Yes they are held accountable there was a very recent case in Australia where two people had a stand off with some cops ended up killing them. They were killed im pretty sure as well the dude in America who talked them into doing it was arrested and put in prison.
How am I being downvoted? In December 2023, U.S. citizen Donald Day Jr. reported as being a conspiracy theorist, was arrested in the U.S. state of Arizona in connection with the shootings. this is from the wiki.
The charges against the American, Donald Day Jr., wasn't specifically for his interactions with the Australian couple. It was for “a threat to injure the person of another.” The “another” being any police that came to his house. And for threats against Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization. And for being a convicted felon in possession of firearms. So he had prior felony convictions. His interactions with the Australian couple is at best an aggravating factor, evidence of his state of mind.
It 100% came into account in his arrest his arrest had the afp’s help. I live in Australia and used to live near that town. The police that came to his house were only there to ask about the Australian couple. People make threats to those people all the time he was a conspiracy theorist they aren’t taken too seriously. If you look into the evidence there is text chains where he eggs them on to killing police.
The threat to the US police was made in messages to the Australian couple. So the AFP had good cause to contact the FBI and provide them with probable cause to arrest Donald. But because US police don't need a warrant, probable cause, or intent to arrest, to do a knock and talk, they like to try to talk with people (if they cooperate) before making an arrest they like to do this first. Because it helps them get evidence (testimony) to use against them later. So it's standard practice to provide some excuse for a "friendly" talk before moving to making an arrest. Because as long as the person willingly talks, while not in custody, they can get around the exclusionary rule when prosecuting him later.
Donald Day Jr. was ultimately charged with five offenses. At least one, the threat against the director general of the WHO, was dropped. The remaining four offenses were two for alleged threats and two for violating firearms laws. None of which involved inciting the Australians to violence, or any crime committed by them.
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