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Aaron Walker SWAT-ted

Aaron Walker, one of the bloggers targeted by Brett Kimberlin, is the latest victim of SWAT-ting. Walker, who goes by Aaron Worthing online, tweeted the news of this extreme form of harassment being used on his family shortly after news broke that the peace order against him had been modified, restoring his First Amendment rights. Thankfully, though, Aaron reports that he and his wife are safe.

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Update: Patterico, who was SWAT-ted himself last year, has details.

No joke. It happened around 6 p.m. Eastern. I briefly talked with one of the police officers at the scene, who confirmed that someone had called saying he had shot his wife, and sent officers to Aaron’s address.

Update: Aaron Walker gives his first hand account.

I was SWATted tonight.  My wife was down in the basement, and unknown to me she had fallen asleep in an uncomfortable position while watching TV.  I was just finishing up a post where I was going to share Kimberlin’s nutty response to my motion for a partial stay when someone decided to recklessly endanger my life.

Update: Twitter is rightfully outraged.

https://twitter.com/ali/status/217404329932505090

https://twitter.com/Will_Antonin/status/217406539374399488

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https://twitter.com/akonsen/status/217405335063900160

https://twitter.com/imjohndavis/status/217400746092666880

We will continue to update as details come in.

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