Swatting Keeps Getting Worse...

[@SomeOrdinaryGamers]

Check out the newest podcast episode: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpmmdZaPrraZeMU

[@Fungfetti]

But muta

[@EditedAmoeba531]

Will do sir

[@G4rfield]

Bruh

[@abdullah_z101]

Ok

[@dertythegrower]

🎩

[@notyou9348]

The fact people are easily able to do this with no punishment is honestly disgusting.

[@r1l3yian61]

Yep. The internet is for sure a super dangerous weapon, and place.

[@bcij1137]

They are getting punished. They pay all the costs for that service. And i think it's easily 5 digits they have to pay

[@membranealpha5961]

thats not a punishment thats a monetary cost @@bcij1137

[@volundrfrey896]

@@bcij1137 No the tax payers does, anyone who isn't a complete moron calls these threats in pseudo anonymously. The cops rarely bothers to follow up on false calls.

[@wax3697]

Streaming just needs to go away it has ruined so many genres of gaming especially mmos they literally contribute nothing to the communities they exploit and they live in this bubble of entitlement. Its pretty pathetic when you think about it. The best thing that can happen is it just fades away. DO i agree with swatting not at all do i feel sorry for people it happens to no i could care less and outside of the bizarre twitch culture bubble no on really cares either.

[@DOOMStudios]

It’s honestly really sad that people think this is “acceptable.” Ned Luke is genuinely a very cool guy, I really feel bad for him and his family.

[@Aeduo]

Thankfully the vast majority of people don't at all think this is acceptable. But enough do who ruin things for everyone else.

[@benracer]

God this sucks so much. The man is playing the game he is in for the fans to watch, and some asshole swats him. God that is so depressing and I would not blame him for becoming very cold to the community after this

[@phlooke]

Especially when you hear his wife saying she's sick and tired of this happening.... meaning that's far from the first time he's been swatted

[@drogozi3308]

All it takes is 1 piece of trash

[@Nicolas-v1z4i]

another youtuber and streamer was swatted not long ago...

[@Sakama98]

These person who thought swatting is ha-ha moment should be charged for: 1. Attempt murder 2. False report to authorities 3. Doxxing

[@r1l3yian61]

Not so much of a “ha-ha” moment for them now.

[@josiahcowans6649]

and if someone got kiled murder

[@OldSkoolStonedGamers]

Doxxing is not illegal: Although doxxing itself is not illegal, it could contribute to another criminal offense like harassment, stalking, intimidation, identity theft, or incitement to violence. For those sentenced to jail time, doxxing is usually part of a larger scheme involving multiple criminal offenses. There have been no precedents over this case or underlying issues which are similar in nature. As a result, doxxing is not officially illegal. There are a vast many charges you can be stuck with in the meantime but the physical act of doxxing another individual is not illegal.

[@drakegears]

Could this also be considered terroristic? Would they also get a terrorism charge?

[@FabulosoSpray]

@@josiahcowans6649 first degree as well.

[@piccolo54trunks2]

I can't believe this crap still isn't straight up illegal. There was an effort in Congress to make it a federal crime after an innocent man died from swatting, but bill never passed. We need this to be illegal.

[@pomfers]

we also need better trained swat teams

[@DoodleThis]

I would LOVE to hear idiots try to defend this, about why it shouldn’t be illegal. It baffles me to think ppl think nobody should get jail time

[@costa2k1]

IT IS illegal, it's a crime to make false reports.

[@joseph-socialist.bsky.social]

@@costa2k1 Then why does it keep happening

[@costa2k1]

@@joseph-socialist.bsky.social probably poor enforcement or small punishments applied or people don't care and do it, honestly idk

[@ravagingvip3r732]

The fact that they did it to Ned Luke was messed up. He is a wholesome person.

[@haileykitty6993]

Prank or not, it's still not a prank and is very serious. The people that thought it was funny to do that don't deserve any freedom.

[@r1l3yian61]

@@haileykitty6993Exactly. What if his life got ended all because of some degenerate on the internet that has nothing better to do than to toy around with other peoples lives? They are literally playing with fire, and I know that those people will never realize that this is not right to do stuff like this to others.

[@StuffJason437]

I had something similar happen to me in person. Instead of a SWAT team, it was a police ride home, and I almost ended up in a mental hospital because of some bogus nonsense from a jealous family member. Months later, as I was returning home, I got pulled over by the police. Apparently, someone who matched my description was involved in stabbing incidents, painting the victims' blood all over the walls of a flat. The officer looked at me skeptically as I explained, "I'm just now returning home..." and then, feeling embarrassed, the officer drove away. It's become a wild trend lately in the UK; if you don't like someone, just call the police and make up bogus reports in the hope that they are taken seriously enough to get that individual into some serious trouble.

