Christian author and apologist Larry Taunton is the latest conservative commentator to be ‘swatted’ in the United States.
‘Swatting’ is a form of criminal harassment where someone makes a fake emergency call to police.
Typically, it involves reporting a serious crime with the intent of provoking a large police response involving Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) units.
In this case, the local sheriff’s office responded in full force after fielding a call from a man who said he was trapped inside Mr. Taunton’s blood-soaked Alabama home after having been shot in the leg amid three active shooters at his residence.
It was all a lie.
MR TAUNTON DESCRIBES HOW POLICE CREPT UP TO HIS HOME
“I’ve never had an experience where police came without sirens or lights while not announcing themselves,” Mr. Taunton told The Christian Post.
He claimed nine police cars surreptitiously parked in his gated community as the deputies converged on his home, heavily armed and wearing body armour.
His vigilant German shepherd alerted him to potential intruders outside.
“So here’s someone trying to breach my front door with a semi-automatic rifle without announcing himself,” he recalled.
“I’m armed. I can see him, he cannot see me. And I’m thinking: If this guy comes through my door, I will shoot him. I’m not asking questions. He’s more heavily armed than I am, and if I’m to have any chance at all, I will have to shoot first.”
Thankfully, that never happened.
But as has been the case for 15 other prominent conservative voices in recent weeks, the caller achieved his aim of instilling fear and potentially instigating a lethal situation.
CHRISTIAN AUTHOR REVEALS WHY HE BELIEVES HE WAS TARGETED
Mr. Taunton believes the recent spate of false police reports indicates the Left is getting desperate.
Like other victims, he has been outspoken on social media regarding Ukraine, Israel, Hamas and corrupt waste in USAID.
He believes he could have potentially placed a target on his back when he recently bluffed his way into the USAID compound in Cairo, Egypt, to investigate its operations and alleged involvement in human trafficking.
He was detained by Egyptian security forces and his video of the incident has attracted millions of views.
He also pinpointed his public opinions regarding the corruption in other countries, such as Ukraine.
“Is it possible that somebody in Ukraine didn’t like the fact that I said I just don’t think that the United States should send billions of dollars more to Ukraine?”
“IT’S ALL PART OF A LARGER SPIRITUAL BATTLE”
Mr. Taunton told The Christian Post he sees his own ordeal in the context of a larger spiritual battle.
“These are demonic strongholds, and we wrestle not against flesh and blood,” he said.
“But I think that the corruption that we’re talking about here — everything from human trafficking, sex trafficking, funding of terrorism — this not speculative; we know that USAID has been involved in this kind of stuff.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi said: “We are looking into all of these swattings.”
“These investigations are important because they are not practical jokes; they are meant to terrorise the people in the homes and risk the lives of law enforcement officers.”
FBI Director Kash Patel revealed that the agency is “already taking action to investigate and hold those responsible accountable.”
Image: Facebook – Larry Taunton (Door bill security camera shows law enforcement officers at his home)
