{"id":1991377,"date":"2023-08-04T19:07:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T23:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-park-erupts-in-chaos-as-live-streamers-giveaway-goes-awry\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T19:08:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T23:08:37","slug":"new-york-park-erupts-in-chaos-as-live-streamers-giveaway-goes-awry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-park-erupts-in-chaos-as-live-streamers-giveaway-goes-awry\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaos ensues in New York park during live streamer&#8217;s giveaway."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-park-erupts-in-chaos-as-live-streamers-giveaway-goes-awry%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1991377&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<blockquote><p>Thousands of people overran New York\u2019s Union Square and the\u2064 surrounding\u2064 streets \u200bon Friday after a\u200b popular live streamer announced a \u2064\u201cgiveaway\u201d event that \u200dgrew chaotic, prompting hundreds of police officers to respond and disperse \u200dthe\u200c crowd.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The event was promoted \u200dby Kai \u2064Cenat, \u200cbest known for his live streams\u200c on the gaming site Twitch and YouTube \u2062videos. He had earlier announced \u200ba \u200c\u201chuge giveaway\u201d \u200con his Instagram account for 4 \u2063p.m. ET (2000\u200d GMT).<\/p>\n<p>Before the event began, footage \u2064from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-park-erupts-in-chaos-as-live-streamers-giveaway-goes-awry\/\" title=\"Chaos ensues in New York park during live streamer's giveaway.\">news choppers showed people flinging bottles<\/a> and chairs, climbing onto the roof \u2064of a\u200d subway entrance, \u200btearing down construction barriers, \u2063standing on top of cars\u200c and unloading\u2062 a \u2064fire extinguisher.<\/p>\n<p>Video from TV \u200cnews helicopters showed \u200bCenat\u200c in a black SUV, standing with his head through the moon roof, as people mobbed the vehicle. \u2064At\u2064 least one\u2062 person fell off the car as \u2062it\u200b drove away from the scene.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear what had sparked the \u2064chaos.<\/p>\n<p>By\u2063 5 p.m., police had set up barricades around\u2064 the square\u200b and largely \u2063contained the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>A \u200cspokesperson for the \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fla-car-stolen-with-10k-worth-of-covid-19-vaccine-inside\/\" title=\"Fla. car stolen with K worth of COVID-19 vaccine inside\">city police department<\/a> said no injuries had been reported as of 4:45 p.m. \u200dand that\u200c there was no information \u200dyet on the number of arrests.<\/p>\n<p>In a \u2062social \u200dmedia advisory, the department\u200b urged people to avoid the\u2062 park, which is\u2064 near New York University.<\/p>\n<p>Cenat, \u200d21, \u2062has\u2063 6.5\u2064 million followers on Twitch and\u200d 4 million subscribers on YouTube. He was named \u2062\u201cStreamer\u200d of the Year\u201d in 2022 at the Streamy Awards.<\/p>\n<p>  (Reporting by Kanishka Singh in \u200cWashington, editing by\u2062 Deepa\u200d Babington)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h2>Feeling the\u2064 Impact\u2062 of\u200c &#8216;Bidenomics&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>with Shawn Carney<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>with Richard\u200b Stern<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>with Angela Morabito<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<blockquote><p>(Reuters) \u200b-Google-parent Alphabet has cut its stake in trading app Robinhood Markets by nearly 90%, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadas-shopify-cuts-10-of-workforce-as-online-shopping-slows\/\" title=\"Canada\u2019s Shopify cuts 10% of workforce as online shopping slows\">regulatory filing showed<\/a> on Friday. The\u2026 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<blockquote><p>NEW\u200c DELHI\u2064 (Reuters) \u2013 India\u2019s \u200bdecision to impose a licensing\u2064 requirement for imports of laptops, tablets and personal computers will boost domestic\u2026 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<blockquote><p>By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) \u2013\u2064 Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok\u2063 has announced \u200ba raft of new features for European users\u200c aimed\u2026 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<blockquote><p>By Stefanno Sulaiman JAKARTA (Reuters) \u2013 TikTok \u2062told Reuters it is in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-biden-two-tiered-doj-going-after-trump\/\" title=\"McCarthy criticizes Biden's DOJ for targeting Trump.\">early-stage \u200ctalks<\/a> with\u2062 regulators to\u200d obtain a payments licence in\u2026\u200d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of people flooded New York&#8217;s Union Square and nearby streets in response to a live streamer&#8217;s &#8220;giveaway&#8221; event. Chaos ensued, leading to the deployment of hundreds of police officers to disperse the crowd. 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