[@j.jbinks9669]

What do you mean "lately"? It's been a thing over here for decades, the judiciary is just being more mask-off about it these days.

[@gavinhillick]

At least the police aren't usually armed, and those who are are fairy well-trained and not insanely trigger-happy like the Americans.

[@mrj1897]

Yeah… I’ve been there… happened in high school when someone my bff was close to decided they didn’t like me and tried to get the police on me in hopes I’m gone

[@vsxlarz]

Ned Luke really didn't deserve this. He's such a sweet person

[@r1l3yian61]

Yeah. I hope this doesn’t discourage him from doing more live streams.

[@cheefqueef6494]

But you gotta be honest he handled like a chad.

[@Justguy363]

If Ned Luke was actually Michael De Santa in real life, I would understand why he get finally swatted because of all those crimes he did in the past, not even witness protection will help him 😔 (It's a joke)

[@vsxlarz]

@@Justguy363 Witness Protection for what? No one was convicted of anything

[@nickm5419]

@@vsxlarz the character in the game as part of witness protection program

[@VeryRGOTI]

False Swatting is quite the equivalent of sending a group of hitmen to someone's house

[@jerricaleonard2123]

That's actually what swatting is.

[@guillermoelnino]

Are the hitmen not at fault?

[@gavinhillick]

Except they just do it for the love of the kill

[@oluftheexplorer9476]

​@@guillermoelninoHow are they at fault? They go out on a call which they have no reason to believe is anything but a serious situation. They do their job, nothing more, nothing less.

[@private2809]

​@@oluftheexplorer9476intelligence gathering/situational awareness is part of their job. If SWAT blow away a bunch of school kids because someone simply claims they are terrorists, SWAT has failed. The defense of bad operators is why we don't have good ones.

[@AtrociousAK47]

I agree, there actually was one notable incident where some random guy that had nothing to do with the situation was shot by police and left to bleed out on his front porch while his family was forced to step over him as they were lead out of the house at gunpoint, and then police waited till they had fully cleared the house before any medical personel were allowed near him. all of this because two idiots got into a dispute over a CoD match and one of em gave a fake address, and the worst part is the little shit that made the false call displayed zero remorse for his actions, even after being told that someone was killed because of him. people that swat are evil people that have little to no regard for the wellbeing of others, and dont deserve any sympathy or lenience whatsoever.

[@Plaprad]

Sad that it's like that now. But there have been lunatics in the past making calls just so they can pick off the medics when they show up. Which means now the PD has to clear the area first before the medics can come in.

[@dravidianking1298]

Average neanderthal cod player

[@AtrociousAK47]

​​@@Plapradcompletely understandable, you cant really even get mad at police as they were just doing their job and working with the limited info they had. Yes, you can make the arguement that communication between dispatch and on scene units was poor, and needed to be improved, along with there needing to be measures put in place to help identify spoofed numbers and flag them as possible false reports, but ultimately blame still falls upon the reckless little shit that made the call, as well as the kid that hired him. forgot to mention that last part, the kid that actually made the call was hired by the first dude.

[@AtrociousAK47]

for those that are curious, the hired kid told police that he had just murdered his father and had his mother and sister tied up as hostages. He then told dispatchers that he had drenched the entire house in gasoline and was thinking of lighting a match. it's no wonder police showed up in great numbers with guns drawn, and very on edge, as such that all it took was random dude putting his hands down for just a second, to get fatally shot by police.

[@r1l3yian61]

⁠@@PlapradExactly like what if it was a busy night where the Ambulances were somehow at capacity, and a stupid false report faces them that they don’t know if its real or not and their times are then wasted?

[@sasquatchman22]

The biggest thing about this is: the people who still do swatting are doing it because they are trying to get people hurt. They realize exactly what they are doing, and the potential result of it. And they are the kind of people who actively are trying to get that negative result because of some issue or another. Until they make it a serious crime, like Muta said equal to attempt on someone's life that carries a LONG long time in prison... They're gonna keep trying at it as they are the kind of people who value nothing and no one but themselves. The sad problem being: it doesn't get enough traction in the legal world for enough legal bodies to wanna do something about it.

[@SlyRyFry]

Nowadays anyone that does it is lying if they say there was not malicious intent. If they've delved deep enough to pull it off, they've obviously heard of the legit horror stories that can come from it. It's disgustingly evil to put random people and officers through those scenarios. Micheal from GTA of all people breaks my soul, the dude has always been known to be really nice

[@QueenSkyvalk]

Swatting isn't just for popular streamers, people use it to extort people into doing things. It's really screwed up, it's done to schools too.

[@RadikAlice]

Or more bluntly. Trying to use the SWAT team as free hitmen

[@Infisrael]

Mutahar is probably the only guy I know who can talk about swatting, meanwhile having the video's category about the game SWAT 4.

