Couple was swatted 55 times in 2 years over a post about Norm Macdonald
Summary
CBC reports that Milwaukee couple Patrick Tomlinson and Niki Robinson were swatted 55 times over two years following a 2018 tweet about Norm Macdonald. They were awarded a $575,000 settlement from the City of Milwaukee. The piece highlights harassment, police responses, and policy gaps that allowed repeated incidents, raising privacy and security concerns around online-targeted harassment.