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Prosecutors seek 25 years in prison for deadly Kansas hoax
Federal prosecutors are seeking a 25-year prison sentence for a California man who made a hoax call that led police to fatally shoot a Kansas man following a dispute between online gamers.
[...] Barriss faces sentencing Friday in federal court in Wichita for making the false report resulting in a death. He has pleaded guilty to 51 charges related to fake calls and threats across the country.
The defense is seeking a 20-year prison sentence.
Sentencing is set for March 29.
Previously: Swatted: Police Kill Innocent Man in Kansas
Related: Gamers Use Police Hoax to Lash Out at Opponents
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Swatter Who Caused a Death in Kansas Likely Faces at Least 20 Years in Prison
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 02 2019, @10:42AM (7 children)
The cops should be tried for involuntary manslaughter with the minimum sentence, plus the maximum sentence had they violated any police procedure leading to that. This guy ordered armed policemen to enter a house, so it's not even homicide, he is responsible for a potential mass murder. 20 years is not that much.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by isostatic on Saturday March 02 2019, @10:53AM (3 children)
Was this guy the chief of police?
I didn't realise random losers could order armed cops to do things in america.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by NotSanguine on Saturday March 02 2019, @07:59PM (2 children)
Random losers may not order armed cops around (well, apparently they can, given how many swattings happen). However, there's quite a bit of precedent for charging someone with murder when someone dies during the commission of a felony [wikipedia.org] in the US. The concept of transferred intent/felony murder isn't new.
Given that it was certainly foreseeable that someone could be hurt or killed could also be construed as "assault with a deadly weapon" and/or "attempted murder."
That said, the ease with which swatting is done (at least in the US), and the likelihood of a violent confrontation, despite the lack of any emergency, points up the poor discipline and lack of professionalism under which many of these paramilitary (the police, that is) groups operate.
N.B.: IANAL
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 2, Flamebait) by isostatic on Saturday March 02 2019, @08:33PM (1 child)
Maybe someone could order a swatting of the white house?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 03 2019, @12:37AM
I think the SS would win that round.
Sheeeit, now I'm thinking some nazi fuck coined that term with long term planning for the eventual coup. It seems pretty goddamn clear there is a significant group that has been salivating over the idea.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 02 2019, @01:24PM (2 children)
The cop should face at least face ten years in jail, but I doubt he will be even in a court charged of any offense. Anyway he should never go to the streets again and should be doing office work until retirement. So the easy trigger can only only pull the trigger of his automatic pen.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 02 2019, @05:30PM (1 child)
But the cops have no other choice. They are protecting themselves and us. Why do you hate America?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QVkdleurzQ [youtube.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 02 2019, @07:54PM
i only watched two incidents but the second knife guy was hilarious.