Mind TAKEN!! Ooooooweeeeeeooooo!

Nah, the story was pretty we have is pretty shaky. I will give him the benefit of a doubt until more comes to light.

Thank you for your concern. Troll harder.

it went away because she is a barely credible nutjob

No, fuck you for saying he’s not as guilty. An innocent man isn’t murdered in his own home unless both parties do what they did. The caller and the cop should both go up on manslaughter or murder charges, depending on what statute allows.

False: We actually have laws for incidents involving one person convincing another person to commit murder. It’s still murder. Fuck off.

Then the police would have to admit they’re out here murdering all the time and cannot be trusted with their trigger happy tactics.

I’m so sick of hearing about the police murdering compliant people in total absence of wrongdoing. I’m even sicker of the fact that they get away with it.

The reason the police officer was there does not excuse the fact that he shot an innocent person.

Gamers can’t figure out that life isn’t a fucking game. Hope they see some serious jail time.

he reached towards his waistband

Also, time to start prosecuting trigger happy cops for murder. This. Is. Not. Acceptable.

So, the troll gets caught and... what, gets slapped with filing a false report charge?

I don’t see this as anything different than hiring a hitman. The cops are on hair triggers on the best of days. You give them a seemingly legitimate reason to think they’re going into a life or death situation, you might as well be…

Not a “prank.” Murder. You don’t call SWAT on someone unless you intend for someone to die.

Note: I know you are not saying this, responding more to the general “Big deal nobody got hurt, it was hilarious” crowd.

I came here to say the same thing. The police and the caller are both criminally liable. If a man answers the door peacefully and is then exexuted, that is terrible police recruiting / training / practice. We now know from the Daniel Shaver case that police are eager to open fire, and treat civilian lives as…

Sooner or later Swatting was gonna get somebody or a -lot- of somebodies killed, so the fact that it took this long is amazing and sad all at the same time. I hope whatever DA takes this case once they find the parties behind it charges them appropriately and the judge throws the book at said parties.

Well... It’s finally happened. Hope these people who “pulled the prank” get a heavy sentence. Before now, they’ve always hid behind, “It’s just a joke, no one got hurt!” Hopefully they get set up as examples. I’m scared it’ll be a 15 year old who gets a slap on the wrist.

“I didn’t get anyone killed because I didn’t discharge a weapon, and because...”

No.

Fuck you.

If you made that call, you are at fault, full stop.

It’s a fucking video game. Get your shit together and be a decent human being, or see yourself into the care of those who will prevent you from harming others over your tiny…

So a guy is now dead over half the price of a small coffee and the people actually responsible are all washing their hands of it because they don’t understand how consequences work?