A mechanism or tactic · 2013 · Gaming
Swatting
Sending a false emergency report to a real address to provoke an armed police response, because of a grievance about a streamer.
The final boundary. A parasocial grievance aimed at a public figure lands on an innocent third party with a weapon, and no amount of the bond being sincere changes the outcome for the person who is shot.
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