Current Events > Kansas man falls victim to swatting prank, is killed by police

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Prankster needs like 5 years max. SWAT guy who shot him needs to be properly punished for shooting for no particularly reason.
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ChainedRedone posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

People are literally defending this

I mean I'm not going to lie. It is funny to see someone get swatted live on stream. Still a dick thing to do.

The guy who got swatted was not involved in any of it. One of the players provided a false address.
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Filing a false report is a crime and this should be treated as such. Since it ended in death, heap a murder charge onto the creep too.

If you want to prank someone, then be at least half decent about it. Stop and ask yourself, could I cost another human being their life by doing this dumb ass thing I'm about to do? If yes, then stop, shut it down and go order them a pizza or something.

Caller deserves either hard time or being sued into third world poverty. Since he's likely judgment-proof, there's only one viable route. >_>
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Anyone who does this is... urgh... damn, guys... this is fucking stupid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gedVHbgIt7c
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ThePieReborn posted...

Caller deserves either hard time or being sued into third world poverty. Since he's likely judgment-proof, there's only one viable route. >_>

I did a Google and found this:

Consequences for Filing a False Police Report

Depending upon the jurisdiction, a false police report may be charged as a misdemeanor or a felony. Misdemeanor charges may result in jail terms of one year or less. Typically, the defendant must also pay fines. If a person is charged with a felony, they may be looking at more than a year in jail and substantial fines. The person who made the false report may also be liable in a civil suit, such as if their report caused damage to another's reputation.

At the federal level, the consequences become even more serious. A false report that involves terrorism is treated the most severely, with prison terms of between seven and 20 years being common. The courts may also consider a false report of terrorism as a violent crime even if no violence occurred.

https://thelawdictionary.org/article/what-happens-when-you-file-a-false-police-report/

I'd hope they'd find a way to have a hostage situation be similar to a terrorist situation, but that might be a stretch
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ive said it before and ill say it again
swatting is not a prank, it is attempted murder
anything can go wrong and get the victim shot during the process so by swatting someone you are knowingly endangering their life and do deserve to be charged with murder
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People be stealin my style
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VectorChaos posted...

Here comes everyone with an anti-cop hard-on.

It's almost as if the police were completely lied to about the situation and were thoroughly expecting hostility as a result.

cops responded to his Wichita home amid a false report that he had shot his father to death and was now holding his mother, brother and sister hostage.

Nah, let's blame the cop for being given false information by some shitstain on society.

Or we can blame them both. It kind of is their job to assess the situation not instantly fire at first sight because they thought it would be hostile. I blame the person who made the call more but the actions of the cops arent ones we should disregard and never question.

So what youre saying is someone could call the cops to my house right now and say I think he might kill me and the cop can show up and just shoot me instantly because he thought I might hurt him? What kind of logic is that?
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What is really amazing to me is how this is handled in a country, presumably British, as opposed to how it's handled in the States. Like why do cops almost always escalate these things to the max?

https://youtu.be/gedVHbgIt7c?t=485
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Weezy_Tha_Don posted...

Reis posted...

The gamer who supposedly committed the prank later tweeted: "I DIDNT GET ANYONE KILLED BECAUSE I DIDNT DISCHARGE A WEAPON AND BEING A SWAT MEMBER ISNT MY PROFESSION."

Imagine this total lack of accountability

Sayoria levels of accountability right here

@ImaAskAQuestion

What.
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I'd like for the guy to be charged with murder but I'm sure it'll just be manslaughter

Manslaughter charge for swatter. Get a third party to confirm if the shooting was legit but doesnt sound like it

Here's the guys newest tweets. His twitter name is "GoredTutor36", it was "SWAutistic" about an hour ago though.

Tweet #1

So then how about I just get the death sentence???????

For not killing someone.

Honestly think about how stupid some of you are

Will me serving ANY time justify someone dying? k. Thank u.
I didnt do shit but if you really think I did then I shall just get death sentence IMO

Tweet #2

Literally put it out in plain text and it is still going over peoples heads.

Wow, some of you are so fucking stupid and simple minded.
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a42ozslushie posted...

Here's the guys newest tweets. His twitter name is "GoredTutor36", it was "---istic" about an hour ago though.

