make a false move and cops who expect a situation respond in the manner trained, and boof, dead. Now, look at the moron who did it, hiding behind technical walls, anonymity, and refusing any responsibility, simply because he thinks he can get away with it. Not only that, but he has bragged on various bomb threats and other "swatting" he has done. This is when I toss my personal position of not imposing my morals on others out the airlock, and want this guy found, and not tried, but swatted himself, with a bullet. The immaturity of society is so rampant, the lack of any responsibility for anything, we see it in politics, where lie till you die is the standard, to government that imposes its will on you, taxes you to death for whatever they want, and the looter mentality of "I want what I want, and I will take it". It is prevalent in so many places and institutions. Sad.
But if you have a SWAT team then you start calling them out for everything -- and they get to play war games.
Then there's that other criminal matter of making phony phone calls to the police.
They lack empathy, the ability to stand in someone else’s shoes and understand how they feel. Someone with this personality type sees others as objects he can use for his own twisted wicked acts.
Swatting and false bomb warnings should be a potential life sentence.
Happy New year Nickursis!
Of course such things happened before in these united states, e.g., the Bonus Army slaughter by McArthur and Patton who were rewarded, not punished.
http://www.historynet.com/the-bonus-a...
That disgusting use of force eventually helped elect an even worse statist, FDR, as president.
The Senate was also at fault for preventing an early payment to the Bonus Army. A free market solution (selling the rights to guaranteed government future payments on the open market) would have been easy, but the swamp dwellers of the Dark Center ignored the possibility.
When government controls the just-us system it will rule in governments' favor (and suppress any lawsuit against government from getting a start) regardless of the seriousness or legality of the government offense. On occasion there will be a sacrificial cut-out or fall-guy served up to the public that protects the more guilty, sometimes voluntarily like Michael Milken (S&L junk bond crisis) and sometimes as unwary stooges as Lee Harvey Oswald and Bernie Madoff in 2008.
However, responding to a call should make the responders much more careful than when responding with a warrant where there is more credible information pertaining to the danger that may await you. I place a large part of the tragedy on the responsibility of the police for responding with military tactics on behalf of a third party contact.
Power corrupts. Take away the power.
Why be a suicide bomber, when you can simply phone in your death request?
Then, again, you only kill one person per call...not too efficient.