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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 17 2015, @05:47AM
Swatting should be treated as attempted murder.
We should be able to trust the police to investigate alleged criminal activity without assuming they will kill innocent people.
It could be considered attempted murder if police are assumed to be incompetent, but then whats the point in prosecuting a prankster in that sort of a society...