Tweet #1

So then how about I just get the death sentence???????

For not killing someone.

Honestly think about how stupid some of you are

Will me serving ANY time justify someone dying? k. Thank u.
I didnt do shit but if you really think I did then I shall just get death sentence IMO

Tweet #2

Literally put it out in plain text and it is still going over peoples heads.

Wow, some of you are so fucking stupid and simple minded.

I really hope he gets jail time.
It's so easy to be a "tough" asshole online. This guy's a friggin' coward and I don't know why he's still engaging anyone, just making it worse for himself.
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He deserves nothing less than a televised execution
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Hexenherz posted...

I really hope he gets jail time.
It's so easy to be a "tough" asshole online. This guy's a friggin' coward and I don't know why he's still engaging anyone, just making it worse for himself.

The dumbass is incriminating himself on the internet. That never ends well.

Prankster needs life in prison he got some one killed its murder
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Now that he is bragging I hope he gets "helped" in jail by the other inmates, an asshole like this usually gets what they deserve in the big house.
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Death penalty for the caller tbh
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a42ozslushie posted...

Here's the guys newest tweets. His twitter name is "GoredTutor36", it was "SWAutistic" about an hour ago though.

Tweet #1

So then how about I just get the death sentence???????

For not killing someone.

Honestly think about how stupid some of you are

Will me serving ANY time justify someone dying? k. Thank u.
I didnt do shit but if you really think I did then I shall just get death sentence IMO

Tweet #2

Literally put it out in plain text and it is still going over peoples heads.

Wow, some of you are so fucking stupid and simple minded.

You can tell hes nervous and knows hes fucked.
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i@GoredTutor36
6m6 minutes ago
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Hypothetically speaking

Let's say I just kill myself RIGHT now for the purpose of this getting through your guys heads.

Will justice have been served? Will the family stop mourning? Or do you then just begin to hate the cop for killing him, which is what some Fb users r doing

When you know you're wrong so you gotta try to convince yourself otherwise
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Ex-Kefiroth posted...

I'd like to see lengthy sentences for the "prankster" AND the asshole cops who fired the fatal shots

This really. Assholes always think its funny to pull this dangerous shit and now someone is dead because of it and they should use this clown to make an example that swatting is not okay. And the cops too, I don't know police protocol or any of that so maybe I'm off base, but: "Livingston declined to comment on what triggered the officer to open fire and would not say whether Finch was armed" sounds super shady.

Reis posted...

i@GoredTutor36
6m6 minutes ago
More
Hypothetically speaking

Let's say I just kill myself RIGHT now for the purpose of this getting through your guys heads.

Will justice have been served? Will the family stop mourning? Or do you then just begin to hate the cop for killing him, which is what some Fb users r doing

When you know you're wrong so you gotta try to convince yourself otherwise

The trump method
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Ex-Kefiroth posted...

I'd like to see lengthy sentences for the "prankster" AND the asshole cops who fired the fatal shots

the cop isnt an asshole in this situation
lots of things can go wrong on the job and they are taught to shoot to kill if they feel they have to
they went there to rescue a hostage. its completely possible the victim panicked and made a sudden movie that looked like he was reaching for a weapon causing the cop to react the way he is trained to react.

the only one at fault here is the guy who called them in the first place
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yusiko posted...

the cop isnt an asshole in this situation

I mean, he killed an innocent person. I'd call that being an asshole.

ChainedRedone posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

People are literally defending this

I mean I'm not going to lie. It is funny to see someone get swatted live on stream.

No it is not. What the fuck.
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TheVipaGTS posted...

You can tell hes nervous and knows hes fucked.

Since I've been drinking all day for numerous reasons, I'll indulge in my belligerence.

Good. He should be scared shitless. While the officer in question is culpable, so is this idiot for creating the possibility in the first place. It needs to be demonstrated that there's a cost for getting your shits and giggles by swatting someone. This dipshit knew exactly what he was doing and what exactly could happen.
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Darklit_Minuet posted...

yusiko posted...

the cop isnt an asshole in this situation

I mean, he killed an innocent person. I'd call that being an asshole.

You have no idea what went down in that encounter.
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r4X0r posted...

