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The Pigdependent - Meet Patrick S. Tomlinson: The most ‘swatted’ man in America

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Stand Alone Fruit
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This guy is such a faggot
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Your honor I point to Wisconsin Legislature 893.82, specifically section 3:

“Except as provided in sub. (5m), no civil action or civil proceeding may be brought against any state officer, employee or agent for or on account of any act growing out of or committed in the course of the discharge of the officer's, employee's or agent's duties.”

So yeah Patrick. Good luck with trying to get qualified immunity removed in Wisconsin first.
He wouldn't sue an individual; he'd sue an entity (MPD or city).
That statute is irrelevant.
 

Suetonius

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He wouldn't sue an individual; he'd sue an entity (MPD or city).
That statute is irrelevant.
Either way he has no case. He could sue for damages, intentional infliction of emotional distress, etc. The state would argue that their responses were neither unwarranted nor unique in the damage caused to Patrick. No rights were violated (i.e, kicking in his door and searching his house without warrant or probable cause.) Pats argument would hinge on “They showed up to my house when I didn’t make the call - DAMAGES!”. Now Patricks case is unique, and civil courts don’t usually establish precedents, but the question then needs to be asked if the police’s actions were unwarranted or unnecessary. Ruling in Patricks favor would mean if the police knocked on my door for a wellness check when they meant to go to my neighbor - I could sue them, and win, for emotional distress.

Fact is if a lawyer told Pat he had a case he’d be suing the MPD right now (Not only for a bigger payday and media exposure but it literally stops the root problem - You don’t get rid of the SWATters but you get rid of their tools.) But he’s not making that case because he doesn’t have one.
 

quasi101

the $83,736.99 fugitive
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He wouldn't sue an individual; he'd sue an entity (MPD or city).
That statute is irrelevant.

Chapter 893. Limitations of commencement of actions and proceedings and procedure for claims against governmental units.

893.80 893.80  Claims against governmental bodies or officers, agents or employees; notice of injury; limitation of damages and suits.

What are you talking about those sections refer to all the above. this seems to be wisconsins version of sovereign immunity


 
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What are you talking about those sections refer to all the above. this seems to be wisconsins version of sovereign immunity


The only thing Fatso has done is provide ample (he's fat) evidence that he's antagonizing the police hoping for a beatdown so he can frivolously sue them for a multi-million dollar payout.
 

Slackjawed Cow

I laugh at them because they're all the same.
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Either way he has no case. He could sue for damages, intentional infliction of emotional distress, etc. The state would argue that their responses were neither unwarranted nor unique in the damage caused to Patrick. No rights were violated (i.e, kicking in his door and searching his house without warrant or probable cause.) Pats argument would hinge on “They showed up to my house when I didn’t make the call - DAMAGES!”. Now Patricks case is unique, and civil courts don’t usually establish precedents, but the question then needs to be asked if the police’s actions were unwarranted or unnecessary. Ruling in Patricks favor would mean if the police knocked on my door for a wellness check when they meant to go to my neighbor - I could sue them, and win, for emotional distress.

Fact is if a lawyer told Pat he had a case he’d be suing the MPD right now (Not only for a bigger payday and media exposure but it literally stops the root problem - You don’t get rid of the SWATters but you get rid of their tools.) But he’s not making that case because he doesn’t have one.
He should be suing the 17 year old that actually did it.
 

Suetonius

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What are you talking about those sections refer to all the above. this seems to be wisconsins version of sovereign immunity


And something I didn’t address from Patricks OG tweet - He’s not even claiming that he’d bring a civil suit against the MPD. He’s claiming they’re accessories to the crime which would make it a criminal case. That gives him even LESS of a basis for his claims. Not on qualified immunity but how bullshit his arguments are:

939.05  Parties to crime.
(1)  Whoever is concerned in the commission of a crime is a principal and may be charged with and convicted of the commission of the crime although the person did not directly commit it and although the person who directly committed it has not been convicted or has been convicted of some other degree of the crime or of some other crime based on the same act.


