Canadian trans streamer and political commentator Keffals says she was swatted and arrested earlier this month after trolls impersonated her and sent fraudulent emails to local politicians threatening to harm “every cisgender person” at city hall.
posted Tuesday, Sorrenti said that she and her family asked law enforcement for help dealing with harassment and online threats in the months leading up to the Aug. 5 incident, which occurred in London, Ontario.
Ontario Police Department officials did not respond to requests for comment. However, on Wednesday, Police Chief Steve Williams issued a“It has come to my attention that Ms. Sorrenti was referred to during her time in London police custody by an incorrect name and gender,” Williams said in the statement, posted to the police department’s website. “We acknowledge the distress this has caused Ms. Sorrenti and we will be reviewing the occurrence to understand how that might have happened.
Sorrenti said her brother had asked the London Police Service to place their family on a no-swat list in March in the wake of the escalating harassment. “They didn’t even talk to me that entire time until they finished searching the apartment and brought me in for interrogation,” Sorrenti said.
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