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New Jersey Legislator Who Sponsored Anti-Swatting Bill Gets Swatted

posted by CoolHand on Thursday April 16 2015, @09:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the just-desserts dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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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  • (Score: 1) by SubiculumHammer on Thursday April 16 2015, @10:06PM

    by SubiculumHammer (5191) on Thursday April 16 2015, @10:06PM (#171753)

    This the type of thing that brings on calls to police the internet instead of the real problem: militarized police.

  • (Score: 2) by fishybell on Thursday April 16 2015, @10:08PM

    by fishybell (3156) on Thursday April 16 2015, @10:08PM (#171755)

    I'm fairly certain that in this day and age any formal and recognized policing of the internet would just result in a internet protest, and no one in charge would care. When the internet can give you everything you want (except freedom), why bother fighting?