What is swatting?

Swatting is a form of harassment in which attackers try to trick police forces into sending a heavily armed strike force — often a SWAT team, which gives the technique its name — to a victim's home or business. Learn more about swatting and how to protect yourself.

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[Warg]

Imagine being so low that you swat your online streamer enemy after finding their IP when somebody could be in a hostage situation and need SWAT to rescue them.

[Ghost-uhie]

This sounds more like a sick prank call...

[insertnamehere]

QT has PTSD from being swatted. I feel so bad.

[jon-klmk]

People don't have anything better to do with their wicked lives so they have to make others a living hell!

[marshallhuffer]

Tim Pool has recently been swatted for the 10th time, Rekita Law has been swatted this and TheQuartering has also been swatted twice this week.

[KeithCindyPanama]

People who fake these calls should be held accountable!!!! Are lawsuits happening????

[Btxa]

I hope they know how much harm they caused.

[Truther]

Local sheriff should be notified when you’re wrongfully swatted. If he doesn’t uphold the Constitution to protect your rights, he needs to be arrested by “we the people” through a petition and replaced by a true Patriot.

[alovesupreme]

Just another level of evil .. combine this with defunding the police more and more innocent people actually in need of first response services, will be left vulnerable and not able to receive services if swatting incident in progress and now an elderly innocent man has lost his life?
What the world needs now is loves LOVE SWEET LOVE!

[sumiraishaq]

only goodness in swatting is the crew returns alive with the celebrity(PROBABLY?)

[lukesplanet]

How about LE do more verifying before ramboo into homes. Feel like this can be avoided.

[LeCheeese]

Tanks for the Info.i never knew waht that means

[davidjean]

Surely the people that do this can be charged with making a false statement to police and improper us of emergency no. Heaven forbid someone gets shot as a result they should be charged with incitement to cause grievous bodily harm or murder if person dies.

[elenaherwagen]

What is the gain of swatting except sending a political message maybe?

[brunovivaldi]

how the people who call the police dont get arrested?

[buskingkarma]

I'm old so I have to look stuff like this up, , , but them I get even more confused!😆

[thrill]

1:15 they also say sometimes that their is a bomb threat

[deltasquirell]

Bro why does this video feel like this person wants to teach us how to swatt someone

[billmandj]

Someone just said they would swat me so I wanted to see what it means

[GreenRed]

Why is this common among gamers and live streamers? I don't get why they are always the target. Can someone explain, pls?