Swatting is a dangerous prank with potentially deadly consequences. Here's what you need to knowCasey S. Viner, 19, was one of three defendants in a case of"swatting" -- making a false report to send police somewhere -- that led Wichita police to erroneously shoot and kill 28-year-old Andrew Finch at his front door in December 2017.
The address, it turned out, was not where the Wichita gamer currently lived, but where he used to live, authorities said. Actually living at the address was Fincher, unaware of what was happening.How the call and the shooting unfoldedOn the evening of December 28, 2017, a 911 caller told a dispatcher in Kansas' Sedgwick County of a shooting and possible hostage situation at Finch's address, police said.Andrew Finch.
Got off way too easy...
15 years wouldn’t be enough.
Should’ve got at least 5yrs. Yes, he was an accessory & the guy who called got the brunt of it with 20yrs, but he was still a part of a stupid, infantile, & cowardly revenge that cost an innocent guy his life. Babies like this boy give gamers an even worse reputation
Most of you have enough energy to give your opinion but not to actually read past the title? The person who made the call received 20 years. The guys that entered the house and fired on an unarmed guy received a paycheck and a few days off immediately afterwards. fakeoutrage
15 months for murder. He will do it again.
15months.....
Not enough. The cops got to live with this
15 months? White previledge jail sentence.... Do they ever get 5-10?
And what will the cops who executed an innocent man in his own house get? A commendation?
The hoax is kind of murder
Good
Ok. Good. Now let's increase swatting sentences....and make an even larger impact....scare the hell out of idiots who want to engage in this behavior, or option 2-- spend up to 3 yrs in prison. Sounds like fun? Eh?!!
Not. Enough.
How is this not murder?
Seems light....
Months? How about years? Is there no Justice in this country?
It was preplanned
Only 15 months? It should be 15 years
morgfair He should have gotten more time than that.
As I read the article, I wondered what had become of the third guy (the intended victim, who gave his previous address and said ‘please do’). Toward the end, it said something about ‘deferred prosecution’. It’ll be interesting to see what happens with him too.
Not enough time.
Should get life for that.....
He got off easy
That is not a deterrent for others who want to swat someone.
Wow , a human life is 15 months worth in a privileged calendar
Not. Enough.
That's it?
Now he will get swatted in prison for 15 long months.
15 months? Just because he's a white man?
WHITE PRIVILEGE, they would say...
Gamers are crazy people!
This seems pretty lenient.
Should be a longer sentence
This very pathetic that, American kids doing such types of silly mistakes. America is world power and his citizens have very inovative minds. The young generation of American leading the rest of world and such types of small thing denigrate this intelligent country. Namaste🙏🙏
the judge originally wanted to sentence him to a fortnite
Did he also write this tweet? Played a role? Lol.
GOOD. This sickness must end.
He used the police as a deadly weapon, he should be in jail longer.
that's it?
That's all? Boy these white criminals getting off
People who smoke marijuana get longer sentences than that wtf
Why we need to get rid of militarized police forces and drastically limit swat teams to terrorist type situations.
Failed justice system.
What he did is stupid at best. I won’t talk about the sentence he received but an officer who get a call at a place, where the person was doing nothing wrong except living is live, and shoot him to death should be investigated. Seems like a fast trigger to me.
bluemiiints
Stand up straight at the foot of your love...
Why did he NOT get a LIFE SENTENCE?
Meanwhile a man went to jail for 36 years for stealing 50$ from a bakery...... But there nothing wrong with the judiciary .....ha!
15 MONTHS? That should be more like 15 YEARS!!!
Should have been much, much longer
15 months? That’s it? Yup, justice is dead
Only 15 months
In Uganda a legislator got away with it ..
Does not seem like a serious conviction - should be life
Such a childish and stupid thing to do. That's too light a sentence!!! Now the deceased's family needs to sue in civil court. ⚖️👩🏼⚖️💰💰🛒
So that translates to a sentence of 5 years according to the AJAA-guidelines? (Adjusted Judiciary for African-Americans)
15 months? You’re leaving the door open for other jackasses to do this.
