René Rebe, a 25-year veteran of Free and Open-Source Software development, was swatted and taken in for questioning.
I wonder what the hell you have to tell the police in Germany to take someone away for questioning (handcuffed, no less) based on an anonymous accusation. If I understand it correctly they didn’t even search his home, at least not thoroughly.
From the link’s comments, someone thought: “The police (no matter the country involved here) went way over the top on this. An anonymous e-mail is nowhere near enough evidence to go arresting/detaining someone without a thorough investigation first. The only possible exceptions being domestic violence, child abuse or a homicide in progress.”
Just telling them he supports not exterminating all Palestinians is probably enough
I am confused as to why the police doesn’t put more work into finding the people doing this, it is a waste of resources to be called on a fake call. It also makes people loose trust in the police, and generates bad PR.
Damn they swatted the code therapy dude…what a niche youtube channel to decide to fuck with.
Good thing there weren’t any menacing baby cribs to throw grenades into.
The perps are the cops.