Hasan Piker, the biggest progressive political streamer in America, was detained by Customs and Border Protection for hours of questioning upon returning to the U.S. from a trip to France this weekend. Piker posted about the incident on X and later talked about it on stream.

He was detained in Chiago and questioned for two hours about protected journalistic activities like who he’s interviewed and his political beliefs. He was asked whether or not he’d interviewed Hamas, Houthis, or Hezbollah members. He was questioned about his opinions on Trump and Israel and asked about his history of bans on Twitch. His phone and laptop were not confiscated.

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[–] 4am@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

This is Trump speak.

Like, Trump literally (in the literal sense of literally) made this point.

[–] StarlightDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Pigs aren't an audience and aren't there to be convinced. They are there to gather intel. There are Jan 6ers working for ICE. Don't do their jobs for them.

[–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I agree with you that the best thing to do to protect yourself is to remain silent and request to speak with your lawyer, but Hasan made a bet that his privilege would protect him and engaged with the CBP agent to get information he could report on later. He talks about it in his video about the incident.

[–] StarlightDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 month ago

It sets a terrible example towards his audience.

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