911 Caller Who SWATted John Crawford May Finally Face Charges

By Bob Owens

The favorite tactic of supporters of the radical Coalition to Stop Gun Violence—calling the police on gun owners and misrepresenting them as threats, or “SWATting”—may very well end up putting the man responsible for the deaths of two people in jail.

Ronald Richie called police in Beavercreek, Ohio, when he saw John Crawford III strolling through the store with a BB gun he’d picked up in the sporting goods department while talking to the mother of this soon-to-be-born son.

Richie grossly exaggerated what he saw—frankly, I’d consider some of his exaggerations to be outright lies—and misrepresented Crawford as a possible mass shooter pointing an assault rifle at people while trying to load it.

Beaver Creek police officers shot Crawford virtually on sight, without Crawford apparently even knowing they were there. Beavercreek police then attempted to scapegoat Crawford and bully his pregnant girlfriend. Pathetically, neither the officer who shot Crawford without apparent warning nor the detective who attempted to manufacture a justification for Crawford’s shooting were charged nor fired.

But there may be some slight justice, as the SWATting caller who …Read the Rest

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