STEVE BANNON GETS SWATTED — Police Swarm His Home After Anonymous Call of Shooting Inside

SWATTING: Swatting is a criminal harassment tactic of deceiving an emergency service (via such means as hoaxing an emergency services dispatcher) into sending a police or emergency service response team to another person’s address. This is triggered by false reporting of a serious law enforcement emergency, such as a bomb threat, murder, hostage situation, or a false report of a mental health emergency. * * * * * * * * * * Heavily armed police on Friday swarmed Steve Bannon’s home on Friday morning following a false report of a shooting at the residence. Heavily armed police surrounded Bannon’s Washington DC home ready to light up the place.-- More...