[@grayhacer]

I mean, he did show some gameplay

[@lawrencelord9777]

@@grayhacerhe commented before making it that far in the video it seems

[@Scooter227]

@Gyrfalcon312a 2005 game that’s better than a 2022 game lol

[@grayhacer]

@Gyrfalcon312 5:02 Do people even watch his vids?

[@fezzy5591]

​@@Scooter227Which 2022 game?

[@mysticthemanakete]

Honestly, for someone who’s willing to put the lives of not just the individual you’re SWATing but also anybody who may live with them in danger? 10 years is pretty light! The mere thought of someone doing it is horrifying, let alone actually going through with something so dangerous.

[@r1l3yian61]

Exactly, it is too slim of a sentence. You are putting someone’s life on the line. They should definitely get a longer sentence.

[@blastortoise]

10 years isn't that short, 10 years and it should be without parole or good behavior

[@eeeeee8762]

It should count as attempted murder with no deniability of having no intent aka it’s premeditated since the act of swatting shows the swatter intended for the streamer to get yknow, swatted, by a real swat team with real guns that could really kill the streamer. According to all of these slightly opinionated facts the minimum sentence should be life in prison with the possibility of parole, as is first degree attempted murder which is what swatting amounts to. I can guarantee you that if this is enforced swatting would become a much less common occurrence.

[@RadikAlice]

My girlfriend was a victim of it, what shocks me is she hardly seems to feel anything about it. Talk about nerves of steel I guess

[@blastortoise]

@@eeeeee8762 it wouldn't because you have to consider that not only ACAB but also the work it takes to trace numbers now is a lot more time consuming and cops really couldn't be bothered when there are so many law abiding black folk on the streets

[@Derping098]

Here in Michigan. False swatting is in fact up to 20 years because it technically falls under attempted murder.

[@zenoblues7787]

Good more states should follow this example. Harsh punishments discourage these kinds of crimes.

[@Kyronetta]

We need that in every state. It’s nuts.

[@HaotoAnimeOnPiano]

@@ThePaperKhan If you commit a crime in another state, you are subject to that state's jurisdiction for criminal arrest and prosecution. I got this from Google. You should try it.

[@seri-ously8591]

Making swatting illegal needs to be on a federal and not just specific states.

[@ladeao1552]

​@kaof-1958They push "warrior culture" onto the regular cops. I don't think the police departments should be training anybody.

[@Nefare1781]

Imagine if this escalated to a point where Ned was seriously injured or killed. This is fucked up.

[@r1l3yian61]

Yeah seriously. The internet is no joke a dangerous place. Especially when you can look up someone’s name and find out where they live almost instantly. “Woah, it's a crazy world we're livin' in.” - Jamiroquai

[@RazerCicak]

Worse if the cops went to the wrong house and then caused that person to die.

[@oz_jones]

Wouldnt be the first time

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

​@@RazerCicakWouldn't be the first or the last time...

[@Tangarisu]

The people that did this would laugh

[@johnny718bravo]

People out there think endangering people's lives is "fun". I hate this planet.

[@manoftherainshorts9075]

There are a lot of severely hurt, lost people in this world. Fucked up minds is not a disease, it's a symptom. Unless there is legitimately an intricate chemical imbalance in the brain, people that harm others were severely harmed themselves before.

[@regis_c]

Fr the only person that deserves this is EDP, but no one else

[@liamleclaire]

Swatting should be life in jail.

[@nitroruski7986]

i agree but the guy that swatted and got caught did the plea deal because as i know as a foreign to us justice system he would have got something like 50+ years incarceration

[@willfultrain6779]

Swatting should definitely be charged as attempted murder because that's what the horrible person who calls is hoping for.

[@theprussianviking]

Agreed.

[@thephilosopher7173]

ReviewTechUSA covered that Tyler Bariss case, and whats crazy is that Tyler felt zero remorse for what happened and literally did not care that someone died. That was the scary part.

[@seri-ously8591]

That’s the unfortunately the case with internet culture like swatting, it’s degenerates that don’t care about the repercussions because of anonymity.

[@ZarChasmOfficial]

People are way too desensitized nowadays

[@wastelandking]

@@ZarChasmOfficial Given that many humans are exposed to a sheer amount of violence, death, and generally rancid behavior, ain't surprising there. Still, it's scary how much swatting goes on, to the point that folks are hardly surprised by it nowadays. It's disgusting.

[@rgbok5453]

Completely agree. There should be a mandatory minimum of 10 years if people are found to do this as a prank

[@IntrusiveThoughts838]

I would make it twenty

[@Damian-cilr2]

@@IntrusiveThoughts838 i would make it thirty

[@papercliprain3222]

It’s become a thing in personal arguments as well. My 80 smth year old great aunt was swatted, and had state police show up at 3 in the morning because someone said that she had dead bodies in her freezer. She lives alone in a valley in the middle of nowhere. It was over a family dispute with her meth head grand daughter that got kicked out of the house for her drug use. But there’s no proof so there wasn’t anything done.

