LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting call to Wichita police

The Wichita Eagle ^ | December 30, 2017 | Nichole Manna

[null and void]

I though Kansas used a firing squad. Much more appropriate in this case...

[NFHale]

My point was that THAT scenario does and has happened. In that particular instance, no.

[Blue Jays]

"...any excuse for a righteous shoot..."

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When all you hold is a hammer, then everything looks like a nail.
Many of the officers in my area “inject-to-perfect” and are completely steroided to the gills.
Hand these flawed officers military-grade toys and things get ugly quickly.

[fr_freak]

It is possible to “spoof” the caller id so that the number that shows up is not the real number

[BudgieRamone]

Ding dongs called a local substation non emergency number and got transferred to dispatch per an earlier article

[Delta 21]

It worked in the murder of Lavoy Finnicum. It will work here.

[I want the USA back]

If he did it, he needs to be tried for murder.

[HiTech RedNeck]

But where the phone is, still means something — isn’t triangulation of cellphone location from towers SOP for emergency calls? With both number and geography showing at the receiving office? Wouldn’t there be a question like “How do you, in California, know there’s trouble going down in Wichita?”

[joma89]

He had better be convicted of a serious crime and have a severe penalty.

JoMa

[Delta 21]

In Kansas you can be armed, almost everywhere. Inside or on your property is covered under the Castle doctrine. We have constitutional carry so you can carry anywhere it is not specifically forbidden, open or concealed, with out special permits or any other BS from border to border. The 2nd Amendment covers it.

But no one in the house owns any guns so he didnt have one on, and got shot for answering the front door because the cops knocked on it anyway.

[HiTech RedNeck]

At best this kind of transfer, without emergency realtime trackability, is an open door to such spoofs. If it has transferability to an emergency station — it should have trackability. Period.

I feel like saying: A general pox on everybody but the poor victim (RIP) and his household.

[null and void]

Font color=blue> When all you hold is a hammer, then everything looks like a nail.

Especially when you are trained in nail identification...

[TangoLimaSierra]

The police used to have a job, to make us feel safe. Now it’s our job to make the police feel safe.

They are easily startled.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Yeah, why is this done — so they don’t get accused of profiling rougher characters?

This kills both common sense and chivalry.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Any further, and we will have to invite them into our snowflake collection. Oh look, blue snowflakes.

DEAR LORD PLEASE HELP US!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Something is f**ked up in Wichita.

[AppyPappy]

He was probably pulling up his pants. Only one person pulled that trigger. Just sayin’.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Is this the city where the partial-birth abortion stuff is going on? That could summon a serious satanic presence.

[DariusBane]

it isn’t just Wichita.

[Leaning Right]

> Something is f**ked up in Wichita. <

Something is f**ked up everywhere. Let’s say I’m sitting at home watching TV. I hear a loud knock at my front door. I look out the window, and it’s the police.

I’m actually not sure what I’d do. If I answer the door the wrong way, I might get shot. Ten years ago that statement would have sounded nonsensical, and overly dramatic. But not now.