During his August 8 live, YouTuber IShowSpeed seemed to be arrested and jailed. After an unnamed individual mistakenly reported him as a danger, a group of Cincinnati police officers encircled the content producer outside a building. Netizens couldn’t believe the beloved online personality had been placed in such a predicament.
The YouTuber appeared to have been swatted while surrounded by police officers in one of his most recent Livestream shows. Swatting is a criminal harassment method that involves tricking an emergency service into dispatching a police or emergency service response team to another person’s residence. Such activities are often committed when individuals send in fake reports of significant unlawful crimes such as bomb threats, murders, hostage situations, and so on.
The YouTuber was noticeably perplexed throughout the event in the now-viral video. In amazement, he stated:
“Oh my goodness, dude! I promise I did nothing wrong. I didn’t do anything. Oh my goodness!”
The videographer continued to record the content creator until he was contacted by a police officer who instructed him to cease shooting until the problem was handled.
Netizens react to the police swatting of IShowSpeed
Darren Watkins Jr., better known online as IShowSpeed, has over 10.35 million YouTube followers. The Cincinnati, Ohio native is well known for his outlandish and fiery demeanor. His live streams are quite popular among his followers. The YouTuber first achieved popularity for his Fortnite broadcasts. He has now become well-known for his NBA 2K, Five Nights at Freddy’s 4, Minecraft, and Talking Tom & Friends broadcasts.
His latest contact with police enforcement startled the internet. A video of the whole incident was posted on his official YouTube page. At the time of writing, the video, named “wtf,” had approximately two million views. In his comment area, people voiced both support and worry for the YouTuber. The 17-year-old is not the first streamer to get swatted by police while broadcasting live. Twitch broadcaster Adin Ross was placed in the same situation on August 7 when police officers with firearms invaded his apartment before the life concluded.
I got swatted last night, very very scary. I’m okay. I love you guys. Also speed got swatted aswell, we just got off the phone he’s okay! Sick world we live in man. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/MN0BxHeAOZ
— adin (@adinross) August 8, 2022
Adin Ross keeps followers up to speed on the YouTuber
Adin Ross addressed the issue on Twitter on August 8. Following the event, the other streamer informed his audience that the content producer was OK.
He wrote in the tweet:
“I was swatted last night, which was terrifying.” I’m ok. I adore you two. Speed was also swatted; we just got off the phone with him, and he’s OK! Man, we live in a sick world.”
In the linked video, he says:
“I also heard Speed was struck by a swat assault, it’s a twisted brutal world we live in… I just got off the phone with speed, and he’s OK.”
At the time of writing, IShowSpeed has not fixed the issue.