[@ElemonAdventures]

Not only does it put someone’s life at risk but I can’t imagine the fear and trauma that they experience after. The people who get caught should be charged way worse like you said

[@angelpena4310]

Have an incredible evening everyone! Thanks for the great video Muta!

[@eysan90]

Had no idea this was a thing. The other day I also found out that people do the same thing for school shootings, putting kids and their parents in a scary situation for no reason

[@ThePaperKhan]

Oh yeah it's a thing. Been a thing for a long time.

[@FEARSWTOR]

Kids will call bomb threats in on their own school just to get out of class. Back when I was in high school, shortly after Columbine, some kids from a school in the next district over from mine stole a cell phone and called in threats daily for a week to avoid math class.

[@eysan90]

@@FEARSWTOR unbelievable

[@FEARSWTOR]

@@eysan90 Search Overbrook High School bomb hoax 1998. You'll find a number of articles detailing how they received at least 16 fake threats in one school year

[@hamsterama]

@@FEARSWTOR I agree, this kind of stuff was going on for a very long time, before the internet was even commonplace. Back when I was in the sixth grade (about three years before Columbine), our school was next door to a middle school. Sometime the night before, a middle school boy put shoe boxes in between the two schools, with the word b*mb written on them. The shoe boxes were discovered in the morning. So, of course, the b*mb squad came out, and I remember we were stuck on the bus in front of our school for a very long time. Don't know what happened to the boy, except that he got into big trouble. Apparently, he did it because his parents were getting divorced, and he did it to get back at his parents. Yeah, I know, pretty silly.

[@KurstKensei]

The first swatting I ever heard of was when an ex youtuber Kootra was streaming CSGO at his channels office and heard the cops in the hallways and got onto the ground before the cops opened the door.

[@thegameplayer125]

at this rate, we're gonna see more andrew finch cases with swatting on the rise again. this is a goddamn horrifying thought to have

[@Dynelegacy]

As someone who was close to the kansas incident let me correct you. The police did not break into his house, he came out with his hands up and was shot on his front porch.

[@MrGiygas1]

Another danger of swatting, that not enough people are talking about, is that when law enforcement is aware of the possibility of swatting at a certain location, it could lead to them being underprepared for real emergencies at that location. Telling your local law enforcement of the possibility of swatting during your livestream can be a double-edged sword.

[@gairisiuil]

I'd imagine you need extensive proof of the fact that you are, in fact, a streamer, and are popular enough to make it worth your while to tell them. If you're saying that if you're a real streamer and law enforcement is calling ahead of time to let you know they're rapidly approaching, they'd most likely still go through your house and investigate a bit for risks just like this one. Oh, and also, if you mean that they won't come if there's a real hostage situation there i.e. the streamer themself is being held hostage, the streamer is 1) already in great danger and 2) can't just tell them to not come to his house, that's not how it works. If you mean he can't call the police normally, that's a different force.

[@daryncollins7640]

i honestly couldnt imagine the pure fear that some of these victim's had in these kinds of situations

[@Ejmillanv]

There was a similar situation a few days ago with another youtuber called Luke Stephens, he even uploaded a video talking about the whole situation and that would have ended badly because the team was sent to his PREVIOUS address where there was an innocent man sleeping in peace getting swatted then he had to call the team to come to his house and explain the situation. Honestly, those calls should be mega tracked and super pinpointed and everything else because the idiot that thinks that's funny should just rot in jail forever. Edit: just realized you talk about Luke later in the video, just commenting on the fly while watching hah. ALSO, I think that, somehow, for the "pranksters" overseas, since this is a serious crime, Interpol should get involved.

[@lightkira4119]

How is it hard to ask the caller to identify themselves and locate his information while the swat team is getting ready and heading over to the location. Anyone can call from an anonymous number that has no contact information and cannot be verified? It screams of a hoax. Ask the caller for their name and number, address and keep them on the line while you do a simple background check. If they are using a legitimate phone number with an address and real name then you can follow up after the event. A random person calls in a swatting call and no one does anything? Real people will tell you their name, social insurance number, address when they report a real crime. Some kids making a dumb call won't even be able to give good information.

[@iamatlantis1]

Your Mother's name is Luke Stephens.

[@SlyRyFry]

@@iamatlantis1 woah if you're into atlantis you should rename yourself trident cause that was edgy

[@teecee1827]

Interpol doesn't have any authority, it's mostly an information sharing agreement.

[@attilamarics3374]

@@lightkira4119 That wouldnt work. You can search police respons times in the US, imagine if they have to doublecheck the callers. The response time would be so huge you wouldnt have a reason to call the cops.

