Conservative students "swatted" in firearm hoax, college dean congratulates the perpetrators

Police work

It happened at a Minnesota college named St. Olafs, but it could as easily have occurred at an institution people have heard of

Several conservative students at St. Olaf College had their lives turned upside down Sunday after a false report that alleged that they had guns and ammunition in their dorm prompted campus public safety officers to enter their home and ransack it.

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The entire leadership of the College Republicans at St. Olaf College lives together in a shared pod-style dormitory comprised of several bedrooms with a common living room. It was this pod searched by officers Sunday afternoon.

The officers emptied wastebaskets and closets, and left a mess behind. Needless to say, there were no firearms.

And here’s the dean’s response: