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cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/news/p/1395876/streamer-troll-johnny-somali-found-guilty-on-all-counts-sentenced-to-south-korean-prison-l

Ramsey Khalid Ismael — better known as Johnny Somali, the infamous American streamer arrested in Japan, Israel, and South Korea for his provocative behavior — has been imprisoned in South Korea.

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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

I'm OOtL on this one.. who is he, and what did he do?

[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 19 points 3 hours ago

This made my day. He thought he was untouchable and now is in a forced labor camp for 6 months.

Dude is just one of the worst humans.

[–] rwrwefwef@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 hours ago

South Koreans aren't the Japanese... they're not known for playing around.

[–] Apocalypteroid@anarchist.nexus 8 points 4 hours ago

FAFO 4 U LOL

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

Good, idiots like this deserve to face the consequences of their actions

[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 31 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Apparently he kissed a statue of a woman that was built as a memorial to all the south Korean women that were raped by the Japanese during their colonial rule. In case anyone was wondering what he did to end up in jail.

I'm willing to bet he knew exactly what that statue was a memorial for.

[–] piranhaconda@mander.xyz 3 points 2 hours ago

"and performing lap dances on said statue" per the linked article

[–] Iusedtobeanalien@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

He is going in a boy And will come out a hole man

[–] palmtrees2309@lemmy.world 17 points 9 hours ago

Finally some good news in 2026

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 16 points 10 hours ago

Sounds like he deserved it

[–] thorhop@sopuli.xyz 39 points 13 hours ago (6 children)

Norwegian philosopher Arne Ness said it best:

"There is no freedom without responsibility - in fact, the two are intrinsically the same."

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[–] GarboDog@lemmy.world 12 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Only 6 months tho we think

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 14 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

six months in a South Korean work camp filled with actual criminals that have a great disdain for foreigners. oh, they racists too.

I think he'll leave SK and never come back when he's finally released.

[–] sness@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago

He will also be a registered sex offender and not allowed back.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 12 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 2 hours ago

Video 1 - "I twerked at kim family's big statue and gave them the finger lol"
Video 2 - "Forced labor camp shenanigans lol"
Video 3, visibly malnourished and beaten - "About to face the death squad, but i'm gangsta lol"

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I'll be glad when everyone forgets about this guy in two days and I don't have to see his dumb face in my feed anymore.

Literally never heard of them until just now.

[–] bort@sopuli.xyz 114 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

"I know for a fact that I'm not going to go to jail. Not one day in jail. I'm going to laugh my ass off when all these motherf***ers are saying I'm going for 30 years, 20 years, five years, 10 years. I'm not even going to do one day, bro. They'll give me a fine and say, 'Don't come back to Korea.' You're the one that's going to look so dumb when I don't get any jailtime or anything. Bro, I'm going to laugh like a f**king villain.

amazing.

[–] bcgm3@lemmy.world 18 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

He got 6 months, so he wasn't too far off, unfortunately.

[–] bort@sopuli.xyz 11 points 8 hours ago

at the end of the day, his only crime is being annoying. He didn't kill someone, didn't steal anything, etc. So 6months seems fair.

[–] magnue@lemmy.world 71 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

This guy is like a reverse hostage. Countries will threaten to release him if they don't get what they want.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 17 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

It's an SCP. The containment procedure is to livestream his location at all times and make it legal for everyone to beat him up.

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[–] SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 20 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

Until today, I knew nothing about Mr Somali, but a cursory glance at his medium of choice shows him to be...not well liked

Ray William Johnson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhpcyBdt88&t=0

Legal mindset:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbto0N6PkIs&t=0

"What are you, like a professional asshole?"

"Yes"

Mr Somali now joins the ranks of Charlie Zelenoff in the FAFO game.

Perhaps the only shame is that he didn't try his little stunt in Singapore, where public caning is still a thing.

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[–] FederatedFreedom1981@lemmy.ca 127 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Good, these are the types of guys that go "It's just a prank bro" or "It's a social experiment" except it isn't. It's just you being an inconsiderate jerk.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 2 hours ago

There are a lot of enablers, the viewers that find all that bullshit funny. Guilty by association, I suppose

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 48 points 19 hours ago (7 children)

yeah, the kind that sets you on fire, shoots your wife and sells your children to Epstein, then goes "it's just a prank bro".

There's tons of light-hearted, harmless pranks out there. A good laugh where everyone goes away a little bit happier.

This guy and his ilk on the other hand intentionally antagonise people to the point where they feel the need to defend themselves. Just because someone is out and about in public doesn't mean they're a free target for you to be shitty with them. Everyone has - or at least should have - the right to be unbothered in public by leeches like him.

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 12 points 14 hours ago

A South Korean prison labor camp seems a fitting destination for all influencers and YouTube trolls.

[–] Vandalismo@lemmy.world 88 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Mf was so annoying they sent him to the gulag

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 12 points 15 hours ago

Labour camp is exactly what he needs

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