HeavenlyPossum on Nostr: The fact that swatting exists—that someone in a place like the US can call the ...
The fact that swatting exists—that someone in a place like the US can call the cops, falsely report a fake violent crime, and prompt the police to attack a random person with overwhelming violence—is a crushing indictment of policing.
And yet I don’t think I have ever encountered anyone, in public discourse about swatting, bring this up.
It’s always “what a tragedy” and “filing false police reports is a crime” and never “why did the state build a system that can be hijacked to kill random people like this”.
https://www.rawstory.com/amp/pete-buttigieg-swatting-2677117229Published at
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