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Tesla whistleblower's lawyer: My client may have been effectively swatted
A lawyer representing Martin Tripp has released a 10-page police report that he says raises new questions concerning a purported June 20 shooting threat to the Tesla Gigafactory near Reno, Nevada, where the technician worked until he was fired on June 15. The document was first reported by Bloomberg. A month ago, Tesla sued Tripp for alleged trade secrets violations, and he has recently countersued, claiming that he has been defamed.
The report shows that a call expressing vague concern over what Tripp apparently might do was somehow translated to law enforcement as a direct violent attack against the Nevada facility.
"How did it go from the call center to a very serious terrorist threat?" Stuart Meissner, one of Tripp's attorneys, told Ars late Wednesday evening. "I think that's a question that Tesla is going to have to answer in this litigation," Will Fischbach, another one of Tripp's lawyers, told Ars. Meissner, who obtained the report from the Storey County Sheriff's Office under a state public records request, wrote on Twitter on Wednesday that Tripp may have even been set up.
I present the "GigaGate" Police Reports Re the Tesla Giga Factory Terrorist Threat Incident & what may turn out to B the "SWATing" of our client.
We have asked to reopen the investigation as to the source of the reported "threat." Judge for yourself https://t.co/SYKpcQfjcl
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(Score: 2) by Knowledge Troll on Friday August 03 2018, @08:17PM (1 child)
I'm not really familiar with what you are talking about. Is that something like there is a constant churn of N% so only the cream of the crop stays?
Yeah I mean that wouldn't destroy morale or anything.
(Score: 2) by darkfeline on Saturday August 04 2018, @11:05PM
Stack ranking is where employees rank each other in terms of performance, and generally the lowest N get some kind of special treatment (such as fired). The best part is that performance becomes secondary. Performing well risks all of your coworkers turning on you and ranking you last. Politics becomes the primary concern.
I recall reading that Tesla had something like that, but I can't find it now.
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