Darklit_Minuet posted...

yusiko posted...

the cop isnt an asshole in this situation

I mean, he killed an innocent person. I'd call that being an asshole.

You have no idea what went down in that encounter.

literally doesn't fucking matter. the encounter happened because he lied to police.
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ChromaticAngel posted...

r4X0r posted...

Darklit_Minuet posted...

yusiko posted...

the cop isnt an asshole in this situation

I mean, he killed an innocent person. I'd call that being an asshole.

You have no idea what went down in that encounter.

literally doesn't fucking matter. the encounter happened because he lied to police.

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With 400 swats a year, it was always a matter of time something goes wrong. The cops handled the other 399 situations correctly, but not this one.

I feel bad for the police officer and I feel terrible for the man who got killed. The caller needs to be arrested and thrown in jail for at least 20 years.
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ChromaticAngel posted...

r4X0r posted...

Darklit_Minuet posted...

yusiko posted...

the cop isnt an asshole in this situation

I mean, he killed an innocent person. I'd call that being an asshole.

You have no idea what went down in that encounter.

literally doesn't fucking matter. the encounter happened because he lied to police.

You guys are talking about two different people.

We can all agree the kid is an asshole.

It's harder imo to come to that conclusion about the cop. It's very easy to get emotional and say the cop's an asshole, too. But the cops were operating on information that they were going to a really dangerous house and as was pointed out we don't know what happened there, so imo better to pass judgment after an investigation is done.
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ChromaticAngel posted...

r4X0r posted...

Darklit_Minuet posted...

yusiko posted...

the cop isnt an asshole in this situation

I mean, he killed an innocent person. I'd call that being an asshole.

You have no idea what went down in that encounter.

literally doesn't fucking matter. the encounter happened because he lied to police.

I thought you were talking ABOUT the police.
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What possibly could have went down in that encounter? He was an innocent dude who had no idea what was happening and has no reason to act out. You think he suddenly just rushed the cop or something? What more likely happened is the cop went in trigger happy because he expected a hostile situation or saw a cell phone and thought it was a gun.

The person who placed the call deserves more blame. Unless the man pulled out a gun or attacked the cops (which doesnt seem likely) then the cop deserves some blame too. I just find it hard to believe that the situation was actually intense enough to warrant an instant shot like that. It was perceived to be, most likely, but cops should have better judgement.
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fenderbender321 posted...

I think he should get punished. But hard time? Come on.

Fuck you for thinking he shouldn't.
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dude literally responsible for some ones death swatting should be a terroristic crime
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XXHornDogXX posted...

I blame society's youth obsession with streaming video game content. It does nothing but poison kids, teens, and young adults.

Really? Hundreds of thousands of kids seem to have no problem ingesting Twitch content, and other streaming services. Seems like the problem lies entirely with the little psychopath that thought that SWATing someone was a great way of exacting a measure of revenge on someone they were arguing with over CoD.
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TheVipaGTS posted...

What possibly could have went down in that encounter? He was an innocent dude who had no idea what was happening and has no reason to act out. You think he suddenly just rushed the cop or something? What more likely happened is the cop went in trigger happy because he expected a hostile situation or saw a cell phone and thought it was a gun.

idk what happened but put yourself in the cop's shoes that you just got a call that this guy killed people and has guns. Your adrenaline is already pumping, it just complicates things.
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Hexenherz posted...

TheVipaGTS posted...

What possibly could have went down in that encounter? He was an innocent dude who had no idea what was happening and has no reason to act out. You think he suddenly just rushed the cop or something? What more likely happened is the cop went in trigger happy because he expected a hostile situation or saw a cell phone and thought it was a gun.

idk what happened but put yourself in the cop's shoes that you just got a call that this guy killed people and has guns. Your adrenaline is already pumping, it just complicates things.

its called de escalation cops are trigger happy psychos now
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CADE FOSTER posted...

Hexenherz posted...

TheVipaGTS posted...

