• PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
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    4 hours ago

    It’s an American thing. The goal is to hopefully use the police to kill the streamer since police often are skittish and tend to shoot first before verifying what is going on.

      • Zink@programming.dev
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        2 hours ago

        Because the police are mercenaries, not wild animals. They generally don’t bite the hand that feeds. Besides, they still have 99% of the population to target.

    • Bazoogle@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      I don’t think the goal is to get them killed most of the time. It’s mostly kids thinking they’re “pranking” them, and just want to scare them.