Patrick S. Tomlinson of Milwaukee says he has become a poster boy for online harassment run amok, enduring no fewer than five years of vicious Web harassment and "swatting'' cop calls to his home, after a casual 2018 online comment.
What began with a seemingly harmless hot take on Twitter turned into a yearslong campaign of harassment, death threats and dozens of ‘swatting’ attacks at Patrick S. Tomlinson’s Milwaukee home. Bevan Hurley reports.