I dont know if you take requests but I always wondered what happened to the kid who did the aicha song from a guy named gellieman I believe. That was one of my favorite videos on ebaums world when I was a preteen, it was just so bizarre
yea imo that's the big takeaway: stupid slow bureaucratic systems suck and the real problem is that there's a way to exploit it in the first place, with any amount of useful re-structuring this type of thing wouldn't be possible. This type of thing will occur time and time again until the actual problem is solved
That's so terrible that his niece also commited suicide a year later because of it. And then her boyfriend killed himself later as well after discovering her body. Just a tragic story all around. “Because Adelina was made to step over his dying body and she had to hear him breathe,” Lisa Finch said. “And she’s been going downhill ever since. She didn’t know how to handle it.” So sad.
That cop was just as psychopathic and criminal as Tyler, he went out gunning for a kill and there is no justification for what he and the other officers did to that family. If anything, he benefitted from the whole thing. Promoted and still serving to this day, with god knows how many kills under his ledger.
One thing you missed is that after tyler went to prison, he somehow got ahold of the internet again and told everyone he didnt care he inadvertently killed someone, had no remorse about what he did and would do it all over again. He didnt learn a damn thing. And to this day, probably still hasn't.
Guy just wants attention. He looks like he's 100 pounds soaking wet. You know what they do to guys that can't defend themselves in prison? Guarantee he hates life in prison when his cheeks are getting clapped
What’s worse about finch getting shot was his niece who witnessed him get shot ended up taking her own life a year after this and her boyfriend took his life as well when he found her at their apartment.
What the fuck, that’s so sad. This dude needs to be out on death row, another comment said he logged into his twitter from prison somehow and said when he gets out he’ll do it again and killing a man taught him nothing but he has the power to do it.
The fact that the guy who gave a fake address got arrested for 18 months for his part in the mans death, but the officer who literally pulled the fucking trigger went on to get promoted less than 5 years later with no penalty, is ridiculous.
There's also how swatter only served 15 months after getting arrested the first time. I think lawyers just pull random numbers out of a hat when determining sentences
Unfortunately, Tyler going to prison again was not the end of the story. using a tablet given to prisoners to pass the time, he somehow logged back into his Twitter and bragged about his current life behind bars. "Ya'll should see the swag I got in here. I'm an E-God!" He then said that when he gets out of prison, he's going to go on the biggest swatting rampage ever. killing a man made him feel powerful and he said he now has the power to kill anyone he wants. all he has to do is come up with a convincing story for police to kill that person. however, police were using his account to further gather evidence when he logged in and saw what he was saying as he was saying it. from what I've been hearing, Tyler's sentence has been extended. Tyler cannot be allowed out of prison. he is too much of a danger. killing a man did not teach him anything except that he has the power to do it
@@DidiTheCoolio the same reason people say nasty things on the net over misunderstandings but on STEROIDS. The psychic hit you get when you make something change is more potent than any drug. Especially when that change draws blood.
@@DidiTheCoolio you’d be surprised how long a little good behavior goes and how stupid the law systems metrics are if you don’t carry a gun around yourself.
Sounds like grandma knew something everyone else didn’t. She didn’t even give him a second chance, that’s what trips me out; even the worst criminals seem to have one family member willing to put up with them time and time again. Not Tyler, apparently.
grama knew what was up and im glad she did it. yeah really says a lot to their character, we've seen far too often even men who were Child rappers and family annihilators not only put up and enabled their behavior but also excuse it and defend it from the public. like yikes
@@ravynb2676 i never said it wasn't a valid typo and it is sort of that deep cause its a heavy subject and there's a big difference between find rapists and child rappers...
So Gaskill was apparently originally offered a diversion deal, which is basically "comply with these conditions and we probably won't prosecute you". But he apparently violated the terms of said deal. He also apparently contacted the other two after the shooting and told them to delete the messages discussing the swatting, and deleted the messages on his end. So he got some perverting the course of justice charges thrown in that I don't think the one who ordered the swatting did.
Fr dude it makes no sense, giving a fake address is a lot less worse than telling the swatter to do it, the saddest part is is that this all happened cuz they lost a tournament for $1.50 right??
