Notes from the Resistance
WIRED spoke to a self-proclaimed leader of an online group called Purgatory, which charged as little as $20 to call in fake threats against schools. [More]
Here I go rethinking my opposition to public crucifixion again…
I sometimes wonder if NSA has hacker tech that lets them know who these satanic cowards are but won’t reveal it because intelligence gathering requires plotters confident to talk.
And then I wonder if NSA hackers are behind it.
[Via bondmen]
Swatting mayhem: Universities scrambling to respond to hoax active shooter reports [More]
An expectation of certain public caning upon conviction followed by 20 years busting rocks would put the crimp on a lot of impulses. Unfortunately, that would just net the stupid ones. Then again, maybe the government doesn’t want to admit how much it can crack and trace because of larger priorities.
As for real threats, less of this and more of this would go a long way toward making things right.
[Via Michael G]
The left’s acceptance and even advocacy of violence against the famous has led to the targeting of conservative media figures and conservative social media influencers for “swatting”… [More]
All you have to do is see what ugly, evil, and cowardly people hate us to know we’re on the side of what is right and good.
The perpetrators of terrorist acts need to be treated as terrorists.
And there needs to be a legal standard to inform police decisions on what constitutes exigent circumstances, with anonymous calls requiring a special decision/authorization process invoking interim steps, like maybe calling the damn house…
[Via Michael G]
Texas home of Austin Metcalf’s father swatted [More]
That’ll teach him to disrespect…
We have to be prodded to hate. The left is just steeped in it.
Murderous hate.
[Via bondmen]
Late Monday night, Juanita Broaddrick, one of the women who claims President Bill Clinton raped her, says she was “swatted,” with 10 law-enforcement officers and a SWAT team coming to her home. [More]
And stupid American women will continue to vote for the party that only “believes women” if they’re non-binary, fetus-rending collectivists.
Swatting Of Conservative Media and Online Figures Continues Across the Country [More]
That’s attempted premeditated murder. If anyone dies, it ought to be a capital crime.
With all the reports, I’ve yet to find one instance where the perpetrator has been someone who espouses the Constitutional values the victims have.
[Via Michael G]
A man from Wisconsin pleaded guilty on Thursday to reporting false emergencies to police in places like West Covina and Oxnard, then taunting officers using residences’ Ring cameras. [More]
At least he and his accomplice won’t have to be incels anymore…
So… what kind of liability will Ring face for being hackable?
[Via bondmen]
The School Shootings Were Fake. The Terror Was Real [More]
And the FBI sat on information that could have stopped it.
This is a fascinating read– almost enough to make up for the author’s last one, although I can’t help but note this bit of unfamiliarity/overreaction:
Throughout the evening, he carried a loaded glock [sic] in a holster, a round in the chamber, no safety.
Horrors!
And I hate to keep bringing this up, but the last thing cowardly swatters want is meatspace exposure. And I have a feeling this sadistic little Torswat incel won’t remain a virgin much longer.
2 GOP lawmakers targeted in Christmas Day ‘swatting’ calls as police investigate -Reps Brandon Williams, Marjorie Taylor Greene posted on X about bogus incidents [More]
They have the advantage of being known to local law enforcement as political leaders with enemies, so any police response is sure to factor that in.
The rest of us don’t have that advantage. I’m wondering if coming up with some kind of LE notification for the local police and sheriff would be feasible along the lines of telling them who you are, where you live, and why someone might want to do that to you, would be useful for them to have on record as a precaution against a military assault being their default setting, or if that wold be breaking the First Rule of Rights Club…
Accuracy in Media boss Adam Guillette was away from his North Florida home when he received a call from local authorities Friday notifying him that officers had searched his home around 1:30 a.m. after receiving a call falsely claiming that Guillette was at home and pointing a gun at his wife’s head. [More]
That two can play that game is the main reason why Doxing is a risky tactic.
[Via bondmen]
Author Patrick Tomlinson and his wife, business owner Niki Robinson, have been “swatted” at their home in Milwaukee more than 40 times, often resulting in police pointing guns at their heads. Their tormentors have also called in false bomb threats to venues using their names in three states. Yet law enforcement hasn’t been able to stop the calls. [More]
That ought to be a life sentence for the Swatter with capital punishment if their target is killed.
I also find it encouraging to see one more example showing the state is not as omnipotent as we’re led to believe.
[Via Jess]
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And no, they won’t let you comment.
I wonder if any media are going to show up and grill them about this…
Be funny if someone released one of these… speaking of which, where’s the recording, to prove SWAT saw Jason pick it up and could tell that it was being carried before they lit him up…?
Cherokee Indians Tribal Council Votes for Car/Bodycam Exemption after SWAT Shooting [More]
Bodycam videos? We ain’t got no bodycam videos. We don’t need no bodycam videos. I don’t have to show you any stinking bodycam videos!
That leaves open the question of how police got the address wrong in the first place. What checklist procedures are in place to preclude an armed response and the assumptions that go with one until a positive identification has been established? Were those procedures followed? [More]
You don’t need to look very far to find plenty of headlines showing outrageously lethal raids like this happening again and again and again.
