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
yeah messages and everyone else will come back to the weekend show. a missed empire state of the client, a new study reveals nyc takes the top slot. in the world, yes. for weed consumption. big apple or should i say, the big apple is a world largest canvas consuming study according to a study with animal consumption that s different. too many vegans, annual consumption. topic more than 60 metric tons a year, very impressive but that s not the only problem the liberal city is facing after a riot broke out, one of the busiest parks. friday s mayhem unfolded after popular twitch streamer announced a giveaway for fans at union square park.
you should stop them if you want to talk to your kids so the twitch streamer or the parent? seems like an easy scapegoat. i think the broken clock correct twice a day and in this case, he is correct. i remember the good old days walking through the streets of new york and the trash and cold pizza. now it smells like fragrance of marijuana every time i jump into jimmy failla, things things have changed quickly and this is the standard, it shouldn t be and when you go to cities like california and los angeles specifically, chicago and a lot of places they legalize, you don t smell it on the street and quickly enough you do on the streets here. they need to rethink the standards. you do smell it and range rovers and los angeles. i will tell you, los angeles is
thousands descended on the park, things escalated into absolute chaos, rioters were seen damaging cars, stores and other businesses before police made more than 60 arrests, the twitch streamer was arrested when citing the right and all unlawful assembly. i want you to look at this and comment, our fearless mayor eric adams had interesting blame to place for the destruction. this is not a police issue, it s a parenting issue. we need to be clear on that. police is the response after an incident happened but there should be a proactive approach and i wonder with the thousands of children there hurling dangerous objects at police officers, disrespecting the residents in the area, attacking each other, how many parents text their children?
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