White People Police Problems: Videogamers Use Real SWAT Team As Accessory
For several weeks now, the nation’s attention has been focused on Ferguson, Mo., and in particular, the militarized response of police to mostly-peaceful protests of the killing of 18 year-old Mike Brown. On Wednesday, a considerably less-tragic reminder of overboard police tactics occurred in the Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo. when, after receiving a fake call, a SWAT team raided the offices of The Creatures, a YouTube group streams live video of gameplay.
The entire raid was caught on video by a user named “Kootra,” who, in a particularly meta touch, was playing a game in which he’s ostensibly part of a SWAT-like tactical team. What’s fascinating about this is that before the SWAT team even busts in, Kootra immediately knows what’s happening, and maintains an amused smirk throughout the breach:
The “SWATting” phenomenon has been gathering steam for a few years, but apparently has now morphed from a malicious dirty trick into a trend…READ MORE
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By: Tommy Christopher
Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
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R.J. Carter August 28th, 2014 at 13:13
What’s that? We’re being recorded? Let’s shut that off right away.
R.J. Carter August 28th, 2014 at 13:13
What’s that? We’re being recorded? Let’s shut that off right away.
PunkAssPro August 28th, 2014 at 21:19
Impressive display of counter argument.
PunkedUrAss August 28th, 2014 at 21:19
Impressive display of counter argument.
raincheck August 29th, 2014 at 07:12
“The “SWATting” phenomenon has been gathering steam for a few years, but
apparently has now morphed from a malicious dirty trick into a trend”… A potentially dangerous trend.
R.J. Carter August 29th, 2014 at 09:42
It was always intended, at its outset, to be a deadly trap.
raincheck August 29th, 2014 at 07:12
“The “SWATting” phenomenon has been gathering steam for a few years, but
apparently has now morphed from a malicious dirty trick into a trend”… A potentially dangerous trend.
R.J. Carter August 29th, 2014 at 09:42
It was always intended, at its outset, to be a deadly trap.