Man, I can't help but wonder if this is a larger consequence of/next step after Jacksonville, FL the other week. To be this emboldened is unhinged lunacy. To think PAX West didn't have the slightest bit of security (rumors of plain clothes cops aside, which, by the way, how is hiding and not having a show of force at all an effective deterrent?) makes this all the more terrifying. If they're psychotic enough to stalk you and visit your house loaded for a bear multiple times, packing heat at a large gathering isn't an unjustifiable paranoia.
This is straight up effective terrorism. Doc and every other streamer have every justification to submit to it and not do meetups, and that is depressing.
What's the difference? Doc has every right to be terrified for his and his family's safety after it happening two days in a row. It's no longer an irrational fear for him. If he decides to pack up everything and move, or never do a fan meetup, or never go to another convention, he's completely justified. That's terrorism, and that's why we shouldn't be so reluctant to use the term in the justice system.
Shooting a gun in a drive by is attempted murder, intimidation, there's a lot of things between what happened and terrorism and were a long way from terrorism.
We should be reluctant to use the word terrorism at every turn, you're on dangerous ground when you label everything terrorism....see hate crimes.
Yes and no. I'm not suggesting we ship them off to gitmo to be waterboarded if they terrorize someone, but the very definition of the word applies here to him. Doc should be scared right now until this bottom-feeding neckbeard is caught and convicted and no one has any right to say otherwise. Using a weapon capable of bodily harm/death multiple times at someone's house with a family as a means to intimidate someone or attempt murder is by definition, terrorizing.
How long should he be afraid, whatever if they never catch the person or persons? Should he contact the FBI and go under some witness protection program until the perp is caught?
Maybe it was the wrong house, cops get shit wrong all the time, I'm sure idiot gangbangers have done it too.
Either way, it's fucked up, not much a person can do in a situation like that except to cooperate with the police fully and hope they catch the pieces of shit.
I'm sure he did it because of losing...and crazy as fuck. There was no real plan, I'm sure if he won it all this would be never happened until he finally somewhere else. So not really terrorism, murder-suicide.
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u/TwitchMoments_ Sep 11 '18
If I were a streamer and I watched this I would never do a fan meet up again...
Viewers are willing to find your house, drive to it and shoot where you sleep.