'Swatting' victim to harassers: Ten cops pointed guns at my little brother

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Armed law enforcement, summoned by a hoax call, raided the home of a popular Runescape livestreamer last week which prompted this emotional message in which the gamer describes his 10-year-old brother being held at gunpoint.

Joshua Peters, who lives in Minnesota and livestreams as "koopatroopa787," uploaded this video on Thursday, following a raid on his home that was captured during a streaming session. No one was hurt in the call to his home, placed by a person still unknown, for reasons also unknown.

"I don't give a shit about what you have against me online," Peters says. "Your gripe is with me, so let it be with me. Do not involve my family in any way shape or form. They don't deserve that."

"He's 10 years old, and he had 10 police officers pointing a gun at him, because he was at the door," Peters says, before breaking down completely.

The practice is sometimes called "swatting," for the SWAT team it's supposed to send to someone's home on rumors of a hostage-taking, shooting or some other urgent and potentially violent crime. The police's arrival has been captured on other livestreams before.

There have been no reports of police harming someone during a "swatting" raid — though there have been other high profile stories of injuries and even death when police have intended to raid an address, but themselves got the wrong one. Needless to say, swatting victims still find it incredibly distressing to have firearms pointed at them and local law enforcement ends up outraged at having its time and resources wasted.

In November, a developer at Bungie was the victim of a swatting in suburban Seattle. In August, someone swatted a Counter-Strike player in Littleton, Colo. (southwest of Denver) and the incident closed down a nearby school. Just recently a Nevada man was arrested in connection with a swatting he called on a Naperville, Ill. video gamer in July. He faces five years in prison.

This is by no means a comprehensive account of game-related swatting incidents, even over the past year.

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[ministerC4]

Not news worthy. Back to coffee.

 

[Urda]

Wassup with these cops threads?

 

[YowYan]

hurr durr police state hurr.

 

[ministerC4]

hurr durr police state hurr.

I was gonna say, but I realized I was gonna have to say many times today. :/

 

[NineSNS]

This kind of pranking is ridiculous and dangerous. If the focus of the article is on the poor kid who was looking up the barrels of guns, it should have been on the losers/low-life who think it's funny to summon a SWAT team as a joke.

 

[Multiply]

I hope a black family isn't swatted. The police might miraculously find a cache of weapons and drugs and accidentally open fire on the family for "resisting".

 

[Complex]

I had a swat team blow up my door just to get to my neighbor's house. I was Dafaq??? Like why didn't the police just go next door. Dem niqqa's be crazy

 

[Sol Ku]

I hope the police start taking this shit more seriously in the future and start tracing these calls and arresting the little shits making them.
God forbid someone gets shot over these "pranks".

 

[Kaneki Kun]

I hope a black family isn't swatted. The police might miraculously find a cache of weapons and drugs and accidentally open fire on the family for "resisting".

Puts on "The blacker the berry-K-Dot"
It's about to go down.

 

[DoubleKamui]

This guy is an idiot. It's his fault for swatting in the first place. He should have expected a SWAT team arriving at his place with guns pointed everywhere at his area. He potentially placed himself in danger, and his family members too. It's standard practice for police to point a gun at anyone who opens the door of a home that is being raided. As soon as that door opens, police don't know what to expect.

 

[Multiply]

This guy is an idiot. It's his fault for swatting in the first place. He should have expected a SWAT team arriving at his place with guns pointed everywhere at his area. He potentially placed himself in danger, and his family members too. It's standard practice for police to point a gun at anyone who opens the door of a home that is being raided. As soon as that door opens, police don't know what to expect.

I don't think you understood. He didn't call the swat team on himself. Someone was watching his live stream and likely got his address. They then told the police that he probably had someone held hostage. He didn't know he was being swatted until the second they arrived at his house.

 

[Pumpkin Ninja]

I hope the police start taking this shit more seriously in the future and start tracing these calls and arresting the little shits making them.
God forbid someone gets shot over these "pranks".

The people who pull these pranks generally call from their computers and change their IP so they can't be traced.

 

[DoubleKamui]

I don't think you understood. He didn't call the swat team on himself. Someone was watching his live stream and likely got his address. They then told the police that he probably had someone held hostage. He didn't know he was being swatted until the second they arrived at his house.

I see. My bad.

Whoever was behind the swatting needs to get his ass kicked.

 

[Hexuze]

Yes, his reaction can be found here:
[video=youtube;rn-U9S7aV6M]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn-U9S7aV6M[/video]

Honestly this is sad.

 

[Multiply]

Yes, his reaction can be found here:
[video=youtube;rn-U9S7aV6M]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn-U9S7aV6M[/video]

Honestly this is sad.

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That is sad.

 

[Hexuze]

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That is sad.

Yeah bro, it's a f*cking stupid joke & it's sad.

[video=youtube;TiW-BVPCbZk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiW-BVPCbZk[/video]

 

[P3ĮÑ]

I've got the swatting threat a couple of times on other forums, some are really serious about the whole thing.