Local couple gets "swatted" while playing minecraft

[41magsnub]

http://missoulian.com/news/local/missoula-couple-surprised-by-swatting-plot-police-response/article_7817392d-5111-5bc7-8058-fd05d238dfd6.html

The quote of fail: 

She said the the perpetrator's motive, along with his or her identity remains unknown, but she noted that sexism could be reason enough for the attack.

[French G.]

People in town near me had similar happen. A call that was traced to an out of state number said that the caller was holed up in the house with a hostage child and several guns. SWAT responded. Fortunately the owners were out shopping and not at home to get ripped out of the house at gunpoint. Or worse.

Calls like that should be a felony. If I call (anonymously) and say someone has child porn hidden on a partitioned drive their life is likely ruined by the time it is settled. Nation of snitches.

[Ben]

Ironic that the husband is researching "cyber-bullying" for his degree.

This kind of thing should absolutely be a felony.

[TommyGunn]

When they locate the creep who makes the false call, they should be able to "SWAT" him/her in revenge --- just to convince them what it feels like ......

[dogmush]

This kind of thing really pisses me off, especially because it's so hard to track the little cowards down and give them the beating this behavior deserves.  I also think it really says something about our cops in the last 10-15 years that they have become so predictably willing to go full kick in the door that they can be used in this way.multiple fraked up issues here.

I do get to brush off my favorite Red October quote though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emdzsz_XvfA

[Viking]

This should be a hanging/shooting offense.

[Ned Hamford]

I have some sympathy for the time of the essence aspect; but shouldn't there be some degree of due inquiry?
Hmmm, anonymous pre-pubescent 'complainant' who kept snickering on an out of state number with no verifiable particulars... 
More common sense, less tacticool is the first and only choice decision making. 

[RevDisk]

I have some sympathy for the time of the essence aspect; but shouldn't there be some degree of due inquiry?
Hmmm, anonymous pre-pubescent 'complainant' who kept snickering on an out of state number with no verifiable particulars... 
More common sense, less tacticool is the first and only choice decision making. 

Folks use VOIP to call in some situation, so in fairness sometimes they make it look like the home number. Sometimes people die before the police realize it's an outsourced assassination attempt. For a while, cops seemed to make it SOP to shoot pets on sight.

Apparently it's quite 'common' in gaming and SJW communities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatting

Wikipedia has a couple dozen examples.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

Someone does that to you and you find out who it should be a situation where only jesus can save em


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[Regolith]

Folks use VOIP to call in some situation, so in fairness sometimes they make it look like the home number. Sometimes people die before the police realize it's an outsourced assassination attempt. For a while, cops seemed to make it SOP to shoot pets on sight.

Apparently it's quite 'common' in gaming and SJW communities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatting

Wikipedia has a couple dozen examples.

I hadn't heard that anyone's been killed yet. Been expecting it, but haven't heard it.

[RevDisk]

I hadn't heard that anyone's been killed yet. Been expecting it, but haven't heard it.

Guy who was shot for carrying a BB gun, because a caller claimed it was a rifle, that victim loaded it, and victim was aiming it at people.

It's a new term, but folks have been giving false information to the police for quite a long time.

[zxcvbob]

Guy who was shot for carrying a BB gun, because a caller claimed it was a rifle, that victim loaded it, and victim was aiming it at people.

It's a new term, but folks have been giving false information to the police for quite a long time.

The BB gun that he picked up in a Walmart?  I wonder if the caller is the one who unwrapped it and put it in the wrong aisle somewhere as bait.

[K Frame]

People in town near me had similar happen. A call that was traced to an out of state number said that the caller was holed up in the house with a hostage child and several guns. SWAT responded. Fortunately the owners were out shopping and not at home to get ripped out of the house at gunpoint. Or worse.

Calls like that should be a felony. If I call (anonymously) and say someone has child porn hidden on a partitioned drive their life is likely ruined by the time it is settled. Nation of snitches.

Maybe you missed this...

15 year old swatted a rival gamer is going to be spending a significant portion of the rest of his life in jail...

http://nationalreport.net/15-year-old-swatted-domestic-terrorism/

Hit him on a domestic terrorism charge.

[Regolith]

Guy who was shot for carrying a BB gun, because a caller claimed it was a rifle, that victim loaded it, and victim was aiming it at people.

It's a new term, but folks have been giving false information to the police for quite a long time.

Oh yeah, that one...not sure if that's technically "SWATing" though. Related, but not exactly same.

Maybe you missed this...

15 year old swatted a rival gamer is going to be spending a significant portion of the rest of his life in jail...

http://nationalreport.net/15-year-old-swatted-domestic-terrorism/

Hit him on a domestic terrorism charge.

Not sure if domestic terrorism is the right charge, but I think the sentence is about right. 

ETA: Actually, I hadn't read that all the way through before I typed that:

Defense lawyers told the courtroom that Horner, who goes by the gamertag BadAssDwg69, was upset after being repeatedly beaten by a fellow gamer at Battlefield 4. After obtaining the rival gamers information, prosecutors say Horner called police and reported a murder/hostage situation at the home. SWAT team then raided the house, shooting and critically injuring the “Livestreamer’s” father in the process.

I think the little *expletive deleted*er got off easy.

[Firethorn]

Maybe you missed this...

15 year old swatted a rival gamer is going to be spending a significant portion of the rest of his life in jail...

http://nationalreport.net/15-year-old-swatted-domestic-terrorism/

Hit him on a domestic terrorism charge.

Fortunately for the supposed father, unfortunate that a little *expletive deleted*it of a SWATTER wasn't given hard time, it's fake:
http://www.snopes.com/media/notnews/swatted.asp
National Report is a fake news site ala the Onion.

[cordex]

Ironic that the husband is researching "cyber-bullying" for his degree.

Ironic or convenient?

[K Frame]

"It's fake"

I'll be.

[K Frame]

OK, here's one from 2014 that's almost as serious...

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/09/accused-swatter-released-on-100k-bail-faces-jail-time/

Oh, wait. ABC News. Definitely fake.