社会主义评论员哈桑·派克起诉保守派斯科特·詹宁斯，索赔7250万美元

知名社会主义政治评论员哈桑·派克（Hasan Piker）已向哥伦比亚特区美国地方法院提起诽谤诉讼，指控保守派评论员斯科特·詹宁斯（Scott Jennings）恶意剪辑并曲解其言论 1。此次诉讼于周二正式提起，派克向詹宁斯索赔总额达7250万美元，其中包含2750万美元的补偿性损害赔偿金和4500万美元的惩罚性损害赔偿金 1。

争议核心源于2024年8月的一段时长为42秒的视频片段，该视频在缺乏上下文的情况下被用于播客及社交媒体传播 1。当时正竞选特朗普白宫新闻秘书职位的詹宁斯在X平台上发文称：“Abdul El-Sayed’s best pal and campaign partner says the USA should resume lynchings against black people.”（阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德最好的朋友兼竞选伙伴表示，美国应恢复针对黑人的私刑。） 1。然而，派克在诉讼文件中引用了完整语境下的原话，指出他实际上是在讽刺模仿极端观点：“He said, ‘We need more Klansmen, okay? Can we go back to a better time when lynchings were happening? This is what I like as a Black man.’”（他说：‘我们需要更多三K党成员，好吗？我们能回到那个发生私刑的美好时代吗？这就是我作为黑人喜欢的东西。’） 1。

Hasan Piker, a prominent socialist political commentator, has filed a defamation lawsuit against conservative counterpart Scott Jennings in the US District Court for the District of Columbia 1. The legal action was initiated on Tuesday 1. Piker is seeking $72.5 million in damages, comprising $27.5 million in compensatory damages and $45 million in punitive damages 1.

The complaint alleges that Jennings maliciously edited and misrepresented Piker’s statements on podcasts and social media 1. Specifically, the suit claims Jennings distorted Piker’s satirical imitation of extreme viewpoints into an assertion that Piker personally supported resuming lynchings against Black people 1. The core of the dispute centers on a 42-second video clip from August 2024 that omitted critical context from Piker’s original remarks 1.

In the excerpt cited by the lawsuit, Piker quoted extreme viewpoints sarcastically, stating: “He said, ‘We need more Klansmen, okay? Can we go back to a better time when lynchings were happening? This is what I like as a Black man.’” 1 However, when Jennings aired the edited segment on August 11, he characterized it differently on his X platform, asserting: “Abdul El-Sayed’s best pal and campaign partner says the USA should resume lynchings against black people.” 1 At the time of the broadcast, Jennings was campaigning for the position of White House Press Secretary under Donald Trump 1.