2023-08-06 05:00:36
Kai Cenat was arrested on Friday after gathering thousands of people in the square; three police officers and four civilians were injured
EFE/EPA/SARAH YENESEL Three police officers and four civilians were injured in the stampede in midtown Manhattan
authorities of New York released streamer Kai Cenat in the early hours of this Saturday, the 5th, who had been arrested hours earlier for causing chaos in a square in downtown Manhattan by promising that he would do a raffle of Playstation 5, which attracted thousands of people. The 21-year-old streamer, who was held at the 19th Precinct on Manhattan’s Upper East Side for part of Friday and Saturday, received a ticket that requires him to appear in New York Criminal Court to be charged. At a news conference, New York Police Department Chief Jeffrey Maddrey explained that Cenat could be charged with inciting riots and an illegal meeting in connection with Friday’s chaos, as he had not obtained authorization for the event. . According to Maddrey, at least three police officers and four civilians were injured during the chaos.
A 17-year-old was taken to hospital with what authorities initially thought was a gunshot wound, but was later reported to be injuries sustained after the teenager was hit by firecrackers thrown into the crowd by a rioter. Due to the large number of people who showed up in Union Square, most of them young people, the police issued an alert 4, which involved the mobilization of up to a thousand agents to contain the crowd that took over the square and the surrounding streets, paralyzing traffic on time peak.
*With information from EFE
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