René Rebe, a 25-year veteran of Free and Open-Source Software development, was swatted and taken in for questioning.
Linux dev swatted and handcuffed live during a development video stream — perps remain unidentified
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-dev-swatted-live-during-a-development-video-stream
13 Comments
rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 71 pts · 1y
I wonder what the hell you have to tell the police in Germany to take someone away for questioning (handcuffed, no less) based on an anonymous accusation. If I understand it correctly they didn't even search his home, at least not thoroughly.
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml · 22 pts · 1y
Just telling them he supports not exterminating all Palestinians is probably enough
Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Antisemitismus!
jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Also underclasses are bad and we shouldn't run things in a way that makes them.
Scolding7300@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
stoy@lemmy.zip · 47 pts · 1y
I am confused as to why the police doesn't put more work into finding the people doing this, it is a waste of resources to be called on a fake call. It also makes people loose trust in the police, and generates bad PR.
nehal3m@sh.itjust.works · 40 pts · 1y
They’re untouchable, why would they prevent themselves from harassing innocent people?
Angry_Autist@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
They don't care, they got to bust down a door and shout at people, that's all that matters to the pigs.
2pt_perversion@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 1y
Feathercrown@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
They should just only accept tips on swatting-related offenses from sources that are identifiable.
Angry_Autist@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
But then they won't get to jump into their exciting Swat carriers and get dressed up as real special ops bois nearly as often
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
Good thing there weren’t any menacing baby cribs to throw grenades into.
Dkarma@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
The perps are the cops.
roman78@nrw.social · 3 pts · 1y
@BrikoX What’s wrong with tomshardware site? Can’t hardly read two sentences before it crashes.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 1y
Works fine on my end with uBlock Origin. But you can try archived version: https://archive.ph/WlM0e