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    Erick Erickson victim to attack

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-- -- and disturbing and potentially dangerous new phenomenon right now it's called swat mean.

Conservative blogger Erick Erick Erickson just the latest victim of the frightening new tactic.

It involves calling in scenarios.

That bring -- swat team to someone's house someone who's not in any trouble or danger whatsoever.

Trace Gallagher live -- West Coast newsroom with more.

Trace and and that's -- the -- water because the hope is that swat team shows up -- in full force right.

And apparently who's ever pulling off these hoaxes is covering their tracks pretty well but 'cause.

There are no suspects -- victims are conservative bloggers are commentators of course you -- the latest one being Erick Erickson.

He's the editor in chief of red state dot com he is also a political contributor to CNN.

And he says someone call claiming there was a shooting at his house.

And when the cops finally did show up at his house he was actually sitting there having dinner with his kids now the most dramatic slotting is -- -- yet happened to a man named Patrick fry.

He blogs under the name -- Rico.

He is also the deputy DA here in Los Angeles.

His fake caller claimed that he shot his wife listen to part of that call.

-- Forward.

I'm very starter.

What -- and -- -- I've got hurt you -- are you shut your life.

Yet.

Police responded -- that with cops and helicopters that his house in the middle of the night.

He -- to the door they had their guns drawn they came in woke up his wife woke up his kids to make sure they were all still alive.

He says look I don't blame the cops they're just doing their job but he says at some point in time somebody.

Is going to get hurt or killed other conservative bloggers are complaining of something called Google -- which is a lot of their personal information.

And -- arrest reports are being distributed.

All across the Internet.

Things apparently getting very ugly for conservative bloggers across the country -- -- spank your.

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