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The guardian reports on a sobering event in Washington DC.
US police have arrested a man wielding an assault rifle who entered a pizza restaurant that was the target of fake news reports it was operating a child abuse ring led by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her top campaign aide.
[...] The suspect entered the restaurant and pointed a gun at a restaurant employee, who fled and notified authorities, police said. The man then discharged the weapon inside the restaurant. There were no injuries.
[...] [Police] said the suspect during an interview with investigators revealed that he came to the establishment to "self-investigate" Pizzagate, the police statement said. Pizzagate is a baseless conspiracy, which falsely claims Clinton and her campaign chief John Podesta were running a child sex ring from the restaurant's backrooms.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 06 2016, @01:58PM
Essay test -- how is this "Pizzagate" different from swatting?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatting [wikipedia.org]
> This article is about the act of fraudulently calling emergency services to another person's address. For the killing of houseflies, see Flyswatter.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 06 2016, @07:42PM
I leave somebody else to write the essay. I think it constitutes online harassment. There's also a difference between a group of people in combat armor, fully authorized by the government, breaking down the door of a private residence and one guy firing one shot in a business open to the public.