[@KaspersDomain]

Lmao, that outtake around 8:23.

[@takesz0050]

i was looking for someone to mention this lmao

[@qualwinters8784]

I'm a family man, so if this ever happens to my family at home - irrespective of what could transpire to my wife and kid - I'd be doing EVERYTHING to ensure the caller gets as much punishment from the law as possible, because they're legitimately playing with my family's life. Probably wishful thinking but I'll still try, regardless.

[@GaryWinthor-n3t]

Bro the cops aren't gonna shoot your kids lmao. Just don't escalate the situation and explain to the cops that you are innocent.

[@qualwinters8784]

​@@GaryWinthor-n3t I understand your intent here, but in real life, the best-case scenarios don't always pan out how we think, especially when people are under duress (we're talking about actual SWAT teams who are on the ground for legitimate action here, not everyday cops who stall for information first). I can't imagine my wife or 10-year-old kid complying with a SWAT group when they're being shouted or pointed guns at from outside the door while I'm not at home. ANY reactionary move, like running away or trying to hide inside the wardrobe, could as easily give the SWAT team grounds to act because they're responding to ACTUAL SWAT-related complaints in their understanding here - usually SERIOUS offenses, like terrorism - which can then TURN UGLY REALLY FAST. Again, I understand your intent, but always be mindful that real life is a 50-50 game for these kinds of situations, hence its seriousness for many people, such as myself.

[@peteranon8455]

@@GaryWinthor-n3t The police were actually charged with murder in 12 cases last year. You might think that it's pretty good to only only have 1% of the police killings be charged, but think of how overwhelming that evidence must have been.

[@jeanthemachine007]

I'm gonna say something that's likely controversial: Swatting = attempted murder

[@unknownuser5895]

This is only controversial for unstable "people" that think swatting is funny. Every normal person out there agrees or would agree with this.

[@KittyThaliaX23]

We really need more protections for content creators who are swatted. Like I know California has some protections but Ludwig and QT are a great example of those protections not really doing much to stop the swatting. It’s such a tricky situation because you don’t want to /not/ send police where they’re needed, but you also don’t want to waste time and resources, and potentially get someone killed either. Someone much smarter than me needs to be working on this lol

[@milkinobama]

“Lol wouldn’t it be funny if we call the cops on an innocent person that we hate, risking them getting shot in the face just to own them for annoying us? We aren’t psychopaths by the way.”

[@zacharythomasfreeman]

I have had this happen to me. I reported being sexually assaulted at my university and in revenge a group of students who knew my attacker reported me like an active shooter. While thankfully I wasn't on campus at the time and the head of security on campus handled it well, none of the students were punished because they had personal relationships with the university administration alongside a healthy dose of discrimination in various forms. When I pressed the issue through proper channels and exposed what was going on publicly, I was expelled in retaliation and it began a legal nightmare that has continued to this very day. It is absolutely frightening to know that at any moment I could get blown away going about my everyday life just because someone is upset with me.

[@thespethalone1950]

On occasion there are people who do not know their house is being raided by law enforcement(no-knock raids), and people will fight back. Recently a man was acquitted of all charges for firing at cops during a no-knock raid

[@arcticsphynx2981]

People like Tyler Barriss needs to prosecute immediately for swatting people and almost got everyone killed or injured by a swat team

[@TheSocialGamer]

Hey brother, I don't comment often. Chats are toxic. But, I just wanted to let you know that I appreciate your content and I thank you for being genuine on the type of videos you make. Stay blessed.!

[@Titangoboom99]

I have been swatted before. They climbed into my back yard. They had a battering ram at my front door. They broke my door in and pointed guns at myself and my family. They attempted to remove my 9 year old from my arms. Swatting is a serious problem.

[@-______________________]

nice larp

[@GogglzMUSIC]

My friend was swatted by someone sending an EMAIL They made a fake proton mail account of him and told the police directly that he'd do awful stuff to people

[@Casta2]

I have been saying on every video I watched about swatting that this should be counted as attempted murder. So happy to see this is a shared idea and I am not overreacting.

[@F_Around_and_find_out]

Swatting should be a universal ticket express to jail without parole. Not only did the authority have to put up to a cry for wolf call but also the person getting swat having their daily life be disrupted.

[@Inspirator_AG112]

*@[**03:23**]:* On a side note, massive respect to this guy's nerves of steel. How is even this calm?... I can only imagine this would be terrifying.

[@BallisticTip]

When I was younger I did tech work for a state trooper / swat station. swatting doesn't just hurt the person who gets swatted, it hurts their families potentially, and also hurts the officers. I had spoken to one particular officer who accidentally shot someone due to a swatting over World Of Warcraft. He ended up having PTSD because it shouldn't have happened ended up having real mental health issues. It should be life in prison for false swat calls. it can hurt so many people.

