- Joshua Peters, 27, was live streaming browser games RuneScape and Clash of the Clans at his home in St Cloud, Minnesota
- 10 armed police stormed the house and forced him to the floor
- They received a call someone had been shot and a man had a gun
- The call was a hoax known as 'swatting'
- Hackers report bogus emergencies trying to mobilize a SWAT team
"Someone who does not know the difference between good and evil is worth nothing." – Miecyslaw Kasprzyk, Polish rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust, New York Times, Jan. 30, 2005
Friday, February 6, 2015
Air Force veteran weeps as his house is stormed by armed cops in terrifying 'swatting' raid while he's playing a live video game watched by 60,000
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