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Nevilledog

(51,104 posts)
Wed Aug 24, 2022, 01:17 PM Aug 2022

Georgia cops respond to 'swatting' call at home of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene



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Needless to say, swatting is a crime, and an extremely dangerous one at that.

Five officers showed up at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s home overnight in response to a “swatting” call, Georgia police said.

cnbc.com
Georgia cops respond to 'swatting' call at home of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
The suspect in the "swatting" call said they opposed Greene's stance on transgender youth rights, according to police.
9:28 AM · Aug 24, 2022


https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/24/cops-go-to-home-of-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-in-response-to-swatting-call.html

Five police officers showed up at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s home overnight after an alleged opponent of her stance on transgender rights made a false 911 call, authorities in Georgia said Wednesday.

The “swatting” call falsely claimed that a man had been shot multiple times in a bathtub at a residence in Rome, Georgia, the city’s police department said in a report shared with CNBC.

The Rome Police Department at 1:04 a.m. ET dispatched five officers, who were told on the way that they were headed to Greene’s house, the report said. They rang the doorbell and were met by the Republican congresswoman, who “assured us there was no issue,” the report said.

A spokeswoman for the department told CNBC that the officers checked Greene’s home.

Afterward, the department received a second call from a suspect using a computer-generated voice who claimed responsibility for the incident.

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I'm gonna have to see something besides Traitor Greene saying this happened.

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Georgia cops respond to 'swatting' call at home of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Original Post) Nevilledog Aug 2022 OP
One of her supporters probably did it. edbermac Aug 2022 #1
Check Matt Gaetz's burner phone dalton99a Aug 2022 #2
wear nitrile gloves when you do, it's been in his pants Celerity Aug 2022 #4
I don't believe her. No one is going to call the police back and say they did it. onecaliberal Aug 2022 #3
well, ........... Celerity Aug 2022 #5
Did she greet them with a gun? Xoan Aug 2022 #6
All she's done EnergizedLib Aug 2022 #7
OK, I feel really stupid. What is swatting? MiniMe Aug 2022 #8
Here 👇 Nevilledog Aug 2022 #9
Thanks MiniMe Aug 2022 #10
Wondering what would have happen if MTG was black. . Emile Aug 2022 #11
I don't believe it. Period. IngridsLittleAngel Aug 2022 #12
I'm sure you think that's clever... Treefrog Aug 2022 #13
So that's your takeaway? IngridsLittleAngel Aug 2022 #14
If they rang the doorbell Bettie Aug 2022 #15

EnergizedLib

(1,895 posts)
7. All she's done
Wed Aug 24, 2022, 02:08 PM
Aug 2022

Is harass Rep. Omar, Rep. Talib, David Hogg and more.

It’s not so nice when she gets harassed, is it?

Nevilledog

(51,104 posts)
9. Here 👇
Wed Aug 24, 2022, 02:21 PM
Aug 2022

swat·ting
/ˈswädiNG/
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nounINFORMAL•US
noun: swatting

the action or practice of making a prank call to emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of armed police officers to a particular address.
"he found out that he was a victim of swatting after police surrounded his home on Thursday"
 

IngridsLittleAngel

(1,962 posts)
12. I don't believe it. Period.
Sun Aug 28, 2022, 05:58 PM
Aug 2022

If she was swatted, I could see her swatting herself for the sake of attention. Because I don't think there are any limits to the kind of cunning stunts she would pull in the name of portraying herself as a victim, and getting more attention. Rep. Twitter Troll has to troll, always.

That said...

1. Has anyone ever heard of someone swatting someone, then making a second call to say why? I haven't. Making a second call just doubles the chances of your ass being traced and found. Zero doubt in my mind that Trailer Trash Greene made that up (if the whole thing isn't made up) so she can further terrorize trans people. Because Little Miss "I don't care what consenting adults do in their own bedroom!" (lie) is completely obsessed with people's genitals and their gender identities.

2. I love how (if any of this is true) the cops were forewarned whose house it was. Funny how when Keffals got swatted a second time, no one bothered to tell the pigs "Someone's falsely called us on her before." But that's right. Gotta be sure to use kid gloves with oily-skinned white Nazis... At least she isn't transgendering.

That said, if this happened, I am having a very difficult time mustering any sympathy. Maybe it's because her words and actions have gotten a lot of innocent people targeted and harassed and harmed. I don't condone swatting her (or anyone else). I just can't be bothered to shed any fucking tears, either.

 

IngridsLittleAngel

(1,962 posts)
14. So that's your takeaway?
Sun Aug 28, 2022, 06:10 PM
Aug 2022

Gangreene has spent two years promoting insurrection, spreading bigotry, harassing fellow members of Congress, stirring shit, causing turmoil, attempting to impeach Democrats for doing their jobs, and relentlessly targeting people like me... And your takeaway from me reaching my breaking point with her shit that?

Speaks volumes... dear.

Ohhh. I know. We're supposed to be nice - even when they are trying to kill us.

Bettie

(16,109 posts)
15. If they rang the doorbell
Sun Aug 28, 2022, 06:24 PM
Aug 2022

it was not "swatting". It might have been annoying, but honestly, I think she's doing it herself, seeking attention.

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