I don't know if I remember the story correctly, but he was charged for wire fraud that was only tangentially connected to the swatting case, and was found out during investigations.
When even Keemstar left speechless how heartless the person is and openly said have no remorse after the interview. You know that person is beyond help.
I remember the early days of Swatting. For ages people were saying "this is going to lead to someone dying". It was the most predictable disaster i've ever seen online
The fact you get over a year in prison for giving someone a random address online, but the police officer who actually killed the man got a promotion is mind boggling.
Giving a "random" (he used to live there) address you know is going to get swatted is just as wrong as calling the swat in yourself. The police officer was on edge because he of course believed the victim to be armed and dangerous killer, and he seemed to be reaching for his weapon.
So, lemme get this straight. The guy that gave a fake address upon being taunted, got 18 months, but the one that is technically the main conspirator in a murder, asking some figure to falsely send police to some home in hope for an arrest *or worse* , got 15 months. This system is idiotic.
Then the cop with the itchy trigger finger whose life was not in anyway endangered who then fucking actually kills the guy gets promoted hahahaha what the fuck
I've never wanted to break another guys jaw so bad in my life. Man has to lose his life and leave his family behind because some reject is trying to garner up celebrity and get attention by putting the lives of others in danger. His Keemstar interview is what really got under my skin.
@@WatchingWithMyEyesClosed says the guy whos never thrown a punch and has a mario pfp lmao sit down before you get tossed like a child on epstien island
I'm not too far from Wichita, I remember when this happened. There was also a piss poor investigation because turns out the guy who was killed and the officer who shot him had some prior issues. It got glossed over and ignored.
And Casey Viner was the only one who got a slap on the wrist for causing the events in the first place by contacting Tyler. F*cker deserved just as much time as Tyler did
The fact his niece commited sucide not long after at 18 is even more heartbreaking fuck the Tyler bitch he can rot and I really think the cop should have got fired I mean he shot a unarmed man should we really keep people like that on swat team I get it was high stakes but the point still stands
@@Colecruzin it is that that exact reason I hate Casey Viner with a passion and hope horrible things happen to him for what he has done. He didn't have to contact Tyler and not act like a little b*tch over a 1.50 in a dumba$$ video game!
@@inspector5122 yeah they got off so light it’s sick he made them think their was a family being held hostage by a murderer and they wanna act like it was any of their faults none of them felt remorse for anything they caused so they should have just got life fuck them
You cant even speak correctly? Seriously go back to school and you will not regret it buddy. Please. Imagine if you were like 30 years old or older and your grammar and writing capabilities are that of a child. Is this not humiliating?
@@Lgx-ie4if you can't control what other people do, you can only take measures to protect yourself. I'm not standing up for anyone. I'm pointing out the common sense aspects of respecting your privacy. If you want to broadcast to every criminal in the world, the you get what you deserve.
Bro, the level of injustice that family has received makes me shake with anger. Not only suffering three deaths within a years time because of the actions of a cop with a HISTORY of other shootings, but then he was promoted!!! I hope they sue that POS for everything he's got.
Well luckily the cop didn't do anything wrong, If you get a call for a hostage situation and a murder you're not playing games If you reach down into your waistband you're going to get shot point blank period The only person who is at blame here is Tyler
This is the first video I've seen that mentions that the victim's niece took her own life, but sadly it doesn't stop there. Some time after she took hers, her boyfriend JC, a highschool friend of mine, took his as well.
I did not know this story. What baffles me is that an innocent person had to die before the law actually acted on the phenomenon. This guy managed to cause so much terror and pain in the USA, and he acted almost undisturbed for years.
I got swatted twice, luckily here in England police don't use guns but it was still terrifying for me to hear loud bangs at my door and have 6 angry policemen storm through my house and tear the place apart. I was so scared and confused that I ended up having a bad panic attack thinking I was going to die. I feel like people do this as a form of control and bullying, it's disgusting!
@@dafrenchiestfry3778my guess is tasers(slightly less deadly than a gun but still kills people) and police batons. You can defended against guns without using guns.
They swatted the same house and the same person twice? Just seems like an excuse, makes you wonder how much people police anonymously swat. Need a warrant? Just call in yourself.
