Chaos In New York After Twitch Streamer Promised To Give Away Electronics And More

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A social media influencer was in custody after a giveaway in a New York City park erupted in chaos on Friday, authorities said.

New York City Police Chief Jeffrey Maddrey said the video game live-streamer, Kai Cenat, had been removed from the area for his safety after thousands of mostly young people descended on Manhattan's Union Square on Friday afternoon.

Cenat has not been charged with a crime. Maddrey said that police officials were reviewing possible charges, including inciting a riot, with the department's legal team.

Maddrey said authorities filled a city bus filled with arrestees. He did not know how many people were in custody.

They were arrested after people started committing acts of violence toward police and the public, including throwing bottles, rocks and paint cans that had been taken from a construction site at the park, Maddrey said.

It wasn't clear how many officers were injured.

On Wednesday, Cenat announced on his Twitch channel that he would host a “huge” give away with video game consoles, PCs, keyboards, gaming chairs, headphones and other items. 

As of Friday afternoon, the video had more than 2 million views.

The event was supposed to begin at 4 p.m., but by 3 p.m. the park was filled, NBC New York reported.

Aerial video showed hundreds of people gathered in the Manhattan park on Friday afternoon. The video appeared to capture a skirmish in the crowd and people could be seen standing on cars. 

Plain clothes and uniformed officers could be seen surrounding the crowd and a loud bang could be heard at one point.

 

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These people acting like PS5 costs 50 Millions or something. Just go to the Bestbuy or Gamestop and get one, damn!   

[Roughhouse Dandy 13,599]

Unruly teens are so funny 

[SpadesToStart 3,808]

51 minutes ago, RAMROD said:

These people acting like PS5 costs 50 Millions or something. Just go to the Bestbuy or Gamestop and get one, damn!   

That part. The way I would turn around and go home if I went to that park and saw even 100 people there

(I would stay if there were 99 people tho, cause one of them could believe in me)

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12 minutes ago, SpadesToStart said:

 

(I would stay if there were 99 people tho, cause one of them could believe in me)

Nnnn 

[Helxig 45,330]

These influencers who think the whole public space is their personal playground   this is so irresponsible knowing how large your fanbase is and how desperate people are in these hard times

But also these people that showed up are rabid   mob mentality is an insane thing. Reminds me of the videos of Black Friday sales

[LaLuna 12,732]

All of this for freaking game consoles...

[TheSine 6,897]

Looked at the title and already knew it was Kai cenat or something. It can't be that serious.

[candydarling 1,986]

I would start a revolution if I had that kinda power wtf.... destroy trump tower and everybody gets a ps5 or wtv

[RebeldeFaith 5,746]

And that right there is my 102834 reason to never visit New York. 

 

I'm sure I'll do eventually since my family wants to go so bad and we live closer to it than ever before. But still... 

[LilMonst3r 5,681]

He should have known this was not going to go well. Like this dude is extremely popular how didn’t he see this getting out of hand is beyond me. Why not do an online giveaway? 
 

He knew it was gonna get crazy and he went with it. Have yall seen the video of him and his friends destroying a house with fireworks?

[AsleepOnTheCeiling 6,939]

9 hours ago, LaLuna said:

All of this for freaking game consoles...

The funny thing is half the people in that mob don't wanna be on this planet anymore either. Not that I agree with their behavior, but y'all are somewhat alike!

4 hours ago, RebeldeFaith said:

And that right there is my 102834 reason to never visit New York. 

 

I'm sure I'll do eventually since my family wants to go so bad and we live closer to it than ever before. But still... 

I wouldn't let it deter you if it's a big reason. New York as a tourist is very very fun and probably one of my favorite places I've been. It's big enough you probably won't even see something like that. 

[weed 78,880]

I would've been so scared if I was an employee there lol when I lived in NYC I always walked through Union Square to school and it was a really nice atmosphere

[TaylorSwift 162,312]

@Rat BoyI hope they did not disturb your family reunion 

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[Controversiaga 15,989]

I’m confused though. Why was there rioting? Did he not end up giving out the free prizes?? What went wrong?

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54 minutes ago, Controversiaga said:

I’m confused though. Why was there rioting? Did he not end up giving out the free prizes?? What went wrong?

 

The crowds just being messy unprovoked. Just lost in being in the moment, I guess.