Gang stalking

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Gang stalking or group-stalking is a set of

stalked, and harassed by a large number of people.[1] The term is associated with the "targeted individual" ("T.I.") virtual community formed by like-minded individuals who claim their lives are disrupted from being stalked by organized groups intent on causing them harm.[2][3]

Terminology

The concept of stalking arose in the 1980s following increased legal equity for women and prosecution of domestic violence. Generally, stalking has a single perpetrator, who may sometimes recruit others to act vicariously on their behalf, usually unwittingly. Beginning in the early 2000s, the term gang stalking became popularized to describe a different experience of repeated harassment which instead comes from multiple people who organize around a shared purpose, with no one person solely responsible.[4]

Online communities

A 2016 article in The New York Times estimated that more than 10,000 people were participating in online communities "organized around the conviction that its members are victims of a sprawling conspiracy to harass thousands of everyday Americans with mind-control weapons and armies of so-called gang stalkers".[2] The article identified a 2015 paper by Sheridan and James entitled "Complaints of group stalking ('gang stalking'): an exploratory study of their nature and impact on complainants" as the only scientific study of the topic at the time.[5][2]

Hundreds of these communities exist online.

sequelae of their experience and recommended further research.[4]

Persecutory delusion

Those who believe they are victims report that they believe the motivation for the gang stalking is to disrupt every part of their lives.

belief systems as opposed to reports of objective phenomena.[9] Among the community of targeted individuals, gang stalking is described as a shared experience where the gang stalkers all coordinate to harass individuals, and the individuals share their victim experiences with each other.[10][11][12]

A study from Australia and the United Kingdom by Lorraine Sheridan and David James

sequelae. This is important in the assessment of risk in stalking cases, early referral to psychiatric services and allocation of police resources."[13]

While a great majority of those who claim to be targeted individuals do not pose danger to others,[14] one report found that some have acted out with violence, sometimes extreme.[15] In 2022, a reported believer in gang stalking was accused of killing four people in Ohio; he uploaded a video before the shooting in which he said that he wanted to "help other targeted individuals",[14] and that he will conduct "the first counterattack against mind control in history".[16] A manifesto was found on his computer, in which he wrote that his neighbors are mind-controlling terrorists.[16]

Notable claimants

See also

References

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  3. ^ Flatley, Joseph (2 February 2017). "Paranoid delusions in the police state". The Outline.
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  6. ^ Tait, Amelia (7 August 2020). ""Am I going crazy or am I being stalked?" Inside the disturbing online world of gangstalking". MIT Technology Review.
  7. ^ Kershaw, Sarah (12 November 2008). "Sharing Their Demons on the Web". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  8. ^ Weinberger, Sharon (14 January 2007). "Mind Games". The Washington Post. Washington DC: Nash Holdings LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  9. ^ Kiberd, Roisin (22 July 2016). "The Nightmarish Online World of 'Gang-Stalking'". Motherboard. Vice Media. Archived from the original on 22 July 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  10. ^ Pierre, Joe (20 October 2020). "Gang Stalking: Real-Life Harassment or Textbook Paranoia?". Psychology Today.
  11. ^ Pierre, Joe (October 31, 2020). "Gang Stalking: Conspiracy, Delusion, and Shared Belief". Psychology Today.
  12. ^ Pierre, Joe (November 16, 2020). "Gang Stalking: A Case of Mass Hysteria?". Psychology Today.
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  14. ^ a b Reese, Garrett (2022-08-09). "The investigation continues after a man is accused of killing four people in Butler Township". WYSO. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
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  16. ^ a b "'For me, it was an easy decision': Ohio shooting suspect says". WKBN.com. 2022-08-24. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
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  19. ^ Gordon, Ed (January 23, 2006). "'1996': Under the Watchful Eye of the Government". News & Notes. NPR.
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