New York police arrested influencer Kai Cenat for causing chaos and panic in central Union Square where thousands of people flocked after he announced on Twitch and Youtube platforms that computers and video game consoles would be distributed. The possibility of indicting Cenat for inciting the riot is being considered, said Jeffrey Maddrey, head of the NYPD. There were also other arrests among the thousands of teenagers who invaded the square, climbing into parked vehicles, throwing objects against windows, throwing chairs. I also stormed New York public service buses.
There are also some injuries among the officers who, in riot gear, confronted the boys for a couple of hours who threw bottles and even flower vases at them in the park. The 21-year-old Cenat is a video creator with 6.5 million followers on Twitch and 4 million on YouTube, where he has posted 299 videos that have had 276 million views. Last December he won the «streamer of the year» award at the 12th Streamy Awards. Yesterday he was picked up by the police in the vehicle parked in the square from where he was live-streaming the event. The power of social media.
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