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...
(Score: 2) by frojack on Thursday April 16 2015, @11:48PM
Read the first link in TFS about how swatting works.
The legislation this guy sponsored was pretty useless. Because swatters don't report the false crime in any traceable way. Even if caught (rarely) in most places they are guilty of only following a false police report, usually a misdemeanor, which they can usually wiggle out of. But most swatting is anonymous or over the internet. Sometimes swatters live in other countries. So the legislation is largely stupid, because swatters are virtually never caught.
The real legislation they need is to tone down Swat team usage and tactics.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday April 17 2015, @07:10AM
Thank god you said this! It's so blindingly obvious and sensible, and none are putting it so plainly: maybe the real answer to SWATting is to not send out a terror response team unless there are actual terrorists involved.
That anyone could reach any other conclusion than what you have stated goes to show how far down the rabbit hole we are already.
Washington DC delenda est.