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Muslim ice cream man gives 'free cones for cops' after UK riots
A British Muslim social media star who travels around the country in his ice cream van has thanked police officers trying to control racist and anti-immigration riots by handing out free cones. Tee, King of Desserts, posted a TikTok video taken in t
Tee, King of Desserts, posted a TikTok video taken in the English city of Sunderland that amassed over 2.6 million views, in which he offered a police van full of officers ice creams, with the theme tune to 1980s hit TV show The A-Team blaring.
"We just thought we'd show them a little bit of love," Tee, whose real name is Ashiq, told Reuters.
The two-minute clip — in which one policeman asked for a special birthday ice cream for a colleague — struck a chord with the British public, the vast majority of whom think the riots are unjustified, according to a recent YouGov poll.
