Correct, but the militarization of SWAT
It was center stage for a bill Obama tried to pass recently (not sure if it passed as I didn't follow it)
and police in general SHOULD be the focus of the story
Both the offender and the authorities need to be the focus of the story. It's a two fold issue.
You can keep blaming the ashes for making a mess but the fire is what made the ashes in the first place. It's like blaming gun manufacturers for mass shootings. I'm not suggesting the authorities are innocent but the source is still the source of the fire. The authorities could take a very hard stance on this and say that unidentified individuals cannot initiate a SWAT call. Is there statistically a downside to such a hard stance?
Canadian SWAT isn't the same as US SWAT so there's 2 separate views of the same issue. Canadians still have a positive view of their authorities. It's not so much the case in the US.
These little assholes wouldn't be swatting if it didn't evoke such a massive response from police.
First off, he doesn't really know what the actual response is because he's not there to witness it. This kid has many other issues beside swatting so I doubt the lack of response from police would have changed his abuse behavior.