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[saintjules]

Grand Theft Auto (GTA) 5 actor Ned Luke, who plays Michael de Santa, was the victim of a swatting while streaming the game on Thursday.

While talking to his chat, Luke gets a seemingly unassuming phone call.

Quickly, however, you can sense a demeanor change as he stands up.

“They what?” Luke says before replying to the person on the phone with an “Oh, nice…nice.”

He then tells his chat he’s got to go, causing his stream to abruptly end an hour in..

GTA 5 Actor Was Swatted While Playing The Game On YouTube

While playing the game on YouTube, a GTA 5 actor was swatted live on air, cutting his stream short in order to deal with the problem.

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[LiquidMetal14]

Can't have nice things.

 

[lem0n]

"People" that swat others are the biggest fucking nerds

 

[crazepharmacist]

Kind of funny seeing him play the very own game that he voice acted in. For some reason I would not have expected that lol. Seems like a cool guy. Fuck whoever swatted him.

 

[IDKFA]

"People" that swat others are the biggest fucking nerds

They need a special punishment to stop this from happening. Prison won't do it and death is a little over the top.

Something like stripping them naked and throwing them into a pit of rabid wolves, or paper cutting their genitals and dipping them into a tank of piranhas. Something so horrifying that nobody would dare attempt another swat.

 

[The Fuzz damn you!]

"People" that swat others are the biggest fucking nerds cunts

Now now, we’re on a gaming forum - let’s not disrespect nerds.

 

[lem0n]

They need a special punishment to stop this from happening. Prison won't do it and death is a little over the top.

Something like stripping them naked and throwing them into a pit of rabid wolves, or paper cutting their genitals and dipping them into a tank of piranhas. Something so horrifying that nobody would dare attempt another swat.

Having them go out into the world and socialize might be enough

 

[SJRB]

"People" that swat others are the biggest fucking nerds

Send them to jail for 20 years, see how many will pull this "prank" then.

 

[SnapShot]

Didn't he also get hacked while playing GTA Online? poor man can't catch a break

 

[brian0057]

Swatting should be treated as attempted murder.
Do that and you'll see this shit cut in fucking half by the end of the year.

 

[OneBigPuss]

but seriously how much of a scumbag you have to be to do that for your own amusement.

 

[ManaByte]

death is a little over the top.

No it's not.

 

[gaming_again]

Luke Stephens was swatted the other day, too. It's out of control.

 

[Dynasty8]

They should be convicted of attempted murder.

 

[Kaleinc]

Swatting is easy jail time, I remember even underage idiots getting 10 years or more. Depending on casualties

 

[BouncyFrag]

Dispatch Trevor?

 

[Yerd]

I can't wait to find out what sentence the idiot that did this is gonna get. It stopped being a joke when that one guy got killed from this a while back.

 

[Johnny Concrete]

Luke Stephens was swatted the other day, too. It's out of control.

Yea, but at the wrong address. So some random dude got lifted from his bed..

 

[Tchu-Espresso]

What the hell is swatting?

 

[Blitzmangoman]

What the hell is swatting?

Swatting is a criminal harassment act of deceiving an emergency service (via such means as hoaxing an emergency services dispatcher) into sending a police or emergency service response team to another person's address. This is triggered by false reporting of a serious law enforcement emergency, such as a bomb threat, murder, hostage situation, or a false report of a mental health emergency, such as reporting that a person is allegedly suicidal or homicidal and may or may not be armed, among other things.

 

[Tommi84]

What the hell is swatting?

In plain terms - someone calls the cops saying there's an armed person, bomb, etc and the Police sends their armed forces to deal with the situation.

If you panick or do something stupid, you can get shot/killed or at least have your property damaged (when police will force entry through your front door).