@@rambblerbruh SLIGHTLY? Lolll…if you think a taser is even in the same category of lethality as a firearm you’re on another plane of existence. If you shoot someone pretty much anywhere near an organ or artery/vein and they don’t get medical treatment(including self treatment but still), you can almost guarantee they will die. A taser CAN kill given special circumstances, but you have to be lucky to NOT kill someone with a gun.
@@Hugh.G.Rectionx couldve shot him in a different area of the body? Also, logically you would assume someone inside a house, with a weapon, would shoot from inside the home instead of walking out into a firing squad......but logic doesn't always apply so there's that. Idk
@@inFiniteTraCer Rest in peace and the officer was definitely too trigger-happy, but man.. The "shoot at a different area of the body" thing is pretty crazy. Those "other areas" are the worst to shoot at. Legs - some of the largest arteries in the body, you'll die. Arms - not gonna end any actual or perceived threat quickly or reliably hit from that far. Head isn't worth discussing if not for obvious reasons. The only victim here is the poor fella who got shot and I feel terrible for that family, we just got to remember that they can't really shoot anywhere else when they do shoot, my friend.
The fact that police will just gun down someone for adjusting their clothing after they've been pulled out of their home unexpectedly in the middle of the night is horrifying. Since it was night, I'm guessing he was in PJ pants or lounge pants of some kind, or at least had his belt removed. So adjusting his waistband as he walked out was probably just a reflexive motion he didn't even think about. And he was killed for it.
the fact that police get shot by random people who randomly pull weapons is the reason that cops think they might be shot randomly, you can't blame the cops for trying to defend themselves from what they thought could mean their death or the death of their partners either. it's just a bad situation
And about 100 cops that day alone were killed by people pulling guns out of their waistband. So... Don't piss off or spook people with a gun trained on you. Not a hard concept.
And it's a very high pressure situation, so someone who's very nervous (like that police officer) will likely be more trigger happy than a calm and collected person. Imagine yourself in that situation
I remember hearing this story around that time. It’s still one of the most tragic swatting stories to this day and I feel really bad for the Finch family
@@latinaparfait Well, they got a call for a situation that required the SWAT team. They show up with a level of alertness that's higher than them responding to say... a domestic abuse call or something like that. So if the "suspect" doesn't fully cooperate and they do anything remotely sketchy, they're within their rights to use lethal force to protect themselves and their team. It sucks but you're asking the police to wait till they're shot at first in a situation where they're literally expecting a potential shootout. It doesn't work that way. It's extremely tragic but the real one at fault is the one who made the call and I personally think that person should be held responsible for anything bad that happens, for instance if someone dies like they did here, charge them with 1st degree murder. Throw the book at them.
@@voteZDLR no genius, Im saying its beyond stupid that anybody can call anonymously And have a swat team sent to a location. Especially when you have no way of Knowing whether what was said is true or not. Not to mention police are usually highly incompetent not even knowing the constitution. Simply put, police need way more and better training with much stricter/repercussions for their actions. These pigs are running around with guns not knowing basic laws. Its truly hilarious people defend them.
@@voteZDLR Disagree and I will not elaborate further than telling you that they are trained to deescalate and expect errors, what if it's the wrong house number? Can't wait a second behind their cover, 30 meters away to identify the supposid gun properly? Come on, get out of here.
@@XavierRenegadeAngel It wasn't the wrong house number. What, you expect them to be psychic? They were told of a situation, they're trained to deal with that situation. What would you have them do wait for what they presume to be the suspect to start actively shooting at them? They're trained to deal with situations. Up until that point, they assumed they were arriving at the situation the call was actually for. They told the man to put his hands up, which he did, then he errantly reached toward his belt only to then put his hands back up again. It's a tragedy, but he didn't follow the orders they gave and it cost him his life unfortunately. But no, they aren't psychic, they didn't have the luxury of being like "Well, maybe this is just a misunderstanding. Maybe it's just a joke." It's not a joke, the SWAT team is deployed and utilized every single day for legitimate situations, they have to treat every single one as serious until it's determined that it's not serious. It usually doesn't end in death, unfortunately this time it did. They're not going to risk their own or the potential safety of would-be victims inside until the situation is resolved. The cop told him to put his hands up, one of his biggest mistakes was not doing exactly that until things could be resolved. This isn't on the cops. It's on the piece of shit who made the call in the first place. Fortunately, since then the penalties have gone up severely and the trend of swatting has gone down in kind which is the only net positive there is. But no, the cops did exactly what they were supposed to do. The victim didn't. I don't know what you expect them to do differently other than to wait for the suspect to begin firing and only then use neutralizing force, they showed up to what was a situation and treated it exactly as such, which is why none of them received any criminal charges for their actions during the raid.
