New York: A crowd of 2,000 people gathered in Union Square Park. In no time, fighting and stone pelting started there. Many people were injured and vehicles were vandalized. Thousands of policemen were called to the spot to control them. In pictures viral on social media, rioters are kicking and breaking vehicles.
YouTuber Senate posted a video, in which he talked about distributing 300 play-stations to his fans. Senate has 10 million followers. Those who started gathering at Union Crossroads at one o’clock.
People started struggling to get play station. People started beating each other. After the crowd got out of control, people started breaking the vehicles and started dancing on them.
BRO THEY TREATIN THE KAI CENAT EVENT LIKE THEM BLM RIOTS😭 pic.twitter.com/K75qr9PSVy
— KJ🥱 (@s1eezisdead) August 4, 2023
Seeing the situation getting worse, YouTuber told people during live streaming – they are releasing tear gas shells. War has broken out. protect yourself.
New York City Police Chief Geoffrey Madere says the situation got out of control and several people were injured. Later the police somehow dispersed the crowd and brought the situation under control. Many youths have been arrested on the charges of this riot.
At the same time, YouTuber Kai Sennett has also been detained for questioning. During the riots, the police stopped all trains passing through Union Square. Investigation revealed that YouTuber was organizing the event without permission.