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what do you even have to say on the phone for them to send 20 cars bro
Props to Grannycrackers for handling the aftermath with such grace and humour. Not sure I would be half as composed as her. (Or half as chuffed at getting to ride in a police car.) Hope she smashes her fundraising target.
Looking forwards to the news of the arrest of the no-lifer who swatted her.
Yeah. The best possible outcome after a situation like this is the victim not being harmed in any way, so the perpetrator is denied the satisfaction of causing harm.
You'd be surprised at how many old people request to be arrested by the police, it's like a thrill ride for some of them.
I really hope, they find out who swated her and jail them.
half the fun is strapping up. so many toys
Amurica 🦅
Is she using X-ray and macros or something to cheat at Minecraft? Seeing very little discussion of the video.
It's some kind of thing were if she goes afk, chat can decide what the player should do. In this case they decided to mine ores.
How the fuck is swatting even a thing?
Can just anyone call the police, yell "BOMB AT X ADDRESS!" and they just show up, tear down doors and throw you to the ground????
All, without repercussions????
Cops live for that shit dude. They do it themselves for fun every once in a while, this just makes the excuses easier for them.
Not only without repercussions, but without reparations. Anything destroyed or damaged is on the owner to replace/fix, including the pile of splinters formerly known as your front door
In my state there is a law that makes false call to 911 a criminal offense. If someone says "there is a bomb" on such call, that makes it more serious offence because this will cause public alarm. If the person making such call is stupid enough to do it from their phone, they will likely be identified and prosecuted. And people doing stupid things tend to be that stupid.
I'm not sure about damages caused by the raid, though. SWAT doesn't know if the threat is real or not, so they can't be held liable. Probably the victim can sue the caller, if they've been found...
How about the police do, idk, like 5 min of police work to verify literally any part of the story first?
things like this can often be very time sensitive, beyond that exactly how would they verify it?
Call people in the neighborhood, ask if anything is off? Send in a single car to scope out the scene, while keeping reinforcements in the wings? Ask 911 where the call originated, and adjust expectations based on that?
At least two of these things can be done while the police begins to move towards the destination, as intel gathering doesn't require policeman to be making the inquiries, just support staff.
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Fact of the matter, is that American police are the same breed of 'warrior' that Pete Hegseth is: Bloodthirsty, undisciplined, incompetent, and in service to powers of capital and hate, not the citizens they are supposed to serve.
Like what? Do you have an example?
I don't really believe that swat is necessary even in theory.
If someone is being held hostage, call in a negotiator. If it's a bomb, bomb squad. What precisely is the swat team for?
They did, by asking chatgpt.
That's crazy talk!
Exactly, like asking "is the caller even in the same area? Who lives there? Is this place usually agitated?" Which seems like they would need to know before going in anyway...
What else are they going to do with all of that excessive money and time...and desire to shoot people?
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Reminder that SWAT was created in response to the black panthers. It's a Jim Crow tool for dealing with uppity blacks that know their rights.
As always ACAB
I did not know that, so thank you for sharing. I'm disappointed, but not surprised to learn this
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Just here to point out that it's not normal for a military response to some rando calling in a hit on someone's house.
A normal response is a check by a single police car with two officers. One to knock on the door and ask questions. The other to remain with the vehicle to call in any issues.
This is a police state.
They probably reported to the operator an excess of melanin at the residence.
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why a 82 y.o. grandma have to stream to pay for fucking cancer?
America just cosplaying as a first world country
Most people get cancer free of charge. Is there an opt-out in the US or do you just have to pay for cancer whether you want it or not, like taxes?
The greatest nation on earth ladies and gentlemen.
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Info about Grandma Crackers’ fundraisers for her grandson’s cancer treatment and Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
They also created a crypto token where the fees go to the previously mentioned fundraisers.
Ew crypto
Love it how banks managed to convince everyone that crypto is bad, so they can stay rich and in power of controlling your money.
Ever tried buying a loaf of bread with BTC?
banks managed to convince everyone
I don't think banks have been in charge of the countless pump and dump crypto schemes in recent years. And Bankman-Fried (despite his name) wasn't running a bank.
Takes a special kind of asshole to swat a little old lady for trying to host a wholesome gaming stream for a good cause.
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Kudos to granny for being so positive about it and acknowledging that the cops have to follow up on the calls they receive, but if some anonymous tipster can bring down a SWAT team on some grandma's house without any kind of check being triggered, that might indicate that there are some problems about how these issues are being handled. Other people may get out of this with much worse than a funny story to tell when two dozen cops decide to visit their house at night.
People have already died from swatting. Faster and cheaper than hiring an assassin.
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Another side benefit to The Drug War, the gift that keeps on giving.
Hundreds of thousands of people are sitting in jails and prisons right now for using. Over three hundred thousand on any given day.
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/pie2026_drugs.html
This holdover from the Nixon era gets a little worse every year. Why do we have TWENTY cars available for any random prank caller?
Are we safe yet?
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you have to be one sick twisted individual to be swatting a person, let alone a freaking elderly woman
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This happens frequently enough where you'd think there would be a system in place to prevent this type of abuse.
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