Thousands of people overran New York's Union Square and the surrounding streets on Friday (August 4) after a popular live streamer, Kai Cenat, announced a "giveaway" event that grew chaotic, prompting hundreds of police officers to respond and disperse the crowd.
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00:00 (crowd gasping)
00:02 - We're giving away PCs!
00:10 (explosion)
00:12 We're giving away, hold on, hold on.
00:17 We'll be giving away PS5s.
00:19 (crowd chattering)
00:23 (crowd chattering)
00:26 (crowd chanting)
00:32 - I personally observe young people walking out
00:40 with their heads, bleeding from their heads,
00:42 bleeding from on their faces.
00:44 I've seen young people, I personally observe young people
00:47 having panic attacks, anxiety attacks, asthma attacks.
00:52 There was multiple, you know, people were suffering
00:54 out here, it was a lot of people, it was uncontrolled.
00:58 It took us a while to get it under control,
01:00 and a lot of young people got hurt.
01:02 We're not against young people having a good time,
01:04 we're not against young people gathering,
01:06 but it can't be to this level where it's dangerous.
01:09 A lot of people got hurt today.
01:11 (upbeat music)
01:13 (upbeat music)
01:16 [BLANK_AUDIO]