Re Hoaxer with a history of fake bomb threats SWATs and murders a random bystander over a $1.50 Call of Duty bet

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Gene Spafford <spaf () purdue edu>
> Date: December 31, 2017 at 1:45:12 PM EST
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Cc: ip <ip () listbox com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Re Hoaxer with a history of fake bomb threats SWATs and murders a random bystander over a $1.50 
> Call of Duty bet
>
> 46 states have a “felony murder” statute — anyone who is involved in committing a serious felony that results in the 
> death of someone can be charged with murder.
>
> Kansas has such a law. I think false reporting is a felony, but I do not know if it would be a significant felony as 
> regards a felony murder charge.   If so, Mr. Finch could potentially be charged with murder, and it would likely 
> stand up in court.    
>
> Note that I do not know Kansas law on this, nor am I a lawyer, but I am familiar with the general concept.  You can 
> also find references online.
>
> “Swatting” should be a felony in all states, IMO, although some only treat it as a misdemeanor.
>
>
> > On Dec 31, 2017, at 1:14 PM, Dave Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > From: Charles Arthur <charles.arthur () gmail com>
> > Date: Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 12:09 PM
> > Subject: Re: [IP] Hoaxer with a history of fake bomb threats SWATs and murders a random bystander over a $1.50 Call 
> > of Duty bet
> > To: <dave () farber net>
> > CC: ip <ip () listbox com>
> >
> >
> > Just to be utterly clear on this - the guy who called in the SWAT team didn’t pull a trigger. Saying he committed 
> > murder is surely not going to stand up in court. The person with their hand on the gun was a police officer who shot 
> > and killed an innocent person without any justification. The US needs to consider why it in effect has an armed 
> > militia going around prepared to kill people on the say-so of a phone call. 
> >
> > best
> > Charles
> > (written while mobile. May contain errors.)
> >
> > > On 30 Dec 2017, at 12:55, Dave Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > > From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> > > Date: Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 12:26 PM
> > > Subject: [ NNSquad ] Hoaxer with a history of fake bomb threats SWATs and murders a random bystander over a $1.50 
> > > Call of Duty bet
> > > To: <nnsquad () nnsquad org>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hoaxer with a history of fake bomb threats SWATs and murders a random bystander over a $1.50 Call of Duty bet
> > >
> > > https://boingboing.net/2017/12/30/murder-by-cop.html
> > >
> > >         Last night, Andrew Finch, a 28 year old man in Wichita, was
> > >         shot dead by police after they received a false call about a
> > >         home invasion, a call that appears to have originated with
> > >         Tyler Raj Barriss, a 25-year-old Los Angeles man whose gamer
> > >         handle was "SWAuTistic," and who was later arrested by LAPD on
> > >         a fugitive warrant stemming from bomb threats he phoned in to
> > >         ABC7, an LA police station. Barriss has a long history of
> > >         swatting and threats to swat.  The swatting seems to have been
> > >         the result of a disagreement among two Call of Duty teammates
> > >         after a loss in an online match that had a $1.50 wager riding
> > >         on it.
> > >
> > >  - - -
> > >
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