{"id":165735,"date":"2023-12-29T10:08:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T15:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=165735"},"modified":"2023-12-29T10:08:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T15:08:12","slug":"how-one-georgia-lawmaker-is-responding-to-a-rash-of-swatting-attacks-on-elected-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=165735","title":{"rendered":"How One Georgia Lawmaker is Responding to a Rash of Swatting Attacks on Elected Officials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A state senator plans to introduce legislation during the upcoming session of the General Assembly aimed at \u201cswatting,\u201d false reports of criminal activity that send police to the homes or offices of targeted victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since Christmas Day, three Republican state senators, a Democratic state senator, GOP Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, and U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Rome, have been targeted by swatting calls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis issue goes beyond politics \u2013 it\u2019s about public safety and preserving the integrity of our institutions,\u201d said state Sen. Clint Dixon, R-Buford, one of the victims of swatting, who announced Thursday that he will back legislation strengthening penalties for false reporting and misuse of police forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will not stand for these threats of violence and intimidation. Those involved in swatting must be held accountable under the full extent of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides Dixon, other state senators targeted by swatting calls include Republicans John Albers of Roswell and Kay Kirkpatrick of Marietta, and Democrat Kim Jackson of Stone Mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Greene told The Hill, a Washington, D.C.-based newspaper covering Congress, that her two daughters were targets of swatting on Thursday, just days after she experienced what she estimated was the eighth swatting call aimed at her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhoever is doing this, you are going to get caught and it won\u2019t be funny to you anymore,\u201d Greene wrote on X, the social media platform known as Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2024 session of the General Assembly will begin Jan. 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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