15-year-old gamer locked up for 25 years...

[Mister Six]

...for calling in a SWAT team raid on other gamer's houses as a prank. Twat.

The bit at the end of the article is interesting, though, where the report tries to justify the SWAT team shooting a victim's father because SWAT team raids are dangerous - and then give an example of a cop being shot while making an unidentified raid on a guy's home in the night. Surely shooting an unidentified intruder in the night is exactly the kind of justifiable homicide that gets US gun nuts turgid?

[newbridge]

This sounds incredibly fake, and a reverse image search suggests that it is. That picture is from some kid who was sentenced to 25-years for beating a toddler to death, not for "swatting": original

[Mister Six]

:(

The one crime worse than being a 'gamer'.

[chand]

The terrifying part is that, right now, literally hundreds of gamers are still at large in the community.

[Noodle Lizard]

25 years is proper harsh.  That's only a few less than Ian Watkins got for FUCKING A BABY (among other things).  I reckon it's bollocks.

[weekender]

I'm not sure, it sounds like it could be true.

[soraya]

25 years is proper harsh.  That's only a few less than Ian Watkins got for FUCKING A BABY (among other things).  I reckon it's bollocks.

Slanderer. He only attempted to fuck a baby.

Do they give a Nobel prize for attempted chemistry?

[soraya]

That website had a picture of Sarah Palin on the banner and an advert for stopmasturbation.org just below it,  mixed signals or what!