[@KaptainCnucklz]

In the US there's the bill H.R.4057, which would introduce some more serious penalties for swatting, but it hasn't seen any progress since December of 2015.

[@Bendilin]

Before swatting was even a thing, I had an issue where I had made dozens of custom video game character skins for Minecraft. Somebody kept linking to my website's archive of skins in 4chan threads on /v/. One unhinged anon then got some old phone number from over a decade prior to this event through the WHOIS whatever data for my website and started calling and harassing my sister and brother-in-law, claiming to be the FBI and he had evidence that I was posting CP on 4chan, all in an effort to curb people discussing Minecraft on /v/. I kid you not. Unfortunately at the time, the police were so tech illiterate that they couldn't even trace the calls if they wanted to.

[@lapetusX]

I said to a guy on Facebook that his weed did not look contaminated and then he deleted me and blocked me and 3 years later I went randomly to a torrent chat on a website and he was posting my real name and saying I was a pedo to them on the chat, apparently according to the other uses he had been doing it for 3 years every day, nearly all day and all night long. Wtf.

[@lapetusX]

They said he was accusing people of being me every single day on the chat. I said this is the first time I have used this website.

[@TrippyLuvsYou]

Best creator on the platform. Thanks for another video 🙏🏻 I'm just waiting on the closed captions 😊

[@Landscape_]

Ned is one of the most cool persons to come out the GTA franchise, he is such a good guy, couldn't deserve this on his entire life

[@HunterTN]

There was a local story a couple years back where a guy's ex-MIL called 911 in the middle of the night and said he was holding someone hostage at gunpoint. Cops rolled up ready for action and pound on the door, the guy is woken up by the noise and grabs his pistol to see what's going on. They see him armed in the kitchen and shoot him dead. There of course was no hostage, the ex wife had told some batshit story to her mother and instead of using critical thinking she just called 911 and got a guy killed. Neither of them were ever charged with anything.

[@agriffis7278]

You forgot to have them pay the salary of those involved, pay for damages caused during the time resources were tied up on a false call and should not be allowed to use a phone unsupervised.

[@PinkAgaricus]

Actually make them pay even the taxpayers whose money pays these officers (state and city/county money comes out of our pockets, we aren't paying taxes to the state or city/county to pay for these kinds of rude pranks that waste time) that are wasting their time on what they think is not a waste of time. We all deserve to sue these scumbags that pull off this garbage.

[@viperfan17]

8:21 - 8:29 threw me off so bad 😂

[@SoloEcho]

I agree. 10+ yrs. If you are willing to ruin someones life up just by a flip of the phone. Be ready to lose something in equal value.

[@sethboyle90]

Love how youtube thinks hes playing SWAT 4, when hes really not lol

[@robertnapier624]

You’re standing in my position sir!

[@OffWorld97]

​@robertnapier624 yeah well, only one option left... swat him!

[@DistrustHumanz]

4:52 Not trying to disprove your very valid point, but SWAT did not 'break into' the victim's (Andrew Finch) house and shoot him, nor was it SWAT. Wichita Police (that had no SWAT training) surrounded his house. His mother, who was also in the house, alerted Andrew to the police lights. Andrew stepped outside on the front porch, and was raising his hands (as instructed) when Wichita PD shot him.

[@TheOneWhoKnocks70]

Fact: The name “sandwich” comes from an 18th-century aristocrat called the 4th Earl of Sandwich.

[@Raevahn]

Fact: Apple bottom jeans, boots with the fur

[@Quick-Silver206]

Muta is like the realest most down to earth bro KZbinr ever. I'd legit like to meet him and chill over some games one day.

[@SekiberiusWelkesh]

I disagree, 10 years is too light. Should not only be charged for attempted murder but also public mischief and should receive the maximum penalty for it, for a sum of a 15 years sentence with no bail.

[@azizyahaya2174]

Lying to law enforcement agencies should carry a harsher punishment than whatever is already in place.

[@webspec]

Couple of thoughts/notes: 1. Really sad to think people go above and beyond stalking you and playing the system for something life-threatening like this. The moron behind this believes for sure has done something heroic by seeing all the talk in the GTA community. 2. Really worrying that law enforcement can't easily track this back and have this people accountable. It should not continue to happen. 3. Really saddened to think Ned Luke will never feel the same level of safety up to yesterday. This situations when you go through life, make you feel vulnerable and teaches you that regardless who you are, there are people who for no reason will attack you. This survival reaction makes for a permanent PTSD in the persons involved. Ned Luke will always, for the rest of his life, be annoyed that his family, his safe place, can be endangered beyond his capacity to protect them. 4. Very disappointed that it will be up to Ned's own efforts and resources to push an investigation. 5. Faith in humanity slightly affected negatively by this.