Something I wish Wavy mentioned was that there was an incident at the jail Barriss was at where the inmates were briefly allowed to use wifi. During this incident Barriss went online, logged onto an old Twitter account, and started talking shit along with making threats, even saying he was a “Egod”. Honestly considering that this incident happened only a week after he was jailed, makes me realize that this man doesn’t deserve to be let out a jail at all, and should be left to rot in his cell for the rest of his life.
I feel that was deliberate on Wavy's part because Tyler clearly gets off on attention and covering that prison stunt he did for attention would just give him what he wanted.
My stepmother's advice to whenever me or my sisters get upset by a video game was "it is just a game, not real life." Her advice always made me think a bit more about how I shouldn't let a video game get me to the point where it could hurt others. I tried to go with the flow when gaming and basically laugh it off when dealing with a difficult fight.
It is a great advice. Also, life is already too harsh. There's absolutely no point to stress over something that is supposed for us to wind down and have a fun time.
I've never been great with emotional control but whenever I find myself getting angry while playing a game I always take a break, once it stops being fun I know that I need to step away for a bit.
This case is terrible in so many ways but the worse is the that the officer, Justin Rapp, was recently promoted and the Finch family has lost everything.
what also isnt mentioned is that he reportedly told the wife of andrew that she should just "get over it" and another instance where he said hes "100% sure he had a gun" and that he attempted to fire colleagues with claims that investigation wasnt thorough enough if they didnt find one. There was never a gun. hes a psychopathic loser
@@danielcain8136 we recently had a memorial for Finch bc it was the 5 year anniversary. We learned Rapp was promoted to the abused and exploited children division because his superior "hopes it will teach him compassion" 🤦🏼♀️ He told Finch's mother "to get over it". Finch raised his neice and nephew since they were babies after their mother died in a car accident. After Finch was shot, he was alive and bleeding at the front door. The police did not let them help him or send help up but instead made his mom, family friend, and his neice step over their dying love one and watch him bleed out with no help while the police stepped over him and cleared the home. Unfortunately that traumatized her and she took her life 3 months later. Her fiance then took his a couple weeks later.
@@HappiDeigh sorry for your loss really sucks how the cop didn't get a proper punishment said this once and I'll say this again we live in a corrupt Society
@@danielcain8136 the town got together with his family and friends and had the vigil. I can usually find understanding in all sides but there was several things neglected by WPD that would have prevented Finch's death. The family has gotten zero justice and has only lost more. It's heartbreaking 💔
I remember Charlie following this incident as it was happening. He was so genuinely upset by the whole thing and it was how I got introduced to his content. Also, it's stupid how he got away with doing this for so long. His voice is SUPER recognizable and it should've been obvious how fake the calls were with how monotone he was.
Don't say that. You never know how sociopaths will react. They might be totally at ease with themselves thinking they're serving justice. Anyway the police can't afford to let it slide.
Yep, and morons that have never been in law enforcement or in a fire fight will make excuses for them nonstop…..it’s like they think the average person is John wick can just outdraw police like it’s nothing.
They are working off of the information given. It's not the polices fault. If your loved one's life was in danger, you wouldn't want the swat team sitting around outside hoping the person would just give themselves up. It's the dickheads that call the police who get the blame
@@wolfhawk1999 The cop who shot an unarmed man and got promoted for it should get blamed as well, no more pathetic excuses for them. Those later suicides of his family members didn't come out from nowhere, but I guess that's Andrew's fault too, right?
