Tor Gustafsson Brookes (born either 1997 or 1998), better known by his online alias CatboyKami, is a Swedish-born Australian streamer known for his various online activities connected to

far-right Far-right politics, also referred to as the extreme right or right-wing extremism, are political beliefs and actions further to the right of the left–right political spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of being ...

activism.

Early life

Tor Brookes was born in

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, Sweden, and he was raised in

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, Australia. In his youth, he played various video games with his father, under the online username "Kamikaze". Brookes finished high school in or around 2015, and started streaming in 2019.

Online activities

Formerly known by the username "lolisocks" (among other aliases), he frequently engages in

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himself in various activities, with online trolling of users on the popular chatting site

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being particularly notable. Many of these clips are often shared through his personal Telegram channel. His most notorious stream was a 10-hour long one with American white nationalist

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, streamed in December 2019. Starting in mid-2020, Brookes streamed and uploaded multiple videos of himself to DLive and

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, where he wore racist outfits, including

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and stereotypical outfits mocking Blacks, Asians, and Jews. He also mocked the

murder of George Floyd On , George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was murdered in the U.S. city of Minneapolis by Derek Chauvin, a 44-year-old white police officer. Floyd had been arrested on suspicion of using a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin knelt on Floyd's n ...

. His activities helped inspire ex-journalist Paul Miller, known online as

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, who participated in many of the same activities. Brookes, along with online streamer Anthime Gionet (known online as Baked Alaska), attended a rally in Phoenix, Arizona, where he chanted that "we will not fall for the lies of the

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this time. This time, we know our war is with them", referring to the conspiracy theory that Donald Trump won the 2020 American election. Later at the rally, he clashed with a group of anti-Trump activists, where a Mexican activist alleged he yelled racist catchphrases and racial slurs. In February 2021, one of Brookes' streams was played at a Zoom meeting on racial equality organized by

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, where he depicted himself dressed up as a police officer, kneeling on a doll of George Floyd. Later, Brookes was interviewed by the

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, which he described as a "raid". Throughout his online activities, Brookes attempted to hide his real identity. In July 2021, Brookes was outed by journalist Alex Mann, who revealed his real name on an ABC radio podcast episode. Before being identified, Brookes was often referred to as "Philip Hedley".

References

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