Name: Conservative Blogger "SWATed" Over Coverage of Bret Kimberlin
Uploaded: 2012-05-25T12:29:02-0400
Description: Well known conservative blogger Patterico was subjected to a form of extreme harasment known as "SWATing" in which a fake report of a murder is given to the police by someone claiming to be the target of the harassment. The goal is to have a swat team sent to the victim's house, with guns drawn, under the assumption that the victim has committed a horrible crime.

May. 25, 2012 . Stephen Gutowski

Well known conservative blogger Patterico was subjected to a form of extreme harasment known as "SWATing" in which a fake report of a murder is given to the police by someone claiming to be the target of the harassment. The goal is to have a swat team sent to the victim's house, with guns drawn, under the assumption that the victim has committed a horrible crime.

This is a video which includes the call to the police which reports the fake shooting. Read all of the details at Patterico's blog.

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