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Diraven

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5. Happened at University of Arkansas yesterday

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Aug 26, 2025, 04:23 PM

Aug 26

That's where my wife works. They locked down the whole school for half the day searching for non-existent shooters and cancelled all classes. Probably over a hundred officers responded so a huge waste of resources and time. It started as a total hoax apparently, although two idiot students decided it would be funny to post TikTok videos of themselves lurking through campus buildings carrying Nerf guns during the lockdown, which added even more confusion. My wife was very stressed.

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Swatting hoaxes spark panic on college campuses - CNN [View all] TexasTowelie Aug 26 OP

I have zero understanding (imagination) as to why anyone would do this...but hlthe2b Aug 26 #1

If they catch these people, no mercy. The havoc and chaos they cause w/ these fake calls are despicable. SWBTATTReg Aug 26 #2

Followed by panic at the hospitals MaineBlueBear Aug 26 #3

This is the work of the repug's Nigrum Cattus Aug 26 #4

Happened at University of Arkansas yesterday Diraven Aug 26 #5