Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: 55 Swatting Calls: A Couple’s Fight Against Online Stalkers and the Police

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The city of Milwaukee agreed to a $575,000 settlement after months of heavily armed police responses to 911 calls to the couple’s home that officials knew were hoaxes.

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Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: 55 Swatting Calls: A Couple’s Fight Against Online Stalkers and the Police

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