[@trashmyego]

There's no work around for law enforcement when it comes to number spoofing. You'd have to completely redesign and change how phone calls work from the ground up to fix it, and that definitely isn't happening.

[@wormguy1283]

out of ccontroI wweIfare meets another head on collision.

[@yanec2501]

The realest video I've seen on this platform.

[@Diddz]

the people who say swatting punishments are too harsh and that swatting is just a prank will want the swatter dead if they themselves get swatted

[@Brakerofwind]

Switching his letters around to led nuke is a bad ass nickname.

[@bastardlybadger6405]

Used to happen for way less than being a streamer. Sometimes you'd just kill the wrong person in the wrong game on the wrong day.

[@ZaWrldo]

Muta if you're expecting California to be strict you'd be better off trying to teach a turtle calculus

[@bulgarianreaper6587]

I actually though that SWAT-ting died out long ago. I guess i was wrong, i was wrong to think that people have matured into knowing better. But i guess if someone is mentally disturbed enough they can potentially ruin your life with a phone call

[@uberschnilthegreat22]

Swatting never went away, I've been seeing cases of it prop up in my recommendations ever since it became a big topic back in 2017, public attention to the problem just gradually waned until now.

[@Xokzu]

This will never go away. It’s truly disgusting just how unhinged most people actually are.

[@HeadPats4Peter]

Luke Stephens ytber got swatted recently, and they went to Luke's old address, which caused another random civilian(living at Luke's old address) to be caught up in swatting. edit: 8:20 seems I commented too early, since Luke Stephens case is covered here onwards.

[@stysner4580]

8:20 NICE EDIT MUUUTAAAAAA

[@2Horrible]

I feel bad for speed, he just moved into a new house and got swatted the next day.

[@AthenaKolva]

Why hurt Ned :( He's a good guy... I hope whoever called gets life in prison

[@OhhCrapGuy]

I'm don't believe that the punishment based justice system is at all functional, recidivism rates generally point to that. However, as long as that's the system we have, and given that we already have minimum sentences for other crimes, I'm on board for that kind of sentencing for swatting.

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

Same, though in the case of swatting I feel the problem is less how severe/lenient the punishment is and more just how difficult it is to catch the people to begin with.

[@davidlazerz8564]

Exactly. What we need is a VASTLY demilitarized and deescalation based police force in the US with much greater federal oversight and licensing requirements. Police should not be breaking into citizens homes as if they are raiding the Abbottabad Compound like some kind of seal team 6 larpers.

[@singithi8556]

@@davidlazerz8564 I'm sure federal oversight worked out just fine for Waco and Ruby Ridge. People can definitely trust the feds.

[@box420]

Swatting is no joke, man. That deal that happened in witchta ks was just down the street from us. It's all around a really bad Situation

[@donnytonny730]

i wouldn’t expect lawmakers to know this but you’d think police or at especially the swat members would become aware of this quick

[@Plaprad]

Lawmakers, of course not. They're usually idiots and have no clue what they're even looking at. Cops, and SWAT in particular is very aware. I've got friends from the military who are LE now and several in SWAT. They are terrified of this. One mentioned if they're playing a shooter and it gets crazy while SWAT is stacking by the door, things will go ugly fast. Now you're busting into a house with gunfire and a dude sitting there with a black object in their hands. I agree it should always be charged as "Attempted Murder".

[@zenoblues7787]

SWAT can't take things lightly. They are not regular police officers. They are sent for extreme situations. The police departments are the only way to handle this. They're the ones who send SWAT in the first place.

[@twinzzlers]

Pretty sure they are, but they don't have a choice

[@thephilosopher7173]

@@twinzzlers exactly. Not much you can do when ppl spoof numbers and leave no trace or proof of who they are. And its not like law enforcement can be like "ah might be a swat call." They gotta respond to any distress.

[@donnytonny730]

I guess the solution would be in legislation, I’m assuming the groups are connected bc one orders the other. That stream may not go up

[@CryinOverSpilledTea]

Not that this would ever be implemented, but a potential solution is to register streamers addresses' with the police. When someone calls in about an address on the list, they can check the link to their stream to confirm whether they are live-streaming. This way, even though they still need to respond, they can go in with the awareness that this may be a false alarm.

[@smach5993]

I was swatted once from a friend, my dog was killed because they broke in and my dogs trained to attack, least to say we are no longer friends

[@yguy1232]

How did you not have him arrested for that? Should've either sued him or tried to bring him up on criminal charges

[@PoobiePants]

I've seen people try to argue that swatting is "part of the package" if youre an entertainer on the internet, and you should "deal with it or quit" which is absolutely wild to me. I hope that at least one person who may have been willing to make this "prank" phone call on someone before sees this and realizes how serious it actually is.

[@Cooowop]

Completely agree on the charges and sentence as a minimum. :(

[@joshuawadsworth6417]

Needs to be 25 years. No exceptions.

