{"id":1991460,"date":"2023-08-04T20:24:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T00:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitch-streamer-arrested-amid-chaotic-giveaway\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T20:25:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T00:25:58","slug":"twitch-streamer-arrested-amid-chaotic-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitch-streamer-arrested-amid-chaotic-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitch streamer arrested during chaotic 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\">12<\/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%2Ftwitch-streamer-arrested-amid-chaotic-giveaway%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=1991460&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<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">People gather\u2062 for a \u201cgiveaway\u201d\u200c event\u2062 announced \u2064by popular Twitch live streamer Kai Cenat in Union Square and \u2064the surrounding area on August 4, 2023 in New \u200bYork City. (Photo\u2064 by Alexi\u200b J. Rosenfeld\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>5:14 PM \u2013 Friday,\u200d August 4, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>The Twitch streamer responsible for the \u2063chaos in New York City\u2019s\u2062 Union Square Park amid\u2064 a PlayStation\u200b giveaway,\u2064 has been\u2062 taken into custody. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>As the gathering began to thin out and \u2063many of the young people left the park, a spokeswoman verified that \u200bthe influencer and numerous other people were in custody.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Twitch streamer Influencer Giveaway Sparks\u200b a massive \u200cRiot in Union\u2062 Square park<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccc<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Manhattan?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Manhattan<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NewYork?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NewYork<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Right now, a\u2064 huge riot is currently happening \u2063at Union Square Park in Manhattan, New York. Hundreds of young teens and adults have gathered after a Twitch live\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6WynfWFlDB\">pic.twitter.com\/6WynfWFlDB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 R A\u200b W \u200cS A L E R T\u200d S (@rawsalerts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rawsalerts\/status\/1687566630715367424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>On Friday, Kai Cenat, a streamer \u2063from the video-streaming platform Twitch, which gamers use to broadcast,\u200d stated he would\u2063 be doing\u2062 a giveaway at Union Square Park. He claimed\u2062 that him and his team \u2062would be giving away computers, PlayStation\u200c 5\u2019s, microphones, keyboards, webcams, gaming\u2064 chairs, headphones and gift cards from a truck at 4:00 p.m.\u00a0EST. Viewers could win prizes by answering\u2063 \u201crandom questions\u201d about YouTube and streaming. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIf you do it correctly, you will \u200dinstantly receive a PS5,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The influencer \u200dhas over 4 million followers on YouTube, over\u200b 5 million on Instagram, and\u2062 6.5 million on\u2064 Twitch. <\/p>\n<p>According \u2064to NYPD Chief Jeffrey Maddrey, who spoke at a news conference \u2062on\u2063 Friday, thousands\u2063 of people started congregating at the park around 3:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Cenat, who went live on Twitch during the\u200d chaos, described the disorderly\u2062 crowd as\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s everybody for themselves. \u2063There is a \u2062war going on.\u201d  \u200bIt\u2062 appeared to have seemed\u200d that \u2064the streamer posted from\u2062 inside the giveaway truck.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New York City is completely \u200bout of control. \u2064Kai Cenat,\u2062 a\u200d popular Twitch streamer, held a giveaway that turned into a massive riot in Union\u2063 Square. Police were outnumbered, and \u2063the \u200bmayor remains silent. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U4rp9nnSBr\">pic.twitter.com\/U4rp9nnSBr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200c Ian Miles Cheong\u2064 (@stillgray) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stillgray\/status\/1687586738544459777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cSoon the \u2063park\u2063 and the \u2062surrounding streets were overrun with people, obstructing vehicular and pedestrian traffic,\u201d  Maddrey said. \u201cIndividuals in the park began to commit acts of\u200b violence towards the police and \u2063the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Police officers eventually managed to remove the streamer from the crowd, and he was afterwards heard speaking to various officers.<\/p>\n<p>Reportedly, an estimated 1,000 \u200dcops were \u2064requested by the department to deal with \u200cthe chaotic situation, making\u2062 this event the highest mobilization \u2064made by NYPD\u2062 yet. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free.\u2062 Subscribe here. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>While\u2063 the Biden Administration insists it\u2019s \u2018Bidenomics\u2019 Plan \u200dis working, many Americans are feeling\u2063 otherwise.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Shawn Carney<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Richard Stern<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Angela Morabito<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) -Google-parent Alphabet has cut\u200b its stake in trading app\u2064 Robinhood \u200dMarkets 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. 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