Melina Abdullah, a leader of Black Lives Matter L.A. who alleges the LAPD mishandled a 'swatting' incident at her home, is targeted again, LAPD says.
filed a lawsuit this week alleging the Los Angeles Police Department mishandled a “swatting” incident at her home last summerAn unknown caller purporting to be Abdullah’s young son called police Thursday morning, falsely alleged that Abdullah had overdosed on pills and requested assistance, said Capt. Stacy Spell, an LAPD spokesman.
The department is now launching an investigation “into the origins of the call, understanding that this has been a location of a prior swatting incident,” Spell said.Abdullah, a co-founder of BLM-L.A. and a prominent leader of protests against police brutality in the city, said it was “very suspicious” that such a call would come the day after she announced her lawsuit over the previous incident.
Police surrounded Abdullah’s home with guns drawn until she walked outside with her hands up and told them she was fine.911 caller in ‘swatting’ incident at BLM leader’s home said he was sending ‘message’ The LAPD’s Major Crimes Division launched an investigation into last year’s incident and has reached various conclusions about the caller but have yet to identify them, Spell said.
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