IRL streamer confronted by police for \u2018bullying\u2019 homeless woman IRL streamer Sherwin was confronted by Metropolitan Police in London for \u201cbullying\u201d a homeless woman after calling the authorities over a missing Oyster card. \u2018In-Real-Life\u2019 streams often see content creators take to the streets, and on Tuesday, November 26, Sherwin took to the streets of England\u2019s capital city in clown makeup, meeting a homeless woman named Charlie at the start of his broadcast. After some discussion about her current needs, Sherwin offered to give the woman his Oyster card, which is used on the city\u2019s Underground system for travel, with the woman asking him if he was sure before taking it, while the streamer offered to go with her to check it worked. Sherwin then decided that he had made a mistake, confronting the woman and asking for the Oyster card back, who explained that she had lost the Oyster card he had given her. The streamer then decided to call the police, stating that he had been \u201crobbed and mugged,\u201d before telling police that she was selling it for drugs, and he thought he needed help. Shortly after his call, London\u2019s Metropolitan Police appeared on the scene, talking to both parties involved about the incident as they attempted to straighten the facts of the situation. After giving his side of the story, the female officer in attendance stated: \u201cI\u2019m confused though because you\u2019ve told me that you gave it to her,\u201d with Sherwin replying: \u201cI wanted to test her if she needed it, the cash.\u201d Eventually, the police confirmed that no offense had been committed, and a male officer attending the scene gave the streamer a stern talking to about his behavior, telling him that he was bullying her. \u201cThis is not a crime,\u201d he told Sherwin. \u201cYou\u2019ve given her the Oyster card. Why have you got this contraption? Why are you filming everything? Why are you dressed up like this? Were you holding out this Oyster card with the intention of getting more views or social media status?\u201d \u201cTo be honest, that\u2019s how it appears. You\u2019re wasting my time, you\u2019re wasting my colleague\u2019s time. This poor lady is on the streets, she\u2019s homeless. Have a bit of respect, please. She doesn\u2019t have a choice. First, you started the whole story saying I gave her my Oyster card, now you\u2019ve said to me that you held up your card in her face and said; \u2018Do you need an Oyster card?\u2019 Do you understand how that comes across to a homeless person?\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s like going up to a dog and holding up some food, and please, I\u2019m not comparing her to a dog, I\u2019m using an analogy. That\u2019s effectively what you\u2019re doing to people. These people have lives to lead too, now go and lead your own life, and don\u2019t pick on others, it\u2019s bullying. Grow up.\u201d Sherwin, who regularly streams on YouTube, was forced to leave without the Oyster card, telling his stream that he had made an error in letting her have it in the first place. No charges were filed against either the streamer of the woman, but Sherwin certainly got an intense lecturer from the officer over his behavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
IRL streamer confronted by police for \u2018bullying\u2019 homeless woman IRL streamer Sherwin was confronted by Metropolitan Police in London for \u201cbullying\u201d a homeless woman after calling the authorities over a missing Oyster card. \u2018In-Real-Life\u2019 streams often see content creators take to the streets, and on Tuesday, November 26, Sherwin took to the streets of England\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}