"Never" and "any" are a reactionary and sophomoric term to use. Police lose their jobs... go to prison. It's a simple Google search. Is it less than it should be? Sure. But it's not NEVER.
11:17 "In a truly crack-head turn of events Tyler then begins using public libraries around L.A. as his staging ground for swatting activities." Probably the best line of this whole video.
let me play devils advocate for a second. The Officer was doing his job with the information he was given. It's a shame the officer mistook andrew reaching for something when he was just moving. I blame all that on the 3 losers who caused the officers to be there in the first place. This isn't a case of police brutality or racial profiling. Yet I feel like the officer who more than likely feels like crap for his mistaken actions is being villainized for a job he was paid to do. SMH no good come out this whole situation.
Murica. this is nothing new.... Cops be shooting people all the time. blacks more than other but hey, dumbasses put dumbasses in power then see no mistakes until it's called out by the dumbasses they put into office blaming someone else, securing themselves in power by said fuckin dumbasses. America itself is a flawed nation that needs to be reset.
I heard this story years ago and there's something I still don't get to this day: - The guy who calls up SWAaTistic and puts the hit out gets 15 months. - The guy who was threatened with having the police sent to him, and who gave his old adress to cover his own ass, is given 18 months. How does this make any sense?
Not entirely true about officer Rapp, he was just denied by the courts in Kansas when he tried to apply for that protection for officers who use deadly force. The judge stated "any reasonable officer would have known mr finch posed no danger and had no weapon". So now the Finch family can go after him hard.
The game was only a catalyst for his power trips. The problem was there before his games and could probably would have manifested in other ways if it had not started the way it did
I haven't finished the video yet but when Tyler was locked up here in Wichita, Kansas, he got past the security in the jail computers used for ordering commissary and whatnot, and logged on to his Twitter account and began tweeting from inside the jail.
the man who was killed in the swatting accident was an uncle of my cousins girlfriend. she was at the house when it happened and it really traumatized her. she later committed suicide and my cousin soon did the same after. i truly hope that he suffers for this, my cousin and his girlfriend were innocent, beautiful people that were affected heavily by this incident. families have suffered for years bc of this man. 20 years isn’t enough
@@joeyskywalker1322 not sure what satisfaction likes on a youtube comment gets me but keep doing you. don’t even think you read my comment correctly in the first place
Holy cow. Just looked this up. Read an article that the officer basically said that if he met the family he'd tell them to "get over it. He has"... Please tell me that's taken out of context 😭
It almost 100% is and if it’s not it’s not cops jobs to make public statements and console families, it’s their job to keep order on the streets and stop us from burning everything down and sometimes they make mistakes.
Of course he didn’t get banned. This was Twitter prior to Elon Musk. He didn’t have a conservative opinion, so he could never have gotten blacklisted or banned 💀 Terrorists on Twitter always get a voice.
Dude I'm loving your content, I'm getting tired of seeing the same old criminals over and over from different perspectives, and you cover cases so recent most people don't want to touch them, but those are the cases we want lol
This story is crazy. I live not too far from where this tragedy happened and it still gives me the chills to drive by the house. Ita also crazy that this showed under my suggestions when I have never looked this up on RU-vid. Thanks for putting light on this story
@@blueprint7 yeah, he should face zero consequences and continue to terrorize and possibly kill more people. There should be zero justice for the victims family 🙄
Even more tragic is that his daughter’s boyfriend also took his own life after he discovered her body. 3 innocent people dead, all because of 3 worthless losers and a trigger happy cop. That cop getting rewarded in the end, fucking sickening. Hope all four of these ghouls rot.
All 4 parties involved in Andrew Finch's death should have been imprisoned. Tyler, the two gamers (one for requesting the swatting and the other for using a fake address), and most of all: the absolutely disgusting police officer who killed someone for no reason.
Why did the guy who basically hired someone to SWAT someone get less time than a guy who gave a random address? If some random person on the internet who has harrassed me before asks for my address and I lie to them and give them a random address, is that a crime? Or is it only a crime if that person I lied to commits a crime? I'm not saying he's innocent, but he definitely doesn't deserve more time then the other kid, even if it was only 3 months.
