Twitch streamer Kai Cenat was apprehended following a giveaway occasion held in New York Metropolis that took an sudden flip.

Cenat and one other streamer/social media influencer, Fanum, had deliberate to host a giveaway in Union Sq., as documented by The Verge. On the day of the occasion, a big crowd gathered on the designated location.

Cenat streamed a video on Twitch, selling the giveaway of PlayStation 5s and reward playing cards, earlier than departing from his bus. Nonetheless, the state of affairs took a chaotic flip. The trigger behind this sudden escalation stays unknown.

The New York Police Division promptly responded with roughly 1,000 officers, as reported by NBC New York. Quite a few movies captured glimpses of the dysfunction, together with footage of people utilizing fireplace extinguishers and Cenat’s obvious detainment, as seen on Twitter.

Throughout a press convention, NYPD confirmed via a tweet that because of the giant measurement of the gang, they declared it an “illegal meeting” and commenced to disperse the individuals. NYPD Chief of Police Jeffrey Maddrey acknowledged {that a} bus was full of people who had been arrested, though the precise variety of these detained following the tumultuous giveaway occasion in New York Metropolis stays unconfirmed.

NBC New York was knowledgeable by a spokesperson that Cenat and several other different people had been in police custody. It’s presently unclear whether or not any costs shall be filed. Maddrey did counsel that the act of “inciting a riot” could be thought-about.

Watch dwell as NYPD executives temporary the media on an ongoing incident in Manhattan. https://t.co/IZfhsMwPiC

— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) August 4, 2023

Cenat is a well-liked streamer who made headlines earlier this yr for attaining the file of getting essentially the most energetic subscribers on Twitch, surpassing people like Tyler “Ninja” Blevins and Ludwig Ahgren.

_{Lead picture courtesy of CBS Information}