How dare the hivemind gaf think a person should be able to at peace in his house, the police should charge him for the bullet.
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British man charged after US gamer is shot by Swat police following hoax call
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How dare the hivemind gaf think a person should be able to at peace in his house, the police should charge him for the bullet.
JigglesBunny
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The victim is extremely lucky they were only rubber bullets, Christ. Like the first post said, toss the book at the assholes responsible for it happening, throw the book at the trigger-happy responders and hope this guy isn't physically or mentally traumatized for life because of this.
Whoever came up with "swatting" is a prick. Everyone following in their footsteps are just as awful.
Whoever came up with "swatting" is a prick. Everyone following in their footsteps are just as awful.
Frozenprince
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CambriaRising
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TheOohChild
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Because assessing the threat before responding would have apparently meant cooperating with a foreign government?
old manatee
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Wow @ the SWAT team. I guess they'll just believe anything an anonymous person tells them over the phone.
Also, lol @ redshirt for ranting about rantGAF.
Also, lol @ redshirt for ranting about rantGAF.
If you don't think there are inherent problems with the police force in America, then you're absolutely deluded.
You can acknowledge this and not hate all cops, you know?
Tinfoilhatsron
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Can't you guys see you're being unfair to the cops who shot a sleeping man in the face? You guys! Calm down...
Seriously though rubber bullets are still pretty dangerous aren't they? Especially in close range?
Seriously though rubber bullets are still pretty dangerous aren't they? Especially in close range?
Very dangerous, but he's lucky they used rubber bullets in the first place.
qa_engineer
Member
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. I would love to see the courts fuck this guy's life up by putting him jail for at least 5 years.
"Hey guys, the police broke into my house and shot me in the face!
Lucky for me they only used rubber bullets, lol"
Not more disgusting than police that easily gets manipulated to a shoot someone with just a simple prank call.
A step further into that, is the justice system, that will now somehow find the police not guilty.
Dyson Industries
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What sort of stupid question is this?
justsomeguy
Member
Why did the police shoot an innocent unarmed man?
Handy Fake
Member
Police need to be reprimanded at the very least, I'll bet the lad is going to get a hefty lawsuit in his favour. Never understood the heavy-handedness of US police.
The SWATter should be done for attempted murder, because that's what it is.
The SWATter should be done for attempted murder, because that's what it is.
justsomeguy
Member
I'm hugely pro police - in fact I spend every day of my working life with them trying to help improve officer safety and incident response - but I still don't understand how this kid got shot and think it's entirely sensible to ask questions. Labelling any reasonably questioning voice as "anti-police" is unreasonable.
GeordieMark
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I doubt being a swatter gives you much clout in jail. These two clowns are in for a rough ride.
You probably don't have much going for you if you spend your time pranking the cops.
0coolclimate0
Member
I'm pro police too, I want more information before I settle on whether the police did anything wrong. I'd like to see some other sources. Until then I'm gonna wait, aside from that though, the kids who did this should be charged and really made an example of. Terrorism is a big deal here, they had to know he was gonna get hurt. No swatting is good, but bomb threats... Shit.. they had to know what was gonna happen.
Edit: At least the American had to know.
The Lamonster
Member
I agree with the victim.
Charge the idiot cops who shot him, too.
Charge the idiot cops who shot him, too.
grap3fruitman
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http://wjla.com/features/7-on-your-...ime-trend-both-locally-and-nationally--115595
"While 20-year-old Tyran Dobbs said he still has nerve pain in his face, he said it is the sharp pain in his heart that really bothers him whenever he sees police."
"The ordeal ended when Dobbs was shot right between the eyes with a rubber bullet from a police officer's gun."
"Turns out Dobbs had been "swatted" and he was the innocent victim. He still has to undergo another facial reconstruction surgery, according to his family."
Yeah, pretty dangerous.
FIREKNIGHT2029
Member
This. Make an example of this asshole.
mr teaspoon
Member
I just want to chime in and request to be counted among the people who think an individual takes on more responsibility when they become a police officer and pick up a weapon, not less. Seems like a lot of people think the officers' status as police officers justifies weapons discharge that'd land anyone else in jail.
They shot a dude in the face.
They shot a dude in the face.
Hale-XF11
Member
Yup. You want someone dealt with swiftly, just dial 911.
Megatron
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We have basically no information at all as to what happened in the guy's home. Yet that doesn't stop people from jumping to conclusions and assuming the police were in the wrong. Some people In here actually believe they shot a guy while he was sleeping. Come on, don't be so stupid. For the rest of you, what do you think happened, the police walked into his house said 'Are you Tyran?' he Said yes and then "BLAM" right in the face? It seems MORE likely that they told him to get on the ground and he refused. Again, there's no details, so we don't know what happened, but we can't simply assume they were completely in the wrong. It sucks that this happens, but sometimes these calls are real. If it was a real call and the bomb went off because they they were researching the situation, people would have been screaming at them for not acting fast enough. It's a thankless job, where they face the possibility of death every day, and they are damned if they do and damned if they don't.
rochellepaws
Member
Very disturbing that in some countries there are police forces who will attack first and ask questions later in this manner.
Yea I just meant the cost of sending the swat team out there and the cost of health premiums. There will certainly be lawsuits involved.
old manatee
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ClosingADoor
Member
Hope the fucker pays the rest for his live to this guy. He should be fined, cover the medical costs, do time, and pay for the damage he caused to his life. See that his stupid actions have consequences and set an example to all other idiots doing this.
common sense
old manatee
Banned
Rubber bullets make police feel like they are at a paintball range and it's totally cool to go fucking ham.
malboroking
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Where has anybody said that literally every police officer is incompetent and evil? That's a strawman argument. The problem is there are so many incidents of incompetence where the officer is not held accountable. I've seen several videos of officers shooting and killing unarmed individuals and rarely does it end up with the officer being held accountable.
When you are given as much authority as police officers are given, you need to be held to an extremely high standard. Unfortunately, officers are not being held to that standard, so trust in the police is eroding.
There are many jobs that are more dangerous than being a police officer. Being a taxi driver is more dangerous, but you can be sure if a taxi driver shot and killed an unarmed person, they would be held accountable. We cannot use the inherent danger of their profession as an excuse for poor behavior.
No one but the most extreme anti-authoritarians are saying that all cops are bad or even that a majority of cops are bad, but if there is an incident where a person has committed no crime ends up being shot in the face with a rubber bullet, the officers need to be held accountable for handling the situation extremely poorly.
stargateheaven
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First time in UK. Needed to be done to set an example.
Not on the same level, but same as that DDoSer on overwatch that got arrested. Stop that shit. It needs to be done to set an example that the internet isn't just a free place to hide and do illegal stuff.
Not on the same level, but same as that DDoSer on overwatch that got arrested. Stop that shit. It needs to be done to set an example that the internet isn't just a free place to hide and do illegal stuff.
yeah but in the midst of being woken up as armed officers barged into his home he had the audacity to turn around. can you believe it?
he obviously deserves to get his face fucked up to the point of needing reconstructive surgery.
there is literally no other way this could have been handled.
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