Twitch streamer Kai Cenat taken into custody after chaotic giveaway in NYC’s Union Square

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An image of NBC 4’s coverage of the Kai Cenat giveaway.
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On Friday, a massive gathering of people showed up at New York City’s Union Square for a giveaway hosted by two social media influencers, mega-popular Twitch streamer Kai Cenat and another streamer, Fanum. Cenat and “a few other people” have been arrested, NBC 4 reports.

In a press conference given after the incident, NYPD chief of department Jeffrey Maddrey responded to questions about Cenat, saying, “we do have him” but didn’t specify in what precinct. According to Maddrey, the NYPD became aware of the posts at about 1:30PM ET, before the posts went viral at around 3PM, and after some in the crowd acted violently, they removed Cenat from the park before eventually declaring the gathering an unlawful assembly.

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