So lets see how that’s defined:

(2) A person is concerned in the commission of the crime if the person:
(a) Directly commits the crime; or


The MPD have committed no crimes.

(b) Intentionally aids and abets the commission of it; or

The MPD have not aided or abetting the commission of the crime. While SWATting is a crime, I imagine for the police to be considered “aiding” in a SWATting call would necessitate proving they knew it was false and still responded or acted with unnecessary force. Patrick could argue that common sense dictates the 46th fake call doesn’t necessitate a response, the MPD would point to their responsibility to respond to all calls as real, lest facing the responsibility of not responding to a real call.


(c) Is a party to a conspiracy with another to commit it or advises, hires, counsels or otherwise procures another to commit it…

As far as we know, the MPD is not collaborating with Torswats.
 
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This is the state of journalism in a nutshell. The only places you're consistently seeing quality journalism are with your "empires" like the New York Times and your "city-states" of independent journalists like Javier. The former have enough staff and resources to do investigative reporting, while he latter can make a decent living on their substack or podcast because they are largely self-employed and don't have a lot of overhead costs. It's these middle ground publications like The Independent and your hometown small city newspaper that are barely clinging on that are producing the kind of half-assed journalism with click bait title because they don't have the resources to do better. (Some of this was ripped from Derek Thompson's podcast, but you get the idea.)
The reality is that nobody who is actually talented is going to pursue a career like that. You have $100k-$200k to go to journalism school, then each year literally hundreds of thousands of people are graduating with the same degree as you and competing for maybe 100 jobs. These jobs don't even pay well, and you can be laid off at the drop of a hat. Most people with half a brain are either going to find something else to do or do this as a hobby or open up a substack and write their own shit.

When I was in school there was this genius kid who got perfect grades and was extremely knowledgeable about the news and had his own website where he would write articles all the time. Everyone thought he was going to be a world famous journalist as he had it all going for him. I just looked him up on LinkedIn and he works as a librarian lol. What an absolute waste of his genuine talent.
 
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Slackjawed Cow

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And something I didn’t address from Patricks OG tweet - He’s not even claiming that he’d bring a civil suit against the MPD. He’s claiming they’re accessories to the crime which would make it a criminal case. That gives him even LESS of a basis for his claims. Not on qualified immunity but how bullshit his arguments are:

939.05  Parties to crime.
(1)  Whoever is concerned in the commission of a crime is a principal and may be charged with and convicted of the commission of the crime although the person did not directly commit it and although the person who directly committed it has not been convicted or has been convicted of some other degree of the crime or of some other crime based on the same act.


So lets see how that’s defined:

(2) A person is concerned in the commission of the crime if the person:
(a) Directly commits the crime; or


The MPD have committed no crimes.

(b) Intentionally aids and abets the commission of it; or

The MPD have not aided or abetting the commission of the crime. While SWATting is a crime, I imagine for the police to be considered “aiding” in a SWATting call would necessitate proving they knew it was false and still responded or acted with unnecessary force. Patrick could argue that common sense dictates the 46th fake call doesn’t necessitate a response, the MPD would point to their responsibility to respond to all calls as real, lest facing the responsibility of not responding to a real call.


(c) Is a party to a conspiracy with another to commit it or advises, hires, counsels or otherwise procures another to commit it…

As far as we know, the MPD is not collaborating with Torswats.
Pat blames everyone else for his problems. If you question pat, now you are an accessory in his drunk head. He makes a ton of false accusations that he could never win in court. He knows that and thats why he wont take it to court anymore. He is fine with farming pity on the internet and hoping news outlets would give him publicity or possibly a writing job.
 
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When I was in school there was this genius kid who got perfect grades and was extremely knowledgeable about the news and had his own website where he would write articles all the time. Everyone thought he was going to be a world famous journalist as he had it all going for him. I just looked him up on LinkedIn and he works as a librarian lol. What an absolute waste of his genuine talent.
That guy's actually still killing it:

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