{"id":165629,"date":"2023-12-26T16:56:37","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T21:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=165629"},"modified":"2023-12-26T16:56:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T21:56:41","slug":"marjorie-taylor-greene-swatted-on-christmas-what-we-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=165629","title":{"rendered":"Marjorie Taylor Greene Swatted on Christmas: What We Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\ud83d\udea8 <strong>The Gist:<\/strong> On Christmas morning, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene&#8217;s home in Georgia was the target of a swatting attempt, an incident she&#8217;s experienced multiple times before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 <strong>The Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Greene was with her family during the swatting attempt.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A call to the Georgia suicide hotline from New York falsely reported violence at Greene&#8217;s residence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Rome Police Department identified the call as a hoax without dispatching officers, confirming safety with Greene&#8217;s security team.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd19 <strong>In Context:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Swatting involves fake emergency calls to elicit a heavy police response.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greene, known for her far-right views, represents northwest Georgia in Congress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd0d <strong>Why It Matters:<\/strong><br>Swatting carries significant risks for individuals and law enforcement, wasting resources and potentially causing harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2705 <strong>What&#8217;s Next?:<\/strong><br>Investigations into the Christmas Day swatting attempt are ongoing, as the issue of swatting remains a concern for public safety and law enforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udea8 The Gist: On Christmas morning, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene&#8217;s home in Georgia was the target of a swatting attempt, an incident she&#8217;s experienced multiple times before. \ud83d\udcf0 The Details: \ud83d\udd19 In Context: \ud83d\udd0d Why It Matters:Swatting carries significant risks for individuals and law enforcement, wasting resources and potentially causing harm. \u2705 What&#8217;s Next?:Investigations into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":34365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[8685],"class_list":["post-165629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-marjorie-taylor-greene","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=165629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=165629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=165629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=165629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}