[@stylesrj]

Cue the degenerates spoofing calls and getting the victim arrested for a false call... because it came from their address

[@FinGeek4now]

20 years in federal prison and upon release, 0 access to any electronics for the rest of their life.

[@johannderjager4146]

The fact the Swatters don't usually get punished for wasting Law-enforcement resources confounds me. I agree with the charges of attempted mμrder but I think the minimum should be 15-years.

[@KaiKouran]

My friends and I played a drinking game tanking a shot every time Muta says "again"... we're going to the hospital now

[@onrch]

IShowSpeed got swatted 2 times in the timespan of just 2 days at his NEW house. This stuffs really disappointing.

[@Dreamcast2005]

This is one of the reasons why I don't want to do any kind of streaming cause I think to myself something like swatting could happen to me.

[@deathcold_longplaysua4846]

Man, the fact that some random people are able to do this crap without any consequences is just stupid. And I think that there should be a punishment for stuff like swatting. So instead of breaking in to the house of the false victim, swat actually finds the person who called to them and give him a lesson of his lifetime by arresting that person and putting him through trial in a court, or even putting that person in to a prison for a week. Showing that person that this is not a joke. So when the next time that person decide to do crap like this, they think twice.

[@Nogardtist]

the fact human beings even swatting meaning we failed as a species on arrival

[@latrinedveen]

How someone could think it is funny or how they sleep at night after doing this is beyond me. They know how easy it is to do, so why don't they think it can happen to them as well? All I can say is be better please, and the internet likes justice. Act accordingly.

[@chapterblaq]

0:55 you know you wrong for bringing them up 😂 knowing what we recently found out 😂

[@sydneykillian3685]

But Muta! you’re a badass Canadian, and I support your assessment and I said the same thing during thanksgiving dinner, and how this ruins so many lives, including the officers.

[@foxmccloud9609]

I was thinking of the opposite, really ''But Muda, that isn't punishing enough''

[@robertnapier624]

7:10 the internet has especially made a lot of people dumber (not you Muta you’re one of the smartest people on the planet) because some have gone so far as to not only commit crimes but even record themselves whilst committing said crimes. Don’t assume you’re untouchable and will not get caught, if you broadcast yourself to the world committing crimes don’t act like a Karen if the police arrest you.

[@mr.e3247]

I have seen this happen before a few years ago in Colorado. SWAT had the whole place locked down. Saw what happened on the news and thank God they did not kill the guy. He was playing a game when they busted in.

[@Itseden6]

Bro these kids need to go play some SWAT 4 instead of doing this stuff honestly.

[@r1l3yian61]

Like seriously. Their prefrontal cortexes would likely develop more after playing it to make them more woke.

[@Laguy211]

Swatting needs to stop ASAP unless its a legitimate situation.

[@stylesrj]

Problem is, the dispatchers don't have time to figure out if it's a legit situation or not.

[@impulsiveray5586]

WHO still genuinely believes that Swatting is a prank? Like BRUH.

[@mxttu187]

I saw an exact doppelganger of u over here in nyc just walk out the elevator of a food place.

[@AdamThundercock]

Ned Luke is a good guy he didn’t deserve this shit

[@oatatas]

10 years ain't too harsh, that shit's too lenient.

[@TheDiamondCore]

Agreed, though it’s still not bad as if you think about it… 10 years sitting in a gray room and sleeping on a near-concrete-texture “bed? 10 years eating actual slop 10 birthdays missed (or more if you have relatives or siblings you care about!) 30+ holidays missed 10+ parties missed (if you do New Year’s Eve parties like some people do) 10+ years of digital technology evolving missed 10+ years of watching your kids grow up (if you have them) missed and probably even more.

[@oatatas]

@@TheDiamondCore It's 10 years of prison not solitary confinement. Even though prisons are bad, they aren't THAT bad.

[@TheDiamondCore]

@@oatatas eh yeah, it’s a bit exaggerated but it’s still true. 10 years of being incarcerated in the same, restricted place would suck

[@randomperson5579]

Meanwhile in Australia, it's not the salty CoD players doing it, it's the politicians, for anyone who doesn't know what i'm talking about, FriendlyJordies (Australian politics youtuber and comedian) had the bomb squad called on him, by some politician. months later, while he was doing investigations in the corruption of parliament, his house was set on fire, by who? i'm not too sure, but it's likely some politician called in a favor to some dodgy person to set his house on fire.

[@thentheric6361]

In my opinion, swatting is: 1. False reporting (law enforcement received an intentionally fabricated claim) 2. False accusation (victim did not commit the crime) 3. Harassment (premeditated hostile interference with victim's life) 4. Abuse of power (SWAT team mobilization for personal reasons) 5. Act of terror (abuse to intimidate victim, their family, and live broadcast audience)