Wichita, Kansas: Cop Justin Rapp Killed Innocent Andrew Finch After a 'Swatting' Prank Call [Immunity Denied!]

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Sniper killer Justin Rapp
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A Cop Killed an Innocent Man After a 'Swatting' Prank Call. The City Can't Be Sued.

7 October 2021

On a chilly December evening in 2017, a group of Wichita cops surrounded a modest house on West McCormick Street. They were there in response to what was purportedly a gruesome hostage situation: a father shot dead, a mother in danger, and a son threatening to burn everything down. When Andrew Finch opened the door to his home, a sniper rifle killed him within seconds. Thirty minutes passed before anyone rendered emergency aid. Cops handcuffed his mother, sister, niece, and two friends outside in 24 degree weather for over an hour. But Finch was not the son the police were ...

A Cop Killed an Innocent Man After a 'Swatting' Prank Call. The City Can't Be Sued.

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Kansas Police Officer Who Killed Innocent Man During A Swatting Denied Qualified Immunity

28 July 2022

Swatting is truly heinous. People angry about video game playing somehow believe they’re justified in attempting to end their opponents’ lives, literally. Toxic sub-humans who can’t handle losing turn to secondhand killing to get their revenge. Absolutely abhorrent behavior that plays into law enforcement’s shoot-first, handcuff-the-corpse-later warrior mentality. In this case, originating in a Wichita, Kansas, the swatting performed on behalf of a truly shitty Call of Duty player has at least a couple of silver linings. The first is that the perpetrator, “serial swatter” Tyler Rai Barriss, has been sentenced to twenty years in prison for his participation in ...

Kansas Police Officer Who Killed Innocent Man During A Swatting Denied Qualified Immunity

Swatting is truly heinous. People angry about video game playing somehow believe they’re justified in attempting to end their opponents’ lives, literally. Toxic sub-humans who can&#8217…

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