Well he basically dared swautistic to swat him while giving someone else's address, which isessentially like him hiring swautistic to swata random person, but I think that should earn him as much jail time as the guy who hire swautistic to swat him not more
Why would you engage at all with a random online idiot who is attempting to harass you? To answer your question though, Wavy did a poor job of describing what actually happened, probably for the sake of brevity of the video (I'm really surprised that he never mentioned the incidents that happened while Tyler was already in jail). Casey Viner was initially charged with conspiracy to make hoax reports, obstruction of justice, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and wire fraud, while Shane Gaskill was only accused of the latter three counts. They both initially plead not guilty, with Casey later changing his plea to guilty of the count of conspiracy and obstruction. Casey is already out of prison. Meanwhile, Shane was reindicted with additional charges after they found that he had goaded them on to "try again" after news of Finch's death had circulated. He then struck a deal for deferred prosecution, which could have resulted in the charges being dismissed entirely on the basis of him meeting certain conditions, but with the possibility of facing over 60 years in prison if he were to go to trial and be convicted. He was only sentenced recently, this September. Different charges, different judges, that's why their sentences were different.
I think SWAuTistic got more time because it isn't his first offense. He has swatted dozens of people, made bomb threats at multiple events and public gatherings, and even did that in a hitman-esque way. Put those on top of the deadly SWAT, and you get someone who is FAR more dangerous than a hotheaded teenager who, admittedly, did break the law by daring SWAuTistic to preform swatting on a specific address.
@@notdemomantf2294 I wasn't referring to SWAuTistic, I'm referring to the two kids that played each other in the Halo wager match. One who "hired" SWAuTistic and the one who gave the false address to the kid who hired SWAuTistic.
This last story is so frustrating. I’m glad the swatters were held accountable, but the fact that the officer who pulled the trigger was given no repercussions and in fact was even promoted is disgusting.
You should do a video on a man named Richard Pusey. He’s from Victoria, Australia and the man is absolutely insane yet somehow is also extremely wealthy. He’s so crazy that he became somewhat famous simply for being wildly deranged. Would be interesting to see what you dig up about him
What's really kind of crazy is this guy only got caught because he bragged about it and made social media accounts. If he never took credit for it he could still be at large. Scary stuff.
The fact that he could go back to doing this on his website under the same alias AFTER doing jail time for swatting is amazing. Ok, one or two swats I could understand. But how did law enforcement have no clue who was doing this after multiple swats? He should have been at the top of person of interest lists long before he finally got caught the second time.
New video right before bedtime? Hell yeah! 🤘🏼 Also, W grandma. At the very least she made the first attempt to outright make call authorities & disavow any such behavior, especially under her roof. Whilst so many others just sat there enabling him..
It was an interesting situation where Keem was positioned well enough within the online gaming/FPS community that Tyler likely felt comfortable going on the show and talking. Keem was literally the perfect person in that scenario to get the confession.
@@psychopompous489 Honestly at this point Keemstar has more integrity and credibility than any of his detractors. I think comparing him to a broken clock is unfair by current RU-vid standards.
This is sickening and infuriating. He needs to be in prison the rest of his life in solitary confinement with no privileges to a phone, tablet, or even the ability to write a letter.
Ugh I remember I watched a documentary series on Netflix and he was in it it blows my mind he didn’t learn from the first few times he got into trouble. I guess bragging and being homeless was the way he wanted to live… as u can see that got him very far.. u did a great job on this story! Definitely love watching ur content 💙💜
I'm amazed Tyler only got 20 years. He is the perfect candidate for "Life without the possibility of parole." He will be a danger to society anytime he is not locked up.
Doesn’t matter when the damage was done anyways. In all technicalities if you’re still alive you can live without money he won in the long run if he isn’t dead or in prison.
What’s tragic is a person who gave the wrong address is charged more than the police officer who killed him and he more than likely lied about seeing a gun.
