Guy Swatted In Front Of 60,000 Viewers

[Demon_Skeith]

Joshua Peters, a US Air Force vet who hangs out on Twitch playing video games, was the victim of a swatting hoax last week, during which his home was stormed and the police reportedly pointed guns at his brothers.

Streaming as Koopatroopa787, Peters had around 60,000 people watching him play Runescape when the raid took place. You can see the moment his mother tells him what's going on in the video below.

"I see you posting my address", Peters later says on his stream. "I had police point a gun at my little brothers because of you. They could have been shot, they could have died because you chose to SWAT my stream. I don't give a s*** about what you have against me, or what I did to you. For that, I am at a loss for words. Your gripe is with me so let it be with me and do not involve my family in any way, shape or form with this. They don't deserve that."

Peters told ABC News (via Game Politics) that he wasn't aware of anyone with a "beef" against him.

"It was more or less a wake-up call that I have to be careful. It can happen to anybody," he said. "I came back on after and told everyone what was going on. I knew the person who did it was watching and I wanted to let them know you can't do this."

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Clearly the law enforcement needs to up their emergency call detections.

 

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What the actual hell? I had no idea that this could happen. What did the guy do? And what criminal activity was he falsely reported to have done?

 

[Demon_Skeith]

What the actual hell? I had no idea that this could happen. What did the guy do? And what criminal activity was he falsely reported to have done?

just google swatting to get a picture of whats going on, but the short version is, some popular streamer pisses someone off, that someone uses stealth means to tip off the police in that streamer's location that something bad is happening in their house that would force the swat team and whoever else there to cause a major issue despite the fact there is nothing going on.

 

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I did look it up and it made me doubt the competence of the police forces even more than I used to. You can't just break into someone's house and point guns at civilians if you're an officer of the force. You have to knock and have backup prepared in case something illegal does happen. I hope those cops are punished for their incompetence.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I did look it up and it made me doubt the competence of the police forces even more than I used to. You can't just break into someone's house and point guns at civilians if you're an officer of the force. You have to knock and have backup prepared in case something illegal does happen. I hope those cops are punished for their incompetence.

You do realize that the nature of the call that is placed to them warrents the action they use right? No officer knocks on the door when they get a call about a mad shooter in the house.