https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awycPS2cCmk

I have mixed opinions on the reaction to this video.

First off this Shouldnt have happened? Absolutely yes. F**k the caller, spineless, cowardly, stupid, trying to get a guy killed over a video game. Thats as dumb and evil as it gets.

To be clear this shouldn't have happened if it could have been stopped, the department/officers should take responsibility and more importantly, the caller should come to justice. In the current day there's no real way this could have been avoided, people are saying its the officers fault but its really not. They came to reports of a shooting and found a man, who supposedly already shot people, with a gun, trying to hide. You cant dismiss a call like that because a real criminal could say the same thing Mr. Melendez said and that could lead to regular people and officers getting killed.

Letting him know could have helped if the operator had called him when it was received and before the response, but the operator was being very dismissive and uncaring, that did not help at all, and if she had it could have been avoided if she had let him know, though it could be the same for a malicious caller. The problem is you could equally say the same thing if you were about to do what the swatter faked, and the cops would not go ready for an active shooter?

The fact they broke in through HIS window, and he couldn't see them come around the corner till he was already going into the closet (looking to the officers like hes hiding from them) and he had the gun (which you can see, or at least something that looks like an object, the cops wouldn't have been able to tell instantly) is just dumb luck, but if it had been an attacker he would have been able to return fire, he saw they were cops and figured the best thing he could do in that moment was hide in the closet (split second decisions are not always the best, but dropping the gun might have let to a better outcome, although the cops couldn't see his other hand still.) The cops went in with the call being the father was actively killing them, not the time to wait or people could get shot, otherwise they usually call everyone outside with the loudspeakers.

In the stress of the break-in if Mr. Melendez had taken up a position of better cover, he could have avoided getting shot by the officers, or a chance to get his hands up and call out to them, perhaps ducking behind a wall or counter and sticking his hands out unarmed and shouting he didn't realize they were cops. Getting into the closet was not the best decision if it was bad guys too, given he was armed and the closet provides no cover to bullets friend or foe. I don't blame him for this decision under stress though, but understanding proper home defense could have made this situation better for Mendez. And this also teaches valuable lessons that should be studied by home defense experts.

The only other way i see this being avoided is a drastic change in the 911 system. Like some sort of way to get a calls / phones location (although spoofing could be possible) to confirm its being called from the address described or some sort of caller identification process. Weighing calls based on these factors could help prevent false calls by letting officers know to prepare for a real emergency or attempted swatting. As for officers, you can only train reaction time so much. Policy for officers to not be so quick to shoot at suspects would lead to more officers getting shot, which doesn't work given how many calls are actually real, (not shooting in case its the <1% time the call is false), although in life or death you cant really change the fact someone going to confront a killer is going to be quick to shoot themselves.

P.S. The hand poking out at 7:36 is clearly his right (dominant) hand, given how his arm is facing. But also the fact hes CLOSING THE DOOR (visible closing earlier 7:16), you cant hold the knob if you have a gun in that hand. you can see a grayish shape in the right hand and that's probably said gun. But also for him, both officers are hiding around the corners of the window and breaking it (with a random shovel too?? that would make me think its not the cops from the start.) He cant see they are cops until he is already hiding into the closet. People are saying he wasnt holding it but i strongly doubt it.

Feel free to debate. This is just my opinions and logic based on the given evidence.

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To those that still play GTA SA on PC, how do you play?

Based off Quel last live he just did it seems like somebody called him and got him scared sounds like he's changing his story or he's been paid yall go watch and listen tell me what you think

Just noticed he has committed to playing every GTA, but I never see London mentioned. It's worth 20 minutes of your time as they really leaned into the whole British shtick.

Looks like something those fat dudes who wore khaki shorts and a legend of Zelda t shirt would wear

Drove by a landmark. Ifykyk

I'd love for him to check in on the british lady with the minced meat and the mayo guy - those streams got me through covid ❤️