What possibly could have went down in that encounter? He was an innocent dude who had no idea what was happening and has no reason to act out. You think he suddenly just rushed the cop or something? What more likely happened is the cop went in trigger happy because he expected a hostile situation or saw a cell phone and thought it was a gun.

idk what happened but put yourself in the cop's shoes that you just got a call that this guy killed people and has guns. Your adrenaline is already pumping, it just complicates things.

its called de escalation cops are trigger happy psychos now

Since when did cops start busting doors down and going in full throttle in perceived hostage situations in the first place. Isn't that the exact time when they should be holding back to assess the situation

Axiom posted...

CADE FOSTER posted...

Hexenherz posted...

TheVipaGTS posted...

What possibly could have went down in that encounter? He was an innocent dude who had no idea what was happening and has no reason to act out. You think he suddenly just rushed the cop or something? What more likely happened is the cop went in trigger happy because he expected a hostile situation or saw a cell phone and thought it was a gun.

idk what happened but put yourself in the cop's shoes that you just got a call that this guy killed people and has guns. Your adrenaline is already pumping, it just complicates things.

its called de escalation cops are trigger happy psychos now

Since when did cops start busting doors down and going in full throttle in perceived hostage situations in the first place. Isn't that the exact time when they should be holding back to assess the situation

I think they started do that after Columbine. in Columbine they held back and while they were waiting, a bunch of people died. so they started just going in

I hope they catch that PoS and put them in there for a long time. Wtf do these little psychos hope to accomplish by doing this?
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Hexenherz posted...

TheVipaGTS posted...

What possibly could have went down in that encounter? He was an innocent dude who had no idea what was happening and has no reason to act out. You think he suddenly just rushed the cop or something? What more likely happened is the cop went in trigger happy because he expected a hostile situation or saw a cell phone and thought it was a gun.

idk what happened but put yourself in the cop's shoes that you just got a call that this guy killed people and has guns. Your adrenaline is already pumping, it just complicates things.

I get that. But that shouldnt be justification. You need to understand the severity of the job you chose. If a Dr is performing serious surgery on A family member and he fucks up can I just say man...it was a difficult surgery. He was probably nervous...no. We expect more of them. I understand the cop will be on edge but better judgement overall still needs to be used. We seem to expect that from every profession except the police.
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Antifar posted...

1. Do not SWAT people.
2. The SWAT team probably shouldn't be so quick to kill folks, idk.

1. Agreed.
2. Agreed.
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TheVipaGTS posted...

What possibly could have went down in that encounter? He was an innocent dude who had no idea what was happening and has no reason to act out. You think he suddenly just rushed the cop or something? What more likely happened is the cop went in trigger happy because he expected a hostile situation or saw a cell phone and thought it was a gun.

The person who placed the call deserves more blame. Unless the man pulled out a gun or attacked the cops (which doesnt seem likely) then the cop deserves some blame too. I just find it hard to believe that the situation was actually intense enough to warrant an instant shot like that. It was perceived to be, most likely, but cops should have better judgement.

According to other reports, it was a multiple hostage situation with one person killed already. The police are trained to shoot the hostage taker, which was probably mistaken for the person who opened the door.

The caller is a serial swatter. It's not the first time he swatted someone and this time it got fatal. He need to be tracked down and throw in jail.
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...

TheVipaGTS posted...

What possibly could have went down in that encounter? He was an innocent dude who had no idea what was happening and has no reason to act out. You think he suddenly just rushed the cop or something? What more likely happened is the cop went in trigger happy because he expected a hostile situation or saw a cell phone and thought it was a gun.

The person who placed the call deserves more blame. Unless the man pulled out a gun or attacked the cops (which doesnt seem likely) then the cop deserves some blame too. I just find it hard to believe that the situation was actually intense enough to warrant an instant shot like that. It was perceived to be, most likely, but cops should have better judgement.

According to other reports, it was a multiple hostage situation with one person killed already. The police are trained to shoot the hostage taker, which was probably mistaken for the person who opened the door.

The caller is a serial swatter. It's not the first time he swatted someone and this time it got fatal. He need to be tracked down and throw in jail.

Something is clearly wrong with this person. Don't think they'll enjoy it when the family presses charges and they find themselves in prison with a bunch of hardened ass criminals.
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Why did the SWAT call someone answering the door, wtf?
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Imagine opening your door, oatmeal in hand, and getting blasted with assault rifle for no reason.

He left behind two kids too...
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