r/policebrutality • u/real-m-f-in-talk • Aug 17 '24

News: Video Police fatally shoot woman standing beside her mother during health crisis. Female was holding plastic jug when officers broke down door and told her to drop knife, family tried canceling 911 call, officers refused.

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u/jpcapone Aug 18 '24

Another family that wished they hadn't called the cops for help. If I was a scammer, knowing what we know about police behavior, I could easily manufacture a scenario to get paid.

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u/colenotphil Aug 20 '24

This is the concept of SWATting more or less

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u/jpcapone Aug 20 '24

Ha! Never thought about it like that but yea.