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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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[-] StarlightDust 7 points 3 days ago

Answering as he did was irresponsible.

"I invoke my legal right to silence under the 5th amendment and will not answer any questions without legal council"

[-] 4am@lemm.ee 12 points 3 days ago

This is Trump speak.

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

[-] void_turtle 16 points 3 days ago

Wut. If you are being questioned by any form of law enforcement it is because they want you to tell them something that will put you or someone else in prison. They are trained to get you to say incriminating things. It is your constitutional right to not talk to them. Do not fucking talk to cops. Shut the fuck up.

[-] StarlightDust 15 points 3 days ago

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 2 days ago

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 2 points 2 days ago

It sets a terrible example towards his audience.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 3 days ago
[-] Umbrias@beehaw.org 6 points 2 days ago

what kinda glowie nonsense is "dont talk to cops" now fascism? dont talk to cops, get a lawyer.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Saying it's "irresponsible" for someone with privilege to educate their audience only serves one purpose.

[-] Umbrias@beehaw.org 1 points 17 hours ago

it is objectively true that it's irresponsible to answer as he did, that doesnt mean he shouldnt have done it from a journalistic perspective, but certainly for anyone without the clear intent of potentially being arrested. Dont talk to cops.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 9 hours ago

It's by definition responsible if he should do it from a journalistic perspective.

[-] Umbrias@beehaw.org 1 points 7 hours ago

you have described how contextual authorial intent works, yes

[-] StarlightDust 11 points 3 days ago

Says the prick who appears to support Trump's anti-trans scapegoating.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Saying that half of America voted for him isn't supporting his views but I can see why someone like you, a bootlicker, might believe that.

[-] StarlightDust 4 points 2 days ago

Tell that to someone without a criminal record from not shutting the fuck up. Follow the Know Your Rights advice of the National Lawyers Guild.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 23 hours ago

So you should be applauding Piker educating his audience on what the boots are up to.

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