‘Don’t yap to cops’: why Hasan Piker’s US customs story kicked off a backlash

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Julia Carrie Wong
Sat 17 May 2025 09.00 EDT

"When #HasanPiker was stopped and questioned about his political views by US Customs and Border Protection (#CBP) agents at Chicago’s O’Hare airport last Sunday, the popular leftwing streamer thought he knew exactly what their motive was. “Obviously the reason for why they’re doing that is, I think, to try to create an environment of fear,” he told his legion of fans on a Twitch stream in which he described his ordeal. “To try to get people like myself … to shut the fuck up.”

But the decision by Piker – a 33-year-old US citizen – to entertain the agents’ questions for nearly two hours has some of the self-described socialist’s fans and allies questioning why he didn’t do just that."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/17/hasan-piker-us-customs-story-backlash?CMP=share_btn_url

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