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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: 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.