I'm sorry I just don't consider that in the same league with a prank call. An admittedly cheesy version of a prank call is the old "Hello, is your refrigerator running? <pause> Well, you better go catch it!", and then hanging up. Prank denotes all-in-good-fun, even if annoying. There is nothing in good fun about sending armed people out after someone.ninjabread wrote:It's the first link but every link is to blame. Also there are many prank calls that don't end with an innocent person shot by police and there are many innocent people shot by police that didn't start with a prank call. I'm in favor of prosecuting the prank caller but we also need to prosecute the trigger pullers if it's going to be more than smoke and mirrors.K.Mooneyham wrote:When we received training on accidents, we were taught the concept of a chain of events. Breaking any link in the chain will prevent the accident from occurring. I really cannot see how this is any different, besides it not being an accident, which makes it worse. The entire incident would never have occurred, and the deceased would still be alive, had the call never been placed. It is the first link in the chain of events.
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- Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:38 am
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Re: KS:Witchta man dies after fake "Swatting" call
- Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:10 pm
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Re: KS:Witchta man dies after fake "Swatting" call
When we received training on accidents, we were taught the concept of a chain of events. Breaking any link in the chain will prevent the accident from occurring. I really cannot see how this is any different, besides it not being an accident, which makes it worse. The entire incident would never have occurred, and the deceased would still be alive, had the call never been placed. It is the first link in the chain of events.
- Mon Jan 01, 2018 1:28 am
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Re: KS:Witchta man dies after fake "Swatting" call
I really hope the dirtball who made that phone call gets extradited to Kansas to stand and face his crime. Murder might be difficult because his lawyer will say it was just a prank and his/her client didn't mean for anyone to get hurt. But manslaughter, oh yes, because that call led directly to the death of a man. Not sure we'll ever hear the follow up on this one, though.
- Sat Dec 30, 2017 2:46 pm
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Re: KS:Witchta man dies after fake "Swatting" call
The officer who pulled the trigger should be brought to account on this, certainly. However, this whole thing would have never happened if not for the fake call. THAT is the person who should be brought up on MURDER charges. They thought they were being funny, perhaps, but nothing funny about this whole thing. 