Agreed. I usually side with the cops, but this one is such an obvious case of a trigger happy cop executing a father in front of his family for reaching to pull up his pants. I don't get how anyone can think that's acceptable. The police should be held to a higher standard since they do have the unenviable task of upholding the law and PROTECTING people. And this cop at the very least failed. With an entire swat team there, they could've easily waited for him to pull up his pants. Since that's in all likeliness what he was trying to do. They had body armor, big ass guns, and multiple people aimed at him. The guy couldn't realistically even get the gun pointed at them before they took him out even if they waited until they actually saw it. But thing is, he was unarmed. So if they had waited like 30 seconds, would've found out the man wasn't even armed. And no one would've lost their life.
no the call said he was dangerous why would they let a dangerous person grab a gun or reach to his waist (could be a gun tucked in)@@NeiasaurusCreations
if you wait to see what your enemy is gonna do you already lost, sure he was innocent and didnt deserve to die but in the officers eyes they were swatting a dangerous person@@NeiasaurusCreations
@@NippyNep Except he didn't HAVE A GUN. His pants were literally falling down so he went to pull them up, and they shot him dead. They out numbered him like 20 to 1. Even if he did have a gun, say he went to get it, by the time he could do anything they'd shoot him out their socks. The man was COMPLETELY innocent, and MURDERED by trigger happy police for pulling up his pants. That should be murder. If I shot YOU for pulling up YOUR pants, wouldn't that be murder?
Me: *Terrified that if I get a parking ticket I'll go to jail for ten years.* Tyler: *Repeatedly swats people, organizations, everything, keeps being allowed to do it with little consequences until somebody actually gets killed because of it.*
Im almost sure that at worst you'll have to pay for a hefty fine for the worst parking offences xD. I dont think jail is even on the table for such things so can rest a bit easier bout it xD
@@JuFated iirc you pile up enough of them and don't pay you can get a bench warrant...but they usually will set up payment plans if you ask, so the BW can be avoided
@@twinzzlers It depends on what state you are in. Not paying multiple times can get you arrested and Covid has jails filled up so they do send drunks+parking ticket people to prison.
What a shocking story you brought up. I for one was not aware of this tragic story this guy did and I can’t believe that cyberbullying in regards to making a fake swat team attack made not only worldwide headlines, but manslaughter and other crimes. I hope that Swautistif learns his lesson for his heinous cyber crimes and to live a better life after his 20 years are served.
Sorry to tell you but inmates were given internet access at one point, where the guy went on to Twitter to say that he didn't care, had no remorse and would do the same thing again if given the chance.
As someone who is from Wichita Kansas and never knew about this, thank you WebSurf. This is truly a heart breaking story. The police officer should have most definitely been let go. Rip Andrew Finch & Adelina Finch. Gone but never forgotten ❤
@PeakApexsome people found out that you can exploit their giveaway system to literally gain free land and with this a bunch of people now technically own the entirety of scotland
I used to watch swatting videos when I was younger, not thinking about the horrible things that could happen. I remember showing my dad one of the videos and him telling me that someone was going to get killed. Me being younger, I brushed it off as a parent being out of touch with "edgy humor". It wasn't until this event that I decided to never give swatting videos the views again. In hindsight, I feel silly for not thinking something like this could happen.
I remember seeing Jordan get swatted live at 7:09 it was terrifying to a 12 year old me and truly was scared for his life. Sometimes I miss The Creatures but it’s mostly nostalgia and they had a pretty good run, better it died on its own terms
Another disgusting wrinkle to this story is that the piece of dog crap officer that shot the guy said if he ever met the guy's mother he'd tell her to "Get over it"
HE was the one that called that bomb threat on the FCC!?! I remember see that exact clip of everyone being rushed out of the room when it happened since I was following the net neutrality debate closely. Omg this makes me so mad
The shooting happened where I live in Wichita Kansas. The police officer Justin Rapp has yet to face any consequences. In fact he's been promoted. This world is fucked
I love how everybody hates the guy without thinking about the situation but it is easier to do surface level emotional reactions rather than actual analysis
@@DetectiveJones "Hm, this guy came out in his pajamas looking like he has absolutely no idea what's going on. I'm in cover with over a dozen other cops to support me, I have my gun trained on him ready to fire at a moment's notice, and the man has no visible weapon. Better shoot him the second he moves even slightly funny with zero warning and give no shits about it later." Yeah completely logical...totally not a trigger happy asshole.
