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Re:Afroman found not liable in defamation case brought by Oh... by markdown on Thursday March 19, 2026 @09:38PM (#47449291)
AFAIK we have no idea if an informant testified to it, or even if there was an informant. Cops claimed that someone had told them about it, and the judge signed the warrant.

Swatting is the action or practice of making a hoax call in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of armed police officers to a particular address"

Either there was an informant, and the false claim was made to a police officer, or there was not informant, and the cop made a false claim to the judge. Either way, the intent was to get cops to show up and screw with Afroman, and that goal was achieved.

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Re:Afroman found not liable in defamation case brought by Oh... by HanClinto on Friday March 20, 2026 @08:20AM (#47453544)
I agree with you. It might not be "swatting" in the crank call sense, but it definitely feels like malicious lying (on the part of _someone_) to harass or cause injury through police action. So yeah, definitely feels like swatting to me too.
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