15.08 / 04:09
Transphobia
Police Admit Mistake In Arresting Canadian Trans Streamer Over Hoax Mass Shooting Threats
Police in London, Ontario have owned up to their mistakes over the arrest of Canadian trans Twitch streamer Clara Sorrenti after receiving hoax 911 calls that she was planning to attend city hall to shoot people.“We believe there was a deliberate attempt by a third party to place suspicion on Sorrenti in relation to what are now believed to be false threats to harm people at City Hall. This is sometimes referred to as “swatting,” London Police Service Chief Steve Williams said in a statement. Sorrenti, who is well known by her Twitch handle Keffals, had in a YouTube video described how she was woken up with an “assault rifle in (her) face on August 5. The police claimed that an email impersonating Sorrenti had been sent to every city councillor that morning.