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Last night, Jordan “Kootra” Mathewson, was arrested by a SWAT team while live streaming Counter Strike: Global Offensive. The police had received a hoax phone call claiming that Mathewson had shot two co-workers and was holding the rest hostage. The caller also stated that the live streamer would shoot at the police should they enter the room.
Since this whole incident was being broadcast live to the Internet, videos of the arrest happening are readily available: [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz8yLIOb2pU#t=86′]
Kootra is the founder of YouTube channel, The Creatures. In the video you can hear him saying “Uh oh, this isn't good, They're clearing rooms – what in the world? I think we're getting swatted.” SWAT team members then proceed to storm the room, handcuff and search him.
A police spokesperson explained why the incident took place: “The caller claimed to have shot two co-workers, held others hostage, and threatened to shoot them. He stated that if the officers entered he would shoot them as well, There were no victims or any evidence that a shooting had taken place. If the investigation determines that today's incident was a hoax, those involved will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
This isn't the first incident we've seen of Swatting, last year the problem became so bad in California that a law had to be created to ensure that hoax callers would have to pay the price of an emergency services callout and face up to one year in prison.
So far, The Creatures YouTube channel has yet to comment on the Swatting and the hoax caller has yet to be revealed.
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KitGuru Says: To be fair, ‘Kootra' acted relatively calm when he heard the police searching through the building, at least he didn't freak out like a lot of people would have. Swatting is a dangerous prank to pull and isn't warranted under any circumstance. Did you guys watch the video? What do you think of this?
Source: Eurogamer
I just really can’t understand this mentality. What kind of a jerk would call in a fake murder/hostage scenario against someone? Because they’re losing to them? Not only is it beyond stupid, it ties up law enforcement resources that could be utilized in stopping actual crimes, and could have potentially tragic consequences.
‘murica
So many reasons man. “jealousy” is the first I think about. Still, He did good & was quiet during the raid. and btw it’s enough to make some buzz. Still win – win .
Pathetic little children who have never been taught the conceqences to their actions, i come across morons like this way to often online, they think its fun to waste the time and money of police departments, its pathetic that anyone would do such a stupid thing.
I hope they trace the original caller and put them in jail for wasting police time.
This is why I’d rather have british police any day…. i understand its a serious job…. but seriously, when you go into a room and see a single guy sitting playing games? Mehh, hope the caller gets what coming to him
Counter-terrorists win!
That could’ve gone dangerously wrong, due to the caller telling the police that Koots would shoot on sight could’ve have got him shot… This is sick
In the UK he would likely to have been shot, armed response here is trained to shoot first ask questions later most of the time. Regular policing is better in some ways, but our armed police officers are a specialist tool and tend to hit hard when used.
Hmm, the police turning the camera around and then turning the stream off. They aren’t allowed to do that. You’re allowed to record the police as long as it isn’t getting in the way of them. They had no right to do that. Anyway, asshole caller…
Hmm maybe it changes on area, the ones ive met, and the video ive seen of them suggests that they arent americans (they dont just go in guns blazing) and prefer to find a way of dealing with the situation without shooting
Regular UK police or armed response? They are pretty different types of policing, as a whole UK policing is very different from that in the US. In general the system in the UK for armed police isn’t any better, if anything it is worse because it’s easier to cover things up. If you call them out they will shoot more often than not and in a lot of cases they aren’t obliged to talk, if you have a weapon in hand in the UK you are dead.
=P If you think about it, they actually got juked. Terrorists still win! m/ m/
(Now they will be drumming down my door them swatts)
I bet you if it was this guy instead of Mike Brown he wouldn’t have been murdered. Just sayin.
The hoaxer should be prosecuted for attempted murder (by SWAT), obviously.
Watch as they step on his back for no reason! smh -_-
Also, if he’s going to shoot if you come in the room and/or kill a hostage. Why the f*** would you just go in busting down doors? How stupid do the cops have to be? -_-
After seeing armed police respond to 5 black youths waving a fake gun around acting all big, i have to disagree, they pinned the guys to a car and searched them at gun point, no shots were fired, and there was a chance that gun was real.
