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topicnews · September 30, 2024

Banned Kick streamer Johnny Somali was thrown off the subway by South Korean police

Banned Kick streamer Johnny Somali was thrown off the subway by South Korean police

Banned Kick streamer Johnny Somali is once again causing chaos abroad after he was thrown off a subway by police in South Korea for making loud and inappropriate noises during a broadcast.

Notorious for his disruptive livestreams, Johnny Somali was most notably arrested and fined by Japanese authorities for broadcasting loudly in a restaurant and for allegedly trespassing at a construction site in the country in 2023.

Since then he has continued to travel, was banned from Jerusalem and has now come into the hands of the South Korean police.

In a September 2024 stream, Somali took the subway to Lotte World to attend a KPop-themed dance class. He was taking viewers on a subway when his text-to-speech feeds started making loud, inappropriate noises.

Somali continued walking through the train, shouting, “George Floyd – I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe,” drawing looks from passengers around him. One passenger even confronted him and told him to be quiet on public transport.

It wasn’t long before police surrounded the streamer and escorted him off the train, apparently unmoved by his pleas as he explained that he was streaming.

“Damn, guys, I’m being pressured,” Somali said to his chat. “This is crazy. The police are already there. We have to take a taxi.”

In both South Korea and Japan, it is considered rude to speak loudly or behave in a disruptive manner on public transport. Somali has been confronted several times by locals for this very crime and has even been physically attacked by outraged citizens in the past.

However, Somali says he will continue streaming despite the backlash against him and has even threatened to sue critics like PewDiePie who accuse him of “ruining” countries like Japan for tourists and foreigners who want to live there.

While Kick himself has banned the streamer in the past for “promoting violent behavior,” he continues to broadcast on platforms like YouTube, where he currently has over 18,000 subscribers.

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