Twitch streamer Kai Cenat, who has over 5 million followers on social media, unintentionally triggered chaos in New York Metropolis’s Union Sq. in downtown Manhattan this afternoon.

Cenat, whose reputation was partly boosted by Lil Child, allegedly mentioned that he could be in Union Sq. at 4pm to offer away reward playing cards that could possibly be used to buy Ps 5’s. The free giveaway led to actually 1000’s of individuals exhibiting up, which compelled a degree 4 mobilization of the NYPD, who solely moments in the past had been capable of finding Cenat within the midst of the group and free him from the chaos that he created.

Former NYPD Chief, Terry Monahan, informed NBC Information whereas the story was breaking that police had made a number of arrests, together with the arrest of Kai Cenat.

Many individuals within the crowd ended up throwing objects as quite a few fights almost broke out. Some even ended up on high of meals vehicles, the place a number of had been seen throwing water bottles and different objects. Some witnesses mentioned they noticed folks throwing chairs. As of this writing, the crowds are solely now starting to disperse, although a number of fireworks are additionally going off within the crowd.

The Union Sq. subway, a significant cease in downtown Manhattan the place quite a few trains strains intersect, was briefly being bypassed out of the protection of riders, NBC reported.

1000’s of police arrived at Union Sq. and had been capable of principally break the crowds into smaller ones and finally assist keep some degree of order. At current, there are nonetheless a big variety of folks in Union Sq., although a lot lower than it was on the peak of the chaos.

NBC reiterated that Cenat, who popularized Rizz on TikTok, is in custody and that a number of folks have been arrested.