Kai Cenat NYC Riot.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/in...g-riot-after-new-york-city-mayhem-2023-08-05/
Influencer Kai Cenat charged with inciting a riot after New York City mayhem

Aug 5 (Reuters) - Social media influencer Kai Cenat has been charged with inciting a riot after he announced a giveaway of video game consoles that drew thousands of people to a New York City park on Friday and sparked violent clashes with police.

Sixty-five people were arrested, including 30 juveniles, and several police officers and civilians were injured in the melee at Union Square park, Jeffrey Maddrey, the New York Police Department's highest-ranking uniformed officer, told a news conference late on Friday.

Some in the crowd threw projectiles at police, climbed onto the roof of a subway entrance and jumped on top of cars.

Cenat, best known for his live streams on the gaming site Twitch and YouTube videos, was also charged with unlawful assembly, Maddrey said.

He said the crowd started to calm down when police officers evacuated Cenat from the park.

In a video posted Thursday, Cenat told his followers that the giveaway would include computers and Playstation 5 consoles.

Cenat, 21, has 6.5 million followers on Twitch and 4 million subscribers on YouTube. He was named "Streamer of the Year" in 2022 at the Streamy Awards.

Reporting by Eric Beech in Washington; Editing by David Gregorio

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Mass incarceration needs to make a come back.

 

Looks like an ordinary tourist visit to me.

 

Wait, did he say "ya'll come down here and riot and throw things at cops and ****"?

 

He falsely advertised that free video games were being given away.

 

It wasn't necessarily false. The crowd got larger and more wild than he anticipated.

 

We're there any video games given away?

 

I fail to see how this guy started a riot. I’m not sure of NY laws on lawful assembly but I also could have swore that the first gives people the right to peacefully assemble and unless he actually invited violence it would be legal but what did he do to incite violence?

 

There is no reason to not believe he did. No one is reporting that he lied or false advertising.

 

I see this more as the people's fault than his fault. This is a problem with revolving door legal system in NYC. They acted like an idiotic mob because they knew there would be tiny consequences

 

Kinda like tRump falsely advertised that he won the election.

 

Is that what the 1/6 Insurrectionists were thinking ? That breaking into the Capitol would have "tiny consequences" ? Guess they were wrong !

This mob didn't learn from that event. Lock'em all up, Kai included.

 

That's your opinion and its a fair one. That isn't how I see it though. I think "incitement" is a joke. People should be held accountable for their own actions. If Kai told them to jump off a bridge and they did and all died would that be his fault too? With the way crap is going in this country I wouldn't be surprised!