Pete Buttigieg and his kids subject to CPS, police investigation after false report

According to NPR, Pete Buttigieg and his children were subject to a police and Child Protective Services investigation following an anonymous false report. Buttigieg, a potential two thousand twenty-eight Democratic presidential candidate, recently shared his family's experience with the unjustified investigation. The incident highlights a troubling trend: swatting—false emergency reports designed to direct law enforcement and government agencies to someone's home.

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