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Three months after she introduced the Internet Swatting Hoax Act in US Congress, Representative Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) found herself at the end of an apparent swatting attempt on Sunday night.
Melrose, Massachusetts police press spokesperson John Guilfoil confirmed to Ars Technica that the department received a phone call from "a computerized voice, not a natural voice" alleging "shots fired" and an "active shooter" at the address of Clark's home. The resulting police report confirmed an incident time of 9:57pm for a "life alert alarm" and "automated call reporting shooter."
This type of police report—using a disguised voice to allege false threats at a residence—is known as "swatting," due to the likelihood that police departments will react by sending SWAT teams to respond to serious-sounding threats. In the case of the Sunday night call, however, Guilfoil confirmed that Melrose police followed "established protocols" to choose a de-escalated response of normal police officers, though the officers in question blocked traffic on both ends of Clark's street with patrol cars. Guilfoil was unable to clarify whether weapons were drawn at the scene, and he did not answer our other questions about the incident, particularly those about the nature of the phone call received, "due to the ongoing nature of the investigation."
(Score: 4, Insightful) by NotSanguine on Friday February 05 2016, @04:37AM
Just one moment, Kurenai. I did none of the things you suggest. Nor have I accused you of *anything* other than going way off-topic.
I was just watching the link you posted, none of which was any surprise to me. Otherwise I would have finished this post before you had a chance to go off on your rant.
Had you followed the link [wordpress.com] that I posted in my initial reply, you'd see that I understand that there are folks out there who are way off the reservation WRT equality on the self-proclaimed "radical feminist" side (which, I assert is a misnomer, as what those folks are promoting isn't feminism at all, just bigotry).
At the same time, I have no truck with those who espouse their own bigotry, using the bigotry of those with whom they disagree as a justification.
I don't need, nor did I request an apology from you. Nonetheless, I do accept it, even if it wasn't necessary. I will say that your apology did make me think that you understood my point. I'm still pretty sure that you did, but you appear to have wounds and scars which, while they have nothing to do with me, cause you to lash out.
As my sister used to say, "hurt people hurt people." I believe that to be true as well. As such, I understand your anger. I'll only point out that I had nothing to do with anything negative that has ever befallen you. Regardless, I am sorry that you've had to endure such pain. I won't take that apology back either.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr