Twitch star Kai Cenat, 4 others face in Union Square chaos: NYPD
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Felony charges were brought against five of the estimated 5,000 people involved in the chaos that erupted at Union Square on Friday when a social media influencer’s PlayStation giveaway turned into a riot in which cops were pelted with bottles and debris and out-of-control teens jumped and danced on cars, police said Saturday. The alleged instigator of the mayhem — Kai Cenat, who has 6.5 million followers on the gaming site Twitch and four million on YouTube — was freed with a desk appearance ticket on a low-level, Class E...
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