Far-left Hasan Piker sues conservative Scott Jennings for $73M, decries pro-lynching characterization

Far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker is suing conservative commentator Scott Jennings for defamation, saying the pundit wrongly accused him of advocating for lynching black people.Piker is demanding $72.5 million in damages.His complaint filed Tuesday in Washington, DC, zeroes in on an August episode of “The Scott Jennings Show” in which the commenter aired allegedly manipulated video of Piker to depict him as a violent racist.One example in the complaint centers on Piker saying on his own stream, “He said, ‘We need more Klansmen, OK? Can we go back to a better time when lynchings were happening?’”Piker’s suit says he was talking about a debate between black political commenters and mocking a conservative as nostalgic for the pre-civil rights era — but Jennings allegedly distorted the quote to make it seem like Piker himself espoused pro-lynching views.“The words ‘He said,’ which identified the object of Mr.

Piker’s ridicule, were omitted.Mr.

Piker’s laughter and subsequent explanation were also removed.The resulting video portrayed sarcastic criticism of another as though it were an expression of Mr.

Piker’s own beliefs,” the suit states.Jennings declined to comment to The Post.He’d shared the clip in the context of Piker’s support for fellow lefty Abdul El-Sayed, Democratic candidate for the US Senate in Michigan.“Abdul El-Sayed’s best pal and campaign partner says the USA should resume lynchings against black people,” Jennings said in a post on X promoting the clip.“Listen for yourself and understand what the socialists have in store for the black community.”Piker claims that content was a supercut intended to make him look like a crazed bigot.Quotes included Piker sarcastically saying “It’s because I’m racist” and “You got me because I’m a racist person” — all taken out of context, the lefty alleges.“Mr.

Jennings did not merely mischaracterize something Mr.Piker said.

He took a false, fabricated,...