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A YouTube IRL stream was dramatically cut short by police on November 23, after they received a call that the streamer in question was in possession of a knife.
A YouTube live streamer known as ‘Sherwin’ was stopped by police while broadcasting after it was called in that he was potentially in possession of a knife.
The streamer was in clown makeup, deeply resonant of Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘Joker’. The stream was just over 5 hours long, starting at 8pm and being stopped just after 1am on the morning of Saturday, November 23.
“We’ve been called that you’ve possibly got a knife on you,” explained the male police officer, as the pair restrain Sherwin.
“I don’t have a knife on me,” the streamer responded. “I don’t have a knife on me I can show you sir. Prank callers, sir.”
Despite Sherwin’s protests, the police officers handcuff him and proceed to search for a potential knife, and the stream is cut short. It is not currently clear whether or not the streamer had a knife in his possession.