Cenat, who has over 4 million followers on YouTube, over 5 million on Instagram, and 6.5 million on Twitch, said during a Wednesday Twitch stream that he would be hosting a “huge giveaway” Friday at 4 p.m. in Union Square Park.
In the stream, he said they would be giving away computers, Play Station 5s, microphones, keyboards, webcams, gaming chairs, headphones and giftcards from a truck in Union Square.
The crowds spurred the NYPD to activate a “Level 4” response, its highest level of disaster response.
The department earlier announced that they had activated a “Level 2” response to handle the crowds and clear the area.
Several police officers were injured in the frenzy and “quite a few” people were arrested as police worked to clear the crowd, Maddrey said.
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