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by mitchdoogle 2788 days ago
What the call caused was police to show up at the door. That is where the responsibility of the caller ends and it should be punished accordingly.

The police caused this man's death. Citing the investigation as proof the officer was not in the wrong is being obtuse. Look at the body cam video - what you'll see is the victim being shot without any effort to confirm what they were told, and no effort to try to subdue with nonlethal means.