Garcia admitted he used an online phone service to call in fake emergencies to agencies in the United States and Canada.
  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
    461·
    8 months ago

    Swatting should be treated as attempted murder. If a person dies in the altercation, then premeditated murder.

      • lud@lemm.ee
        102·
        8 months ago

        If a police department gets tricked into Swatting an innocent party due to a fraudulent call to 911, the entire department should be disbanded and replaced with officers who do due diligence before busting people’s doors down.

        But what if it’s actually serious?

        • HonkyTonkWoman@lemm.ee
          71·
          8 months ago

          Yep. If the department ignores a call, believing it’s a hoax, & it turns out not be?

          Someone’s gonna shit the bed if that goes down.

    • ours@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      I believe US law punishes the person committing a crime if the police kills someone intervening to said crime.