A dark-skinned man from London has been stopped by police five times while on holiday in Stockholm. Now his TikTok clip of the visit has gone viral.
– I have no plans to visit Sweden again. It wasn’t very welcoming, Gabzlin told Global Bar.
The man, who goes by the username Jabzldn on TikTok and has more than 100,000 followers on the app, posted a video of his vacation experiences, a trip to Stockholm that has now gone viral.
Jabzldn is known on TikTok for creating entertaining content about his daily life through the different experiences he tries. It could be anything from visiting the most expensive sports clubs in London to giving advice on things to do in Ghana or sharing what a week in his life might look like.
In one of his most recent clips on TikTok, he’s filming his vacation in Sweden. In the clip, you can see how the Swedish police repeatedly stopped the man while he was driving. The guy’s friends are also in the car. In the clip, a female police officer says they thought the man was driving in a slightly strange way, and asks how they are in Sweden. Hence, the man responds with a bit of humor to make the situation less tense.
Below the comments section of the TikTok clip The incident sparked outrage, with many users expressing their disappointment and frustration with the way the man was being treated because of his race. Many believe that the incident highlights the ongoing problem of racial profiling and the need to raise awareness of the issue in society.
To someone who works as a police officer in Stockholm: How can you even get stopped five times? writes a TikTok user under the comments section of the video.
When Global Bar puts this question to the police in Stockholm, they say that vehicles are stopped every day for so-called driver and vehicle checks and that this is done based on how the vehicle is driven, not who is driving it. It is part of road safety actions and is not required to be preceded by any crime.
– For the driver to be stopped five times in the same day, of course, is unusual, and the reason for this is difficult to answer, writes the Stockholm police information center.
Gabzlin did not report the incident and says he left it as it is, but has no plans to visit Sweden again.
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