ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「The mayhem on Friday, touched off by the social media personality Kai Cenat’s game console giveaway, tested the New York Police Department’s response. About 12:30 p.m. Friday, the Police Department’s entertainment unit saw that Cenat, a streamer who has more than six million followers on social media, had said that he would be in Manhattan’s Union Square that day, ready to give away free PlayStation 5 consoles and other prizes to fans who showed up. The local precinct sent a few officers and supervisors. By 1:30 p.m., about 300 fans were in Union Square. But the crowd grew. Fast. Soon, about 6,000 people had massed in Union Square. Chaos ensued: Fans of Cenat darted in and out of traffic, climbing on the hoods of cabs and other cars. Others clambered up lampposts and traffic signs, toppled trash cans or threw objects at police officers. By the end of the afternoon, at least 66 people — about half of them minors — had been arrested. Cenat, who had tried to flee the giant crowd in a black SUV, was charged with inciting a riot, among other offenses. By 6 p.m., the crowd had dispersed, but questions remain over how it grew so large and dangerous. The charges against the crowd included disorderly conduct; unlawful assembly; resisting arrest; inciting to riot; riot; obstruction of governmental administration; failure to disperse; and criminal possession of a weapon. On Monday evening, a statement from Cenat’s Any Means Possible group said that no one had anticipated the scale of the event and that they were “deeply disappointed by the outbreak of disorderly conduct.” But how might the mayhem have been avoided? Where did the crowd come from? How are the police supposed to respond? Were the officers too aggressive? Tap the link in our bio to read everything we know about Friday’s chaos. Photos by @jeenahmoon and @victorblue」8月8日 22時58分