The firebrand congresswoman said she had been "swatted again" at around 2:53 a.m. Thursday, a claim was verified by law enforcement hours later. "Swatting" is a form of targeted harassment in which someone reports an emergency to have police sent to a person's residence, which has led to dangerous conditions in which people have been killed.
The police went to Greene's home after someone from an internet chat made a suicide crisis center call that said the person "came out as transgender and claimed they shot the family," according to the police report. The caller also said, "If anyone tried to stop me from shooting myself, I would shoot them," and that "they would be waiting for [police]," the report noted.
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Rome Police say it will examine and partner with Capitol Police. The person who made the false report used a virtual private network to protect the original location, according to the police report.
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"On August 25, 2022, at about 0253 hours, Rome Police officers responded to a second swatting: call at the residence of Marjorie Taylor Greene. This call was received on what appeared to be a suicide crisis line from an internet chat. Officers responded again to Mrs. Greene’s home and confirmed this was a second false report," read the Rome Police Department's press release.
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The report of Thursday's "swatting" directed at Greene follows only a day after the congresswoman was "swatted" around 1 a.m. Wednesday. Police are investigating that incident as well.
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Greene, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, recently introduced a bill to outlaw puberty blockers and gender-changing surgery for minors.
In the past, a California man was condemned to 20 years in prison on Friday for calling a false hostage threat to police in Wichita, ending in the death of an innocent man.
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Tyler Rai Barriss, 26, of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty in November to 51 charges filed by prosecutors in Los Angeles, Kansas and Washington, D.C., according to the U.S. attorney’s office in the Central District of California.
Prosecutors say police responded to the home of 28-year-old Andrew Finch on Dec. 28, 2017, after a caller falsely claimed to be inside with hostages and a gun — a style of a stunt known as “swatting.” Oblivious of the false report, Finch answered the door and was fatally shot on his porch by officers who had surrounded his home.
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That call was later determined to have originated from Barriss, who was arrested several hours later in connection with Finch’s death. He told authorities he had made the call at the request of Casey Viner, 19, who had gotten into a feud with Shane Gaskill, 20, while the two were playing “Call of Duty” online.
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