Timeline for Why is swatting a thing only in North America?
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| Jan 16 at 13:37 | comment | added | jpa | In Sweden, gun violence is a lot more common in specific areas. Police do prepare differently when responding to reports in those areas. But it doesn't help swatting unless the target happens to live in such an area. | |
| Jan 15 at 23:07 | comment | added | user48321 | @User65535 Make no mistake, shootings are extremely much more common in Canada than in Europe. Your choice of Sweden as a reference is rather unfortunate, as gun violence has been rapidly increasing among immigrants there. In 2021 the EU average was around 0.18 gun homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, whereas Canada was at 0.78, over four times higher. Sweden is at 0.43, still only half of Canada. The US was at 6.3 in 2021, a war zone in comparison. | |
| Jan 15 at 10:22 | comment | added | Philipp♦ | @gerrit Yes, that actually happens in the United States. | |
| Jan 15 at 9:17 | comment | added | gerrit | kicking in the door with drawn submachine guns will be their last resort, not their first response — do they actually do that outside of movies? | |
| Jan 14 at 17:38 | comment | added | Italian Philosopher | If anything Canadian controversies sometimes trend the other way, when police are killed due to not having been sufficiently prepared. Police has little day to day reason to expect deadly intent from members of the public. This is, again, not to claim that Canadian police doesn't get criticized for excessive use of force, up to people getting killed. Only that it rarely happens in a swatting context. | |
| Jan 14 at 16:12 | comment | added | Joe W | I think you could go into more detail with your statements by showing examples of one officer at the scene has the situation control, another shows up and almost immediately shoots and kills the suspect, and the initial officer gets punished for not shooting the suspect sooner. An example is an officer who didn't shoot and kill a suicidal suspect was fired for not doing it. cnn.com/2017/05/11/us/wv-cop-fired-for-not-shooting--lawsuit/… | |
| Jan 14 at 15:51 | history | edited | Philipp♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 14 at 13:29 | comment | added | User65535 | The point I tried to get across in the question is the fact that in Canada shootings are not much more common than in Europe, but swatting in that the victim is at risk of police violence exists in Canada but not Europe. This seems to indicate that it is not solely the rate of gun violence that is the difference. | |
| Jan 14 at 13:04 | history | edited | Philipp♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 14 at 12:51 | history | answered | Philipp♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |