This shows bad judgement. I don’t want my law enforcement agencies putting out this kind of message, and I hope the responsible employees are disciplined and that they put some kind of social media policy in place, written by adults, so that we don’t see anything similar in the future.
I'd settle for the ATF just learning to not shoot puppies.
What could go wrong? And I don't mean with the raids that might (should0 happen. What happens when some felon who straw purchased via his ex, finds out she turned him in? It could be ugly.
An anonymous tip alone is very likely insufficient probable cause for any judge to sign off on a warrant to execute a guns blazing search inside a home.
The link you posted, and swatting in general, involves a whole lot more than merely an anonymous tip to establish probable cause. Two totally different things.
to anyone else wondering, "ratio" is a derogatory term that in this instance means "a post got more replies than likes"; it can also mean that a reply to a post got more likes/comments than the original post.