{"id":1992126,"date":"2023-08-05T18:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T22:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/social-media-star-faces-serious-charges-after-post-sparks-nyc-riot\/"},"modified":"2023-08-05T18:59:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T22:59:14","slug":"social-media-star-faces-serious-charges-after-post-sparks-nyc-riot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/social-media-star-faces-serious-charges-after-post-sparks-nyc-riot\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media influencer charged for inciting NYC riot with controversial post."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fsocial-media-star-faces-serious-charges-after-post-sparks-nyc-riot%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=1992126&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--><h2>Social\u2062 Media Star Faces\u200d Serious Charges After Post Sparks NYC Riot<\/h2>\n<p>Social media influencer \u200bKai Cenat is facing charges of\u200c inciting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lost-all-credibility-on-social-distancing-after-biden-celebrations\/\" title=\"Dems Lost All Credibility On Social Distancing After Biden Celebrations\">riot<\/a> and promoting an unlawful gathering \u200cin New York City after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/social-media-star-faces-serious-charges-after-post-sparks-nyc-riot\/\" title=\"Social media influencer charged for inciting NYC riot with controversial post.\">online streamer drew thousands<\/a> of his followers, many \u2064of them teenagers, with promises of giving away electronics, including a new PlayStation.<\/p>\n<p>The event produced mayhem, with dozens of people arrested \u2064\u2014 some jumping on vehicles, hurling bottles and throwing punches.<\/p>\n<p>Cenat was released early Saturday from\u200c police custody after being issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-nyc-woman-accused-of-driving-through-blm-protesters-rejects-plea-deal\/\" title=\"VIDEO: NYC Woman Accused of Driving Through BLM Protesters Rejects Plea Deal\">desk appearance ticket<\/a>, which\u200d is issued by police to require a suspect to appear in court \u2062to answer charges.<\/p>\n<p>A police spokesperson \u2062said he is to appear in court on Aug. 18.<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cOur children\u200d cannot be raised by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a>,\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>Mayor Eric Adams said Saturday during a news\u200c briefing on an unrelated crime.<\/p>\n<p>Police said \u2064they arrested 65 people, including 30 \u2062juveniles. \u200dSeveral people were injured, including some with bloodied faces.\u200d At\u2062 least four people were taken \u200caway in ambulances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think\u200c people realize the level of discipline that we \u200cshowed to take a very dangerous, volatile situation and to be able to\u200c bring it to a \u2063level of resolve without\u200b any loss of life\u200c or\u200c any substantial damage to\u2063 property and without young people\u200b harming themselves,\u201d Adams said.<\/p>\n<p>Cenat, 21, is a video creator with 6.5 million followers on the platform Twitch, where he \u200dregularly livestreams. He also boasts 4 \u2062million subscribers on YouTube,\u200c where he posts daily life and comedy vlogs.<\/p>\n<p>His 299 YouTube videos have amassed\u200c more than\u2063 276 million views among them. In December, he was crowned streamer \u2064of the year at the 12th annual Streamy Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Messages sent\u2064 to his publicist, management company and an email address for business inquiries were not immediately returned.<\/p>\n<p>Livestreaming \u2062on Twitch from a\u2062 vehicle as the event gathered steam, Cenat displayed gift cards he planned to give away. Noting the crowd\u200c and police presence, \u200che urged, \u201cEverybody who\u2019s out there, make sure y\u2019all safe. \u2026 We\u2019re not gonna do nothin\u2019 until\u200d it\u2019s safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, he\u2062 and an entourage got out of the vehicle and hustled through a crowd, crossed a street and went \u2063into a park, \u200cwhere Cenat was surrounded by a \u200bshoving \u200dmob.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Jeffrey \u200bMaddrey of the New York Police Department said Cenat at some point\u200d in\u200c the afternoon was removed \u201cfor his safety\u201d\u2062 and police were in contact\u2062 with him.<\/p>\n<p>Videos posted on \u2064social media \u200cand taken from\u2062 news\u200b helicopters \u2064showed Cenat being lifted over a fence and out of the\u2062 crowd and then placed in a police\u2063 vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Aerial TV news footage\u2062 showed a surging, tightly packed crowd running through the streets, scaling structures in the park and snarling traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Shouting teenagers swung\u2062 objects at car windows, \u2064threw paint cans and \u2063set off fire extinguishers. Some people climbed on a moving vehicle, falling off as it sped away. Others pounded on or climbed atop city buses.<\/p>\n<p>Maddrey said three officers were hurt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have encountered things like this before but never to this level of dangerousness,\u201d Maddrey said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has\u200c reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial \u200dstandards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/social-media-star-faces-serious-charges-post-sparks-nyc-riot\/\">Social Media Star Faces Serious Charges After Post Sparks NYC \u200cRiot<\/a> appeared \u2063first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media influencer Kai Cenat is charged with inciting a riot and promoting an unlawful gathering in NYC. Thousands of his followers, mostly teenagers, were lured by promises of free electronics, including a new PlayStation. 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