martybegan
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The 4th amendment needs to be more strictly enforced. Fuck Bush-era policies.
Did he stop 9/11? No? Fuck him.
How are you going to do that? The cops don't know that it's a prank call when they get it. And, because of the situation they are called out for, they have to be ready for anything.
The only way they would know it was a prank would be to actually go to the place and check it out, but they wouldn't know that until after they got there and checked out the people.
In what manner did they "check it out"? Did they have a warrant? What judge signed that warrant?
Read the article Marion. One guy called 911 to report a murder and sent the police to the other guys house. The police only knew they had a 911 call that was reporting a murder, and, in cases like that, they have to show up and check things out to make sure everyone is okay.
It's not something that requires a warrant because when the 911 call goes into the police and they think it is real (which they did), they then consider the address listed in the call as an active crime scene where crime is occurring.
They would only know it was fake when they get there and interview the people there.
Or after they shoot an innocent kid dead, amirite?
Like I said, the cops didn't know it was a fake call.
If you were a cop and a 911 dispatcher told you that there was a murder in progress, are you going to stop and ask them if they are sure it's not a prank? No, you are going to head to the call, thinking it's real. And, you are going to be prepared for someone with a weapon, which means your adrenaline is going to be pumping.
The poor kid that was shot had no idea what was going on. All he knew is that a SWAT team showed up at his house for no reason and started beating down the door. And, because he didn't know what was going on, he may not have complied like they told him to, resulting in him getting shot.
And, in most calls like this, the police have to clear the entire house to make sure there are no more dead people or weapons around.
If you want to blame someone, blame the idiot that called SWAT in the first place, not the cops who showed up thinking it was real.
Even if the cops thought the call was real, going in guns blazing is not proper procedure. If they cop shot him with no evidence of a threat, said cop should never have a badge again.
With great power comes great responsibility.
The guy who called it in however is guilty of depraved indifference.