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Authorities brought 20 police cars, five SWAT officers, and drones to her house

https://www.twitch.tv/grammacrackers/clip/CharmingSolidNoodleKevinTurtle-CCpMMy7EX_W4v7_S

update: Found this video from local news https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGeb3cuqLxE

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[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 2 points 59 minutes ago

half the fun is strapping up. so many toys

[–] Gravel8@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 hours ago

what do you even have to say on the phone for them to send 20 cars bro

[–] Dvixen@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Props to Grannycrackers for handling the aftermath with such grace and humour. Not sure I would be half as composed as her. (Or half as chuffed at getting to ride in a police car.) Hope she smashes her fundraising target.

Looking forwards to the news of the arrest of the no-lifer who swatted her.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 points 33 minutes ago

You'd be surprised at how many old people request to be arrested by the police, it's like a thrill ride for some of them.

[–] MithranArkanere@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

Yeah. The best possible outcome after a situation like this is the victim not being harmed in any way, so the perpetrator is denied the satisfaction of causing harm.

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 hours ago

Amurica 🦅

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

Funny how these supposedly specialized police officers have such a cool name, SWAT, because of course they do because it's the US and they have to look and sound cool and do cool stuff.

Never mind that they supposed to be serving and protecting the citizens

I know these specialized teams also exist in other countries. What are they called there? No fucking idea, but it ain't cool because in those countries, those guys are actually the real deal and they don't need cool nicknames or military equipment, they are there to do a job.

Fuck, the US always was such a shit show, why are you people allowing police to be so fucking put of control?

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

What country are you in?

[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

why are you people allowing police to be so fucking put of control?

Two issues. One is that some asshole did a fraudulent call and police had to respond.

Other is that due to gun proliferation they can take it lightly and have to assume the worst

[–] Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 hours ago

They can take it lightly, but they are trained away from de-escalation and critical thinking in general.

[–] ragepaw@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I can't speak for anywhere else, but here in Canada, emergency response team is not a full time job (except in the largest metro areas). Members do regular police work until an emergency.

And even if the cities with full time ERT, they rarely respond as a full team. They are often dispatched to assist constables for other duties. It's very rare for a full rollout of a tactical ERT team here. And even more rare that shots are fired.

Edit: I am in no way a police expert, but I learned a lot when I worked on a rollout of a body camera program.

[–] Kennystillalive@feddit.org 13 points 9 hours ago

I really hope, they find out who swated her and jail them.

[–] Twerp10@reddthat.com 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Is she using X-ray and macros or something to cheat at Minecraft? Seeing very little discussion of the video.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 points 32 minutes ago

It's some kind of thing were if she goes afk, chat can decide what the player should do. In this case they decided to mine ores.

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 47 points 22 hours ago (15 children)

How the fuck is swatting even a thing?

Can just anyone call the police, yell "BOMB AT X ADDRESS!" and they just show up, tear down doors and throw you to the ground????

All, without repercussions????

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 40 minutes ago

Cops live for that shit dude. They do it themselves for fun every once in a while, this just makes the excuses easier for them.

[–] FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 56 points 20 hours ago

Not only without repercussions, but without reparations. Anything destroyed or damaged is on the owner to replace/fix, including the pile of splinters formerly known as "door".

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[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 74 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Reminder that SWAT was created in response to the black panthers. It's a Jim Crow tool for dealing with uppity blacks that know their rights.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 hours ago

As always ACAB

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 68 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Just here to point out that it's not normal for a military response to some rando calling in a hit on someone's house.

A normal response is a check by a single police car with two officers. One to knock on the door and ask questions. The other to remain with the vehicle to call in any issues.

This is a police state.

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[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 16 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Info about Grandma Crackers’ fundraisers for her grandson’s cancer treatment and Phoenix Children’s Hospital.

https://thegrandmafund.com/

They also created a crypto token where the fees go to the previously mentioned fundraisers.

[–] QueenMidna@lemmy.ca 10 points 16 hours ago (4 children)
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