I don’t know what the maximum crime is in this Wichita swatting homicide case.

[UPDATE: Apparently there’s an Asshole #3, who made the call on Asshole #1’s behalf. Constant Reader BigGator5 used the term ‘psychopath,’ which I feel fits.]

Short version: Asshole #1 threatened Asshole #2 over a Call of Duty situation. Asshole #2 gave Asshole #1 a fake address.  Asshole #1 called the cops and sent them to that address with a false report of a shooting and hostage situation (‘swatting’). Cops show up, shoot and kill the guy who answered the door. In my opinion, it is exceedingly unlikely that the guy who got shot by the cops did anything to deserve that, but I don’t have the actual details on just what caused the shooting. Continue reading I don’t know what the maximum crime is in this Wichita swatting homicide case.

Just in case you haven’t read the National Review ‘Home Invasion’ article yet…

Go read it. It will make you angry*, but go read it.  It’s about the vicious, underhanded, and frankly undemocratic police-raid crap that Wisconsin Democrats got up to to harass conservatives; and thank God that said Democrats didn’t get anyone killed with their quasi-official Swatting tactics. As I said, it’s very angry-making: but you still need to read it, because you need to know how the Other Side plays this game.

God help us.

Moe Lane

*Although I am reminded of the folk wisdom of my people: Don’t get mad. Get even.