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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: 2) by c0lo on Friday April 17 2015, @05:03AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 17 2015, @05:03AM (#171889) Journal
    Got that, my message was tongue-in-cheek anyway (an extrapolation of your comment I was replying to, I hoped with good signal of agreement). My apologies for not being explicit.
    (not to worry, I do take care about others while smoking).
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