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.

  • 4am@lemm.ee
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    13 days ago

    This is Trump speak.

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

    • void_turtle@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      13 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@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      13 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.