pete: thousands of his fans crowded the area after he claimed he would hand out computers, playstation 5s and other gaming accessories, police taking 65 people into custody including 30 minors. three police officers reportedly hurt but expected to be okay. pete: there was an appearance ticket to appear in criminal court at a future date. it was chaos. just watch from here. and trying to fall off of it. the biggest american city. rachel: a cop to break it down some debt up, just about, no longer behave in public. will: in massachusetts, 7 state troopers, they lost their jobs
caused a riot in new york city yesterday after promising to give away gaming systems and gaming accessories. pete: great. he was taken into police custody for causing that chaos as his young fans turned to destruction, even attacking police officers. will: ashley strohmier s here with the story. reporter: hi, guys, the twitch streamer was released from the the manhattan precinct late are last night after being charged for inciting a riot in union square. the 21-year-old has a huge following of more than 20 million people online and thousands of those followers crowded the downtown square after he announced a giveaway claiming he would hand out computers, playstation 5s and microphones from a truck. it is the unclear if he was able to give any of those things away. the crowd quickly turned to a riot with people throwing things at nypd can officers, destroying stores and jumping on parked cars. police calling it a a level four response after the crowd began to swell yesterday afternoon
into in life is a group of rowdy teenagers, is the pied piper effect of these online celebrities. pete: is that him? i ll. will: the turnout to union square and thousands show up. rachel: he has millions of followers. pete: 20 million. will: never heard of him. pete: i haven t either, that s the thing rachel: there s a whole subculture that we re just not part of, you guys. pete: we re old. [laughter] it s true, and he puts out a post about a giveaway free playstations rachel: and this is the reaction. pete: turns into that. will: i mean, honestly, is it a a subculture in i bet my shops know who he is. my sons know who he is. rachel: i m positive my kids do. pete: new york city. you want to hope you re not on that block. rachel: it was right here at union station can. pete: union square, you mean? rachel: yeah. pete: we re going to go from new
milwaukee. that is something you will not want to miss. you can catch it right here on fox news channel. griff: meanwhile, a crowded new york city a crowd in new york city descending into mayhem yesterday e after a popular twitch streamer and is youtubeer toll his massive following he would be giving away free playstation 5s at union square park. thousands of people gathered, and the situation quickly became unruly with over 60 people getting arrested. c.b. cotton is live from union square there in new york city with more. hey, c.b. reporter: hi, griff. officers say this ruckus shows the power of social media. as you mentioned, influencer kai told his millions of followers there d be a huge giveaway friday afternoon at the new york city park behind me. but officer as say he didn t tell them. this was not preplanned with the police department, this was something that was spontaneous. we re not against young people having a good time, we re not
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