The family of anti-gun activist David Hogg was “swatted” Tuesday morning when someone falsely reported a hostage situation at their Florida home, prompting a SWAT team to swarm the residence. (RELATED: David Hogg Cashes In On Manufactured Celebrity With Book Deal).
BSO SWAT team at David Hogg’s house in Parkland after a hoax call that family was being held hostage.. again hoax swatting call #MSDstrong #neveragain pic.twitter.com/JriKE8nOQX
— jeff weinsier (@jweinsier) June 5, 2018
According to a report from Local 10, someone called the Broward Sheriff’s Office claiming there was a hostage situation at the home. However, when Coral Springs Fire Rescue arrived on the scene, they realized there was no hostage situation and the call was a prank. BSO also responded with multiple crews and a police helicopter.
David Hogg and his family are NOT being held hostage by someone with an AR-15.. BSO is, however, in Parkland at the family home after a hoax or swatting call.. #MSDSTRONG #neveragain
— jeff weinsier (@jweinsier) June 5, 2018
Hoax SWAT call to the home of Stoneman Douglas survivor & gun law activist David Hogg. @jweinsier reports: BSO called saying someone had taken people hostage. This was a swatting call & IS NOT TRUE. There is a major law enforcement presence at their Parkland home. @WPLGLocal10 pic.twitter.com/0dXcQc59fJ
— Eric Yutzy (@EricYutzy) June 5, 2018
Hogg was not home at the time of the swatting – he’s currently in Washington, D.C. with his mother.
If you’re unfamiliar, swatting is a form of harassment wherein someone deceives emergency services into sending a police force to someone’s home. It’s illegal, juvenile, and highly dangerous – and whoever made the prank call should be prosecuted within the full extent of the law.
As we have seen this is how people get shot. The person who perpetrated this hoax should be arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced to the maximum penalty allowed by law!
— Steve Buckland (@SteveBuckland4) June 5, 2018
Yes, David Hogg is not well-liked. Yes, he’s extremely misinformed about guns, gun violence, and gun rights, as all anti-gun liberals are. However, swatting is not an acceptable response to his anti-gun activism. It’s a dangerous intimidation tactic right out of the liberal playbook, and it reflects extremely poorly on conservatives who stand opposed to Hogg.
Please, let’s not stoop to this level. Let’s take the high road and shut Hogg up with cold, hard facts rather than illegal, immature schemes.
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