55 Swatting Calls: A Couple’s Fight Against Online Stalkers and the Police

The city of Milwaukee agreed to a $575,000 settlement after months of heavily armed police responses to 911 calls to the couple’s home that officials knew were hoaxes. John Bradley, a lawyer for the couple, acknowledged that the Milwaukee police “did their job on the first few swatting calls.” “The problem,” he added, “came after it had happened dozens of times.”