That’s it!?
needs a longer jail time 15 months nothing
Are the police that did the shooting going to be charged. They need to do a better job of handling situations. People want red Flag Laws? Well you have people making fake phone calls and getting people shot for playing a video game. You all are a special kind of stupid
Please tell me ‘months’ is a typo ‘cause it should be years.
How many months did the cops get for shooting the guy? If you have watched the video you know the cops should be charged.
“led police to kill”?
He looks like Jared kushner
He's a white boy. Black kid would get 10 years
Assole.
Now do the police who did the shooting
15 months... that’s it?
What a creep, easy sentence too.
Why is his descriptor 'video gamer'? He used a phone to call the police. Should have described him as an 'Ohio phone user'.
stclairashley I guess education really isn't necessary in the US.
Turn those months to years and then triple it.
OMGItsBirdman is this the man you made a video on over a couple dollar gb awhile ago! 15 MONTHS
This is absolutely monstrous. Why such a short prison term? Why wasn't the police who killed an innocent man arrested? Was he given such a short prison term due to skin color? A guy from California was given 20 years for the same crime...
White people
Good for him! 👏🏾
LaneSadalup Not long enough
less than a year and half for someone who called police to murder someone? who needs to hire a hitman when you can get jackboot police to claim they feared for their life?!
15 months!? Is that justice?
And the cops who murdered the man got nothing at all — no discipline, no charges. Nothing. This Ohio guy and the killer cops should have their houses burned to the ground.
Rich white kids live in an entirely different timeline than the rest of us where either the Justice system is hopelessly corrupt or justice actually exists, and I'm not sure which is worse for the rest of us.
That's it
US are either super trigger happy or a nervous bunch of cowardly wrecks who will shoot at the slightest movement. Crazy
Fifteen months? Fifteen? When, on the other hand, this Mom. All I can say is all this Mom wanted was a better school for her kiddos. And, no, I'm not referring to FelicityHuffman. /1
That's it? He should spend the rest of his life in prison.
What about charges for the cops? Do they get a mulligan?
KEEMSTAR
He should have served 20 years too....
🤦🏽♂️ ..... WhitePriviledge racketeerinent⚖️
Should be life.
stop sending SWAT to people house!
❤️ you beautiful morons that don’t read the story
But a black woman who enrolled her child in a school in a different district than her home gets 5 years. And another black woman who voted with a record gets 5 years as well
Extremely white sentencing guidelines were followed.
Now that he is going to jail for his part in the victim s death, lets switch our focus to the trigger happy cops
The call didn’t kill. The police with the gun killed. A “good guy” with a gun did the killing eh?
Only 15 months. How white of them.
This is complete BS! Just as no one can make another person hate or love them. A phone call or text cannot make police kill! Police made the decision to kill. All on their own. The kid did wrong but he did not make the police kill!
And of course he is White , otherwise he would've gotten at least 25 years 😠
And the asshole cop is still working in the department
Definitely screwed up. He basically hired a hitman to kill someone and should be given the full life sentence. The hitman used the cops as the weapon. The cops were the gun and no one seems to want to blame guns. But better training would have probably helped.
Sounds about white
That’s it
of course the police are innocent though
15 months? sounds about white.
Should be 15 years
Needs more than 15 months, a man lost his life, for crying out loud. What’s wrong with the justice system? And Felicity Huffman gets 14 days
Should have been life
A woman who used a wrong address to send her kid to another school gets 5 years. This guy knowingly sent the cops to a house making them believe there was a crime going on and got a man killed... he gets 15 months. We really need to figure out our sentencing in this country
That's all 1 year and 3 months? Wow it's great 2 be white in America. If he was black he wouldn't have made it 2 the police station
Remember: the police are violent, psychotic thugs. To deploy them creates an imminent threat of death to anyone in the area to which they are deployed. ArmThePeople DisarmTheGovernment
A lousy 15 months in prison? Seriously? He should have been charged with murder and sentenced to a min. 25 years/
Oh no
What is the connection with being a video gamer! cnn please retract!
15 months for a homicide. Nice.
So calling police to say that you think Fredo is unbalanced and dangerous is not a wise idea?
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