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A New Jersey state legislator who is sponsoring a bill against swatting, has himself been swatted:
According to a report by NJ.com, Moriarty received a phone call at his home on Saturday from a police officer asking if everything was okay; the assemblyman was then informed that someone had anonymously called in a report of a shooting at the home. He was then told to describe his clothing and step outside, where he saw a crowd of officers armed with "helmets, flak jackets and rifles."
There was no mention if the legislator questioned the over-militarizing of the police or no-knock raids...
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New Jersey Legislator Who Sponsored Anti-Swatting Bill Gets Swatted
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by takyon on Thursday April 16 2015, @09:43PM
The legislator in question has successfully fought [nj.com] an illegal DWI stop, and the officer who stopped him faced 14 criminal charges instead, before being acquitted [nj.com] in March. The case has made New Jersey headlines since July 2012.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 17 2015, @05:45AM
What a mess. No wonder so many kids want to go to law school...