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Post by abbey1227 on May 4, 2022 8:34:13 GMT
Dave Chappelle Tackled Onstage During Hollywood Bowl Performance
Armed suspect leapt onstage during the controversial comedian’s set at Netflix Is A Joke Fest
By Kat Bouza
Dave Chappelle was attacked Tuesday night in Los Angeles by a man who rushed the stage and tackled the comedian during an event at the Hollywood Bowl. According to Los Angeles ABC affiliate KABC, the suspect, who was apprehended by law enforcement officials at the scene, was armed with both a gun and a knife.
The contentious comedian was performing at the historic Los Angeles venue as a part of Netflix Is A Joke Fest, a city-wide comedy festival sponsored by the streaming giant. Although Chappelle was not injured during the incident, video posted to social media immediately after the attack showed a group of individuals gathered on the Hollywood Bowl stage attempting to restrain — and possibly kicking — the suspect. Another video making the rounds on Twitter purportedly showed the suspect being loaded into an ambulance, his right arm visibly dislocated.
During the initial chaos following the attack, Chappelle stood offstage to gather his composure. “It was a trans man,” he said jokingly of the attacker, referencing his controversial comments about transgender individuals in his Netflix stand-up special, The Closer.
A Twitter video shows Chappelle returned to the stage during the curtain call to address the incident, issuing a shout-out to actor Jamie Foxx — who, according to Deadline, was among those who rushed to Chappelle’s aid during the attack. “Whenever you’re in trouble, Jamie Foxx will show up in a sheriff’s hat,” Chappelle said as he brought the actor out on stage. Foxx joked that he thought the scene “was part of the show.”
“This man is an absolute genius. We’ve got to make sure we protect him at all times,” Foxx said. “For every comedian that comes out here, man, this means everything. You’re a genius. You’re a legend. I enjoyed myself thoroughly, and we’re not going to let nothing happen to you.”
“I’ve been doing this for 35 years. I just stomped a n—a backstage,” Chappelle added. “I’ve always wanted to do that.”
Rolling Stone has reached out to both representatives for Chappelle and the Los Angeles Police Department for comment.
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Post by ant-mac on May 4, 2022 9:15:00 GMT
Police have released a picture of the suspect...  |
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Post by abbey1227 on May 4, 2022 9:29:37 GMT
Police have released a picture of the suspect...
very funny
It does back up FBI statistics, too
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Post by ant-mac on May 4, 2022 10:24:25 GMT
FBI statistics?
Which ones?
The ones that prove Hollywood is full of entitled twats?
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Post by abbey1227 on May 4, 2022 10:35:51 GMT
FBI statistics? Which ones? The ones that prove Hollywood is full of entitled twats?
The ones that show that the biggest threat to the typical black male is not the cops. Not fried foods. Not the systemically flawed system. But instead it's sadly just another black male.
But back to the original story........how the heck does anyone get into a venue these days with not just a knife, but a gun, as well?
Especially someone like Dave that has had all sorts of threats thrown his way in recent months? ![[giveup]](//storage.proboards.com/7182076/images/FSYefibmKqtatIXMgHZg.gif)
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Post by ant-mac on May 4, 2022 10:48:33 GMT
FBI statistics? Which ones? The ones that prove Hollywood is full of entitled twats?
The ones that show that the biggest threat to the typical black male is not the cops. Not fried foods. Not the systemically flawed system. But instead it's sadly just another black male.
But back to