Nina Lin was in the middle of eating lunch with friends, live on stream, when she spotted a police car outside the window. Without missing a beat, she stood up, raised both hands, and walked outside to meet the officers -- something she's had a lot of practice doing. This was reportedly the ninth time it's happened to her.
A clip of the moment is circulating widely online, with viewers praising how calmly she handled it. It's the latest example of "swatting" -- the practice of making a false emergency report to send an armed police response to someone's location, usually as a prank or an act of harassment against livestreamers.
What happened
The incident took place on September 5, 2026, during a livestream on Lin's Kick channel. Earlier in the stream, Lin and a friend had dressed up as Oompa Loompas from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" before heading out to get food with the group. Video from the stream shows police arriving at the restaurant; one officer went inside to check the scene while Lin and her friends stepped outside to speak with another officer.
Asked whether she knew who was behind the false report, Lin said she didn't. "It's like our fifth time this week," she told the officer, according to footage from the stream. She's said in the past that the people making these reports appear to use a VPN, which makes them difficult to trace back to a specific person.
What's confirmed -- and what isn't
What's well documented: Lin was livestreaming, officers responded to a call, and she and her friends cooperated calmly while police checked the scene before leaving. Multiple outlets covering the streaming world, including Sportskeeda and Deltia's Gaming, describe this as the ninth swatting incident of Lin's streaming career.
What IF Daily has not been able to independently confirm: the name of the restaurant, the city or state where it happened, which specific police department responded, and whether anyone has ever been identified or arrested for making the false reports against her. If those details are confirmed, we'll update this story.
Why it's getting attention
Lin is a streamer with millions of followers across Twitch and Kick, and she's no stranger to controversy -- she and a fellow streamer were briefly banned from Twitch in 2024 after an old clip resurfaced showing behavior toward a colleague that drew accusations of sexual assault; the ban was lifted after a day, which drew its own backlash. That history is part of why this clip has spread as fast as it has -- but the reaction this time has largely focused on the swatting itself, not her past. Swatting has led to deaths in other cases, and incidents like this one keep renewing calls for tougher penalties and better ways to track down whoever is making the calls.
For now, what's actually verified is the video itself: a woman getting swatted for a ninth time, staying calm, and going back to her food once police determined there was nothing to it.
