Malik Sanchez

Malik Sanchez (also known online as Smooth Sanchez) (born 2001) is an American streamer, YouTuber, and self-identified incel, made famous by IRL LiveStreaming Platforming: IP2Always.Win, who in April 2021 was arrested on one count of conveying false and misleading information and hoaxes, after he allegedly made a hoax threat to detonate a bomb at a restaurant in the Flatiron District of Manhattan in February 2021.[1][2] He later pleaded guilty to the charges.[3]

Streaming career

In a Justice Department press release, Sanchez was said to be a self-identified incel whose videos included him harassing, threatening, and at one time harming individuals who he encountered in Manhattan. In one stream he also stated that he supported Elliot Rodger and said Rodger's victims "deserved to be run over and hit by a truck."[1]

In June 2020, Sanchez created outrage in American conservative circles after he had women appear on their knees in a show of solidarity for George Floyd and asked them to apologize for their white privilege and for being complicit for human rights abuses against blacks in the United States. During that livestream Sanchez falsely identified himself as a representative of Black Lives Matter. Conservative viewers called the stream "racist against whites" and called Sanchez “bully.” With Tucker Carlson calling the stream "an example of the “mob seeking the total humiliation of its enemies.”" Sanchez later said he did the stream to troll people.[4]

In October 2020, Sanchez scaled the Queensboro Bridge for a livestream. A thread on /pol/ during the stream got over 400 replies[5] and the event was televized on news stations, gaining him mass popularity. At the end of the stream he was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment and criminal trespass. Sanchez was also charged with illegal possession of pepper spray after police linked him to an attack where he allegedly pepper-sprayed a 40-year-old woman in Chelsea, Manhattan.[6]

In March 2021 Sanchez was arrested after he posted a video where he approached women in an outdoor seating area, where he stated his support for incels and Elliot Rodger, while also making hand gestures mimicking pointing a gun. After multiple people told him to stop, Sanchez pepper sprayed one of them.[1]

2021 arrest

In April 2021, Sanchez was arrested on one count of conveying false and misleading information and hoaxes, after he allegedly made a hoax threat to detonate a bomb at a restaurant in the Flatiron District of Manhattan in February 2021.[1][2][7][8] In November 2021 Sanchez pleaded guilty to the charges.[3] He has not streamed since April.

References
  1. "New York City Man Arrested For Carrying Out Hoax Bomb Threat At Manhattan Restaurant". www.justice.gov. 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  2. "Incel YouTuber arrested for threatening to blow up New York City restaurant". The Independent. 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  3. "Manhattan Man Who Identifies As An "Incel" Or "Involuntary Celibate" Pleads Guilty To Carrying Out Hoax Bomb Threat At Restaurant". www.justice.gov. 2021-11-12. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  4. "A YouTuber Catches Stunning Dogmatism in New York City". National Review. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  5. "/pol/ - Politically Incorrect » Thread #284150494". archive.4plebs.org. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  6. Tracy, Rocco Parascandola, Thomas. "Teen daredevil who climbed Queensboro bridge charged with reckless endangerment — and pepper-spraying woman days earlier". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  7. "'Incel' teen held without bail on federal bomb threat charge". KOB 4. 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  8. "A Self-Identified 'Incel' YouTuber Known as 'Smooth Sanchez' Was Just Arrested for a Hoax Bomb Threat in New York City". Law & Crime. 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
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