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For those that don't know, SWATTING is when someone that doesn't like someone else for whatever reasons -usually a Twitch streamer or youtuber, hacks and gets their information such as name, number and address, then calls the aforementioned persons local police dept. saying something like "I have my family hostage and I'm going to kill them all" or "I have a bomb and going to blow my family up" etc. etc. usually they do this by using a cheap burner phone that they can use just for this purpose and throw away right after.
This results in, as the name implies SWAT being called in. Normally just scaring the living daylights out of the person as well as others inside the home at best, and involving them all getting handcuffed and their home being destroyed at worst. Here are some good examples:
Many times even when caught it turns out the person that did it was a young teen. My question is, do you think something like that deserves decades in jail? Whether they be 14, 24, 34, or 44, if someone SWATs someone do you think they deserve a VERY long prison sentence? I think so. These people need to be made examples of regardless of age. This is sick and disgusting.
I have a hard time advocating prison for a young teenager, but yes, generally I think it deserves a harsh sentence. They could get someone killed messing around like this.
A man from the UK was recently charged by police in relation to a US Swatting incident. Swatting isn't so much of an issue in the UK, as the police tend to act differently to US Police.
For those that don't know, SWATTING is when someone that doesn't like someone else for whatever reasons -usually a Twitch streamer or youtuber, hacks and gets their information such as name, number and address, then calls the aforementioned persons local police dept. saying something like "I have my family hostage and I'm going to kill them all" or "I have a bomb and going to blow my family up" etc. etc. usually they do this by using a cheap burner phone that they can use just for this purpose and throw away right after.
This results in, as the name implies SWAT being called in. Normally just scaring the living daylights out of the person as well as others inside the home at best, and involving them all getting handcuffed and their home being destroyed at worst. Here are some good examples:
Many times even when caught it turns out the person that did it was a young teen. My question is, do you think something like that deserves decades in jail? Whether they be 14, 24, 34, or 44, if someone SWATs someone do you think they deserve a VERY long prison sentence? I think so. These people need to be made examples of regardless of age. This is sick and disgusting.
Send the bill to the person making the call in addition to some jail time.
For those that don't know, SWATTING is when someone that doesn't like someone else for whatever reasons -usually a Twitch streamer or youtuber, hacks and gets their information such as name, number and address, then calls the aforementioned persons local police dept. saying something like "I have my family hostage and I'm going to kill them all" or "I have a bomb and going to blow my family up" etc. etc. usually they do this by using a cheap burner phone that they can use just for this purpose and throw away right after.
This results in, as the name implies SWAT being called in. Normally just scaring the living daylights out of the person as well as others inside the home at best, and involving them all getting handcuffed and their home being destroyed at worst. Here are some good examples:
Many times even when caught it turns out the person that did it was a young teen. My question is, do you think something like that deserves decades in jail? Whether they be 14, 24, 34, or 44, if someone SWATs someone do you think they deserve a VERY long prison sentence? I think so. These people need to be made examples of regardless of age. This is sick and disgusting.
20 years minimum in a federal prison, preferably life, with zero chance for parole until their sentence is completed, regardless of age, because people can and have been killed in cases where they were swatted. It is the equivalent of attempted first degree murder or premeditated first degree murder.
Absolutely. People can and often do very easily die from situations like this. Equivalent to armed home invasion and kidnapping at the very least and potentially murder(s) at worst.
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There are any number of things that can go bad during a SWAT raid that lead to the deaths. Can you imagine if an innocent person is killed by a SWAT team as the result of an internet troll playing a very over-the-top prank on somebody?!
10 years minimum. Absolutely, even if nobody is hurt.
I have a hard time advocating prison for a young teenager, but yes, generally I think it deserves a harsh sentence. They could get someone killed messing around like this.
If they are 13 or 14, they should at least have to stay in prison until they are 18. If they are older, like late teens or college age, then 20 years is justifiable. This is serious and is not something that should be tolerated. It endangers the victim and wastes the SWAT teams' valuable time that could be spent going after real crime.
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