 New York City Police Chief Jeffrey Maddrey told reporters the giveaway had not been sanctioned by the city. Cenat was scheduled to arrive at around 4pm, with thousands of attendees swarming the park. But shortly before the event was due to begin things quickly descended into violence, with fights breaking out and attendees hurling objects, throwing punches, scaling structures and pushing over barriers. Things escalated even further as people started throwing bottles, rocks and paint cans that had been taken from a construction site at the park, which prompted police to intervene. Things turned ugly after fights broke out and fireworks were detonanted amongst the crowd (Picture: Shutterstock) The violence then spilled out into the nearby area, with video footage capturing people running through the streets, climbing on top of moving cars and pounding the side of a city bus. One woman climbed up a traffic light and stood on a sign twerking above the crowds. Another group let off firecrackers in one section of Union Square Park as arrests were being made, which prompted panic and false rumors that a shoo){kind=link}
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YouTuber and Twitch streamer Kai Cenat has been arrested and charged with inciting a riot after an attempt to give away Playstation 5s in a New York City park descended into chaos.
The NYPD arrested 65 people, 30 of whom were juveniles, during the Friday afternoon chaos in Manhattan’s Union Square.
On Wednesday, Cenat, 21, announced on his Twitch channel that he would host a ‘huge’ giveaway with video game consoles, PCs, keyboards, gaming chairs, headphones and other items.