Good news for the family: A federal lawsuit against the killer, police officer Justin Rapp, was settled for $5 million USD. The killer is not charged for murder but rather civil liability. The city pays $2 million of the 5, and the rest is paid by the insurance companies.
@@evandaymon8303yeah was messed up , as a swat ou have to immobilise the suspect and if he tries to pull a gun he has to NOT SHOOT HIM IN THE DAMN FACE , he has to shoot his arm , or leg , somewhere where is not fatal
Horrible outcome for all involved. Well, all except that cop who unlocked an achievement and leveled up. Seriously, how can you shoot an unarmed man and not only face zero consequences, but also earn a promotion?
@@oinkytheink1228 All of that is good reason why he shouldn't have pulled the trigger. You need to be absolutely sure there is a threat before using lethal force.
How do you get the home address of a person from their IP? Imagine spending so much time focused on such an act as swatting that you figure out how to do something like that.
From the wording of the guy it sounds more like social engineering, from my understanding from networking you can't get an exact location just from ip at most you can get a geo-location but even that could be wrong, geo-location wouldn't even get the state 100% right. So like pretty much everything like this people are the weak link in tech. So social engineering has to be the way. Either way sounds like he wasn't an idiot and had some intelligence shame he wasted it on swatting,
IP can give general town/area but it is kind of rare for it to tie directly to a residential home address. It's more likely they get into an email account or find an account on a shopping website and get a saved shipping address.
The fact that none of these guys never got what was coming to them is infuriating. Dude's are alive and public but nothing ever happened to them, ridiculous.
yep. the one person who actually took out a weapon and shot the man gets away scott free. the police are the biggest scumbags in any story like this. barriss was simply a scumbag who used that to his advantage.
They need to track the phones that call them before they swat, because it is bs that people can just call the police on someone else and get them swatted
That cop needs to be held accountable as well. If our poor excuses for police weren't so trigger happy, things like this wouldn't happen. I hope he feels all the guilt it's possible for him to feel.
Thank you Wavy for sharing this incident in recent history. 2017 had 987+/- police shootings in the US of A and yet killers and murderers get promoted. The culprit and the officer are equally despicable human garbage.
@@Dthomas5816 if someone from my job murders someone and that gets taken out of my pension, only a small bit mind you, and it happens so often that im actually losing most my pension? Yes. Yes it is fair
@@Dthomas5816Well you'd probably stop letting it slide when you see your friends doing it, wouldn't you? Yes, this is an allegory for what we are talking about, now apply the same logic If we don't hold professionals to certain standards all we are doing is giving idiots power
Tyler's story is mostly just sad, obviously his upbringing (or lack of) really fucked him up. That cop though is an embarrassment to the profession and it's unbelievable he didn't face any disciplinary action. The department seemingly just swept it under the carpet using the swatting as justification over the incident, but it really just shows the dangerous incompetence of their officers. Like honestly, how many swattings have ended with the cops shooting an unarmed person? Not saying Tyler isn't responsible, just saying that PD used him as an easy out.
It's the US so cops like him are the norm. I'm pretty sure it's standard procedure to promote a cop after they murder someone, too. Either that or shuffle them around to another city where citizens aren't aware of their reputation.
@@guy-sl3kr not really “cops like him are norm” little bit brainwashed there it’s only a small percentage if it was the norm we would have more people getting killed not a small percentage. Beside we weren’t there so we can’t really say what was going through his head….remember the only information they got was the suspect just killed their parents and is armed..
The fact that anybody could be playing an online game and end up being a victim of swatting and potentially getting shot dead is wild I'm surprised there hasn't been any measures put in place to prevent this.
swatters should be given the sentence of the crimes that they falsely accuse someone of, like if they they falsely say that theres a hostage or bomb event going, the swatter should be charged as if they actually committed that crime
Being in the Call of Duty comunity at the time, and living less than an hour away from Wichita myself this was very scary to see happening. I remember seeing Swautistic's tweets the day it all unfolded. Super great video, this is definitely a story I've been able to remember pretty clearly and you were spot on.
The way he blames everyone but himself for what he did disgusts me. I hope he is someone girlfreind in prison. “I’m not the one who discharged a weapon I don’t think I got anyone killed “
