The 911 Call and 80+ Members of Congress

RedState ^ | 06/11/2012 | Erick Erickson

[iowamark]

Obama and Holder need to be asked every single day why they are not investigating this new Leftist tactic.

[Paladin2]

Hey, it's (at least) one of H0lder's peeps.

Nothing to see here. Move along.

[SwatTeam]

I find it very telling that not 1 effing democrat signed on to this.
Must be because they approve of the practice. Damn them all to hell.

[Truth29]

"Obama and Holder need to be asked every single day why they are not investigating this new Leftist tactic."

The calls originate from Administration proxies? Holder will only be interested in this if prominent leftists have been targeted by the callers. If the targets are conservative commentators or bloggers, then the harassment serves the Administration goal to curtail or shutdown conservative voices.

[Mr. K]

It is a good thing no one has been SHOT yet!

A bunch of police responding to a call like that are NOT the most level headed.... They have their own life they are afraid of losing, and think they are responding to a person that has already killed someone

[Principled]

WHile not advocating for such, I find it likely that some Dem members will have this happen to them.

[C210N]

Holder will only be interested in this if prominent leftists ...

The victims are not Holder's people. Case closed. might be good to know what 'rats were approached to add to the petition, but then refused to sign on...

[LTC.Ret]

And THOSE calls will be the ones investigated -— and then they will try to blame ALL the calls on that person!!!

[Wordkraft]

When these calls come into 911 cannot they see that the call is coming from a different location than the address to where they are being dispatched?

That alone should tell them that something is fishy.

[No Socialist]

It’s clear that it is the liberals who are so crazy they cannot tolerate any one who is opposed to their views. They are the one’s who are violent and thing harming people is the way to win the argument. Their ideas can’t persuade so they resort to name calling, racism, shouting down their opponents, and finally violence. These 911 calls are clearly intended to cause death by police. They are not simple pranks.

[going hot]

If the perp uses a cell phone in the vicinity of the address of the targeted home?

[VikingMom]

“When these calls come into 911 cannot they see that the call is coming from a different location than the address to where they are being dispatched?”

My understanding is that the people behind this are using sophisticated technology to hide their true location - so it appears that the call is coming from a cell phone, which generally doesn’t have 911 enhanced capabilities. That’s why the members of Congress are asking for an investigation. The FBI could track where these calls are originating and they would have the authority to arrest and prosecute the people doing it.

[miss marmelstein]

This horror happened to a good friend of mine who took on the city council of his corrupt little town in NJ. Someone made a false call that he had a dead body buried in his basement. Before you could say Jack Robinson, cops were on his roof with guns drawn. My friend has never recovered from this swat-ing. The perpetrator was not only never found, he was never investigated.

[Robe]

Bingo.... Your right on, On Memorial Day 2010, at a friend BBQ, a little kid dialed 911 while playing with a cell phone.
The 911 operator called back on the cell as well as the land line , 10 min later a Sheriff car pull up They know the cell as well as the location....

[Pining_4_TX]

My old brain isn’t working very well, but there was a story on FR about some long-time radical leftist who is suspected of being behind many of these “swattings”. Why hasn’t he been arrested?

[Presbyterian Reporter]

If your Congressman/woman has not signed this letter, it would be appropriate to ask them why.

I was disappointed that Rep Vern Buchanan (FL) had not signed. So I sent a quick email asking why.

We need to keep pressuring the GOP to get a spine.

[Wordkraft]

Thanks for the clarification.

[Pining_4_TX]

Ah, I found it! The guy’s name is Brett Kimberlin, and conservatives who write about him find themselves the target of a “swatting”.

[who knows what evil?]

Did someone forget to publish the list of Democrats?

Oh...silence = consent, I guess. Democrat members of Con-gress APPROVE of the 'swatting' tactic.

Remove them in November.

[precisionshootist]

The problem is not these prank phone calls. The problem is over the top use of military style SWAT teams on citizens. The fraudsters are just exploiting an obvious and dangerously lethal out of control Police tactic.

Let's be honest. SWAT teams have become nothing but a dangerous menace of society. Use of SWAT teams, military style uniforms, military weapons, and military tactics need to be outlawed.

Only the FBI needs such a unit and even then deployment should be strictly limited.

We had better get a handle on the police. They are far more dangerous today than any criminal element.

The simple solution is to get back to the old methods of being a public peace officer with a revolver, a radio, and a brain, and put an end to "Military Police".