René Rebe, a 25-year veteran of Free and Open-Source Software development, was swatted and taken in for questioning.

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    2 months ago

    I wonder what the hell you have to tell the police in Germany to take someone away for questioning (handcuffed, no less) based on an anonymous accusation. If I understand it correctly they didn’t even search his home, at least not thoroughly.

    • @Scolding7300
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      122 months ago

      From the link’s comments, someone thought: “The police (no matter the country involved here) went way over the top on this. An anonymous e-mail is nowhere near enough evidence to go arresting/detaining someone without a thorough investigation first. The only possible exceptions being domestic violence, child abuse or a homicide in progress.”

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    472 months ago

    I am confused as to why the police doesn’t put more work into finding the people doing this, it is a waste of resources to be called on a fake call. It also makes people loose trust in the police, and generates bad PR.

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      402 months ago

      They’re untouchable, why would they prevent themselves from harassing innocent people?

    • Angry_Autist (he/him)
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      32 months ago

      They don’t care, they got to bust down a door and shout at people, that’s all that matters to the pigs.

  • @2pt_perversion
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    392 months ago

    Damn they swatted the code therapy dude…what a niche youtube channel to decide to fuck with.

  • @Feathercrown
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    2 months ago

    They should just only accept tips on swatting-related offenses from sources that are identifiable.

    • Angry_Autist (he/him)
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      32 months ago

      But then they won’t get to jump into their exciting Swat carriers and get dressed up as real special ops bois nearly as often

  • @Dkarma
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    52 months ago

    The perps are the cops.