“SWATING” fatality

[TheNewbie]

An arrest has been made.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/30...s-angeles.html

[blues]

An arrest has been made.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/30...s-angeles.html

I may have missed it in the above article, but I believe the individual arrested had previously run afoul of the law for alleged bomb threats.

[TheNewbie]

I may have missed it in the above article, but I believe the individual arrested had previously run afoul of the law for alleged bomb threats.

I think so too. Over a damn video game.

What asshole gives out a fake address and what a horrible person who did this. He's a schmindrick too because he's been caught before yet did something similar again .

[Kyle Reese]

I think so too. Over a damn video game.

What asshole gives out a fake address and what a horrible person who did this. He's a schmindrick too because he's been caught before yet did something similar again .

Yup. Think he'll serve any time over this latest incident, if convicted?

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[Chuck Haggard]

Yup. Think he'll serve any time over this latest incident, if convicted?

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We tend to still put people in prison here in KS

[TheNewbie]

Yup. Think he'll serve any time over this latest incident, if convicted?

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I hope so. I wonder if any legal action will happen to the guy who gave the fake address out.

[Lon]

In 2008 a regional SWAT team killed a guy in Easton, CT under highly dubious circumstances. The victims family has since been awarded $3.5 million. The cop who shot the guy received the "officer of the year award". This all came about because the victim was an undesirable guy living in an affluent neighborhood. $1.5 million to the homeowner.

WTF does this have to do with the thread topic? This situation was completely different than the drug raid in the article you linked.

[Totem Polar]

It should be a felony to "SWAT" someone.

If said someone gets smoked as a result, it should be felony murder.

JMO, IANAL, etc.

[TheNewbie]

I feel bad for the officer too. Damn this scumbag who screwed up all these lives.

[MGW]

This sucks. WPD is generally a very good organization. I know people that work for them and have done ride alongs multiple times. Weekends on night shift in Wichita are extremely busy and stressful as I’m sure any large metro department is. These guys run 1,000’s of calls and 99% of them go right.

This one call based on a false report resulted in the death of an individual. The loudest members of the public will not hold the person that made the call responsible. They’ll blame the officers that responded. This is a no win situation for the department. It won’t matter if the shooting is determined to be justified or not.

My heart goes out to the family of the victim and the officer and his family. I hope cooler heads prevail. Unfortunately the local newspaper is not friendly toward law enforcement and I don’t trust them to do anything that will help the situation.