Crowd Overwhelms New York City’s Union Square, Tosses Chairs, Climbs on Vehicles (VIDEO)

Police in New York City are struggling to control a crowd of thousands of people who gathered in Manhattan’s Union Square for an internet personality’s supposed videogame console giveaway that got out of hand.

Aerial TV news footage Friday showed a surging, tightly packed crowd climbing on vehicles, hurling chairs, throwing punches and scaling structures in the park. Shouting teenagers swung objects at car windows and ran through the streets.

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Riot breaks out at Union Square Park in NYC. One office was cut in the neck and had his gun taken away from him! pic.twitter.com/t8dv7CILST

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Union Square Park in NYC getting trashed right now by a 'gathering of lunchtime rowdies' pic.twitter.com/BPr1rc1Yad

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Traffic was blocked by the crowd on several streets. A growing number of police officers could be seen trying to control the gathering. Some people climbed on top of a moving vehicle, falling off as it sped away. Others pounded on the side of a city bus. People could be seen climbing on top of another bus and jumping up and down. (Read more from “Crowd Overwhelms New York City’s Union Square, Tosses Chairs, Climbs on Vehicles” HERE)

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