{"id":1992130,"date":"2023-08-05T19:00:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T23:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/social-media-star-faces-serious-charges-after-post-sparks-nyc-riot-2\/"},"modified":"2023-08-05T19:03:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T23:03:20","slug":"social-media-star-faces-serious-charges-after-post-sparks-nyc-riot-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/social-media-star-faces-serious-charges-after-post-sparks-nyc-riot-2\/","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-2%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=1992130&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 Media \u200cStar \u200cFaces Serious Charges After Post Sparks NYC \u2064Riot<\/h2>\n<p>Social media influencer Kai Cenat\u2064 is \u200cfacing charges of 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 \u2062unlawful gathering in New \u200bYork City after\u200d 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,\u200d many of them teenagers, with promises of giving away electronics, including \u200ba new PlayStation.<\/p>\n<p>The event produced mayhem, with dozens of people arrested \u2014 some\u2062 jumping on vehicles, hurling bottles and throwing punches.<\/p>\n<p>Cenat was released early Saturday from police custody after being issued a\u2064 desk \u2064appearance ticket, which is issued by police to require a suspect\u200c to appear in court \u2064to answer charges.<\/p>\n<p>A police \u200cspokesperson said he is to appear in court on Aug. 18.<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cOur children 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-aims-to-reopen-over-half-of-schools-just-at-least-one-day-a-week-by-100-day-goal\/\" title=\"Biden Aims to Reopen Over Half of Schools Just \u2018At Least One Day a Week\u2019 By 100-Day Goal\">news briefing<\/a> on an unrelated crime.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they arrested 65 people, including 30\u2064 juveniles. Several people were injured, including some with bloodied faces. At least four people were taken \u2064away in ambulances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think people realize\u200d the level of discipline that we showed to take a very \u200ddangerous, volatile\u2064 situation and to be able to bring it to a level \u200bof resolve without any loss of life or any substantial damage to property and without young people harming themselves,\u201d Adams \u2063said.<\/p>\n<p>Cenat, 21, is a video creator with 6.5 million followers on the platform Twitch, where he regularly livestreams. He also \u2062boasts 4 \u2064million subscribers on YouTube, where he posts daily life and comedy vlogs.<\/p>\n<p>His 299 YouTube videos\u2063 have \u200camassed more than 276 \u2064million views among them. \u2063In December, he was crowned streamer of the year at the 12th annual Streamy Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Messages sent to his publicist, management company\u200d and an email address for business inquiries were\u2064 not\u2064 immediately returned.<\/p>\n<p>Livestreaming on Twitch from a vehicle as the event gathered steam, Cenat displayed gift cards he planned to give\u2064 away. Noting the crowd and police presence, he urged, \u2064\u201cEverybody who\u2019s\u2063 out there,\u200c make sure y\u2019all safe. \u2026 We\u2019re not gonna do nothin\u2019 until it\u2019s \u200csafe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, he and\u2064 an entourage got out of the vehicle and hustled\u2063 through a crowd, crossed a street and went into\u2062 a park, where Cenat\u2063 was surrounded by a shoving mob.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Jeffrey Maddrey of the New York Police Department said Cenat at some point in the afternoon \u200cwas removed \u201cfor his\u2064 safety\u201d and \u2062police were \u2062in contact with him.<\/p>\n<p>Videos\u200c posted on social media and taken from news helicopters showed Cenat being lifted over a\u2062 fence and out of the crowd \u200cand then placed in \u200ba police vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Aerial TV news footage \u200cshowed a surging, tightly packed crowd running through the streets, scaling structures in the park and snarling traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Shouting teenagers swung objects at car windows, threw paint cans and set off fire extinguishers. Some\u200d people climbed on a moving vehicle, falling off as it sped away. Others pounded on or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/social-media-star-faces-serious-charges-after-post-sparks-nyc-riot-2\/\" title=\"Social media influencer charged for inciting NYC riot with controversial post.\">climbed\u2063 atop city buses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Maddrey said three officers were hurt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2062 have encountered\u200b things like this before but never to \u2062this level \u200bof dangerousness,\u201d Maddrey said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western \u200cJournal has reviewed \u200dthis\u2064 Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/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\u2064 Serious \u200dCharges After Post \u200bSparks NYC Riot<\/a> appeared first 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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