Can’t say specifically since I don’t know the case, however there is often accompanying intelligence to decision making, you can’t always know the full picture. A lot of fake guns are very obviously fake to a firearms expert(which all firearms officers are) and suspects are often surveilled well before an approach is made.
The rules of engagement are pretty specific and complicated, in general where there is a threat to life they are trained to shoot first in the UK. There are of course exceptions to every rule, however the necessary threshold for lethal action is lower in the UK than it is in the US.
I’m reading your comments and I’m thinking you had just been listening to some liars and believed them, I live out in the country where guns are just the norm, (highlands of Scotland) there’s been cases where a drunk farmer has threatened another man at gun point, the armed police turn up on the scene and completely keep the situation calm through talking rather than shooting first.
I’m reading your comments and I’m thinking you had just been listening to some liars and believed them, I live out in the country where guns are just the norm, (highlands of Scotland) there’s been cases where a drunk farmer has threatened another man at gun point, the armed police turn up on the scene and completely keep the situation calm through talking rather than shooting first.
Depends on the policing, I’m also from Scotland and pretty rural and grew up around guns I was with the cadets and later military training as a shooting training officer means guns are a norm for me. Most of what I know about armed response policing is from armed response officers so I hope they aren’t liars. They don’t always shoot first, it’s about intelligence and they use it on a situation by situation basis and I was talking about general policy. Comparing rural policing to anything else is also a little facetious as it’s a very different type of policing to the urban policing most people experience.
The police are allowed to respond in a lot of ways, police are permitted to respond differently and are trained to assess the situation. But they have authorisation to shoot without being shot at, and in an unknown situation have done in the past and will continue to do so. It’s the same ROE the counter terrorist teams use as well and used in other areas like the military that if you are pointing a loaded weapon you have assumed intent to kill and pulling the trigger isn’t necessary, this contrasts to the US where the ROE is to return fire(usually) and you always have to identify.
The countryside situation is different, if a drunk man held a gun to the head of a man on the street of a big city he would be shot dead in many cases(and again it has happened), simple as. If you have a civvy firearms ticket in the country the armed response guys are also often the ones that handle your firearms certificates and will often be the guys doing the routine inspections so they actually know a lot of the people it gives them broader justification to act in a less violent manner. There is also slight differences in training and response depending on what you do, you have armed officers(often DC or DS), armed response and specialist units all with different ROE and modus operandi. It’s largely situational and I was commenting on policy not particular cases, many armed responses incidents end peacefully and police aim for that outcome, but the results can be different and by the book it’s far more gung ho than our US counterparts which was the point I was making.
Depends on the policing, I’m also from Scotland and pretty rural and grew up around guns I was with the cadets and later military training as a shooting training officer means guns are a norm for me. Most of what I know about armed response policing is from armed response officers so I hope they aren’t liars. They don’t always shoot first, it’s about intelligence and they use it on a situation by situation basis and I was talking about general policy. Comparing rural policing to anything else is also a little facetious as it’s a very different type of policing to the urban policing most people experience.
The police are allowed to respond in a lot of ways, police are permitted to respond differently and are trained to assess the situation. But they have authorisation to shoot without being shot at, and in an unknown situation have done in the past and will continue to do so. It’s the same ROE the counter terrorist teams use as well and used in other areas like the military that if you are pointing a loaded weapon you have assumed intent to kill and pulling the trigger isn’t necessary, this contrasts to the US where the ROE is to return fire(usually) and you always have to identify.
The countryside situation is different, if a drunk man held a gun to the head of a man on the street of a big city he would be shot dead in many cases(and again it has happened), simple as. If you have a civvy firearms ticket in the country the armed response guys are also often the ones that handle your firearms certificates and will often be the guys doing the routine inspections so they actually know a lot of the people it gives them broader justification to act in a less violent manner. There is also slight differences in training and response depending on what you do, you have armed officers(often DC or DS), armed response and specialist units all with different ROE and modus operandi. It’s largely situational and I was commenting on policy not particular cases, many armed responses incidents end peacefully and police aim for that outcome, but the results can be different and by the book it’s far more gung ho than our US counterparts which was the point I was making.
This just shows that this generation is a bunch whiny poor losers who would actually send a SWAT team to your house because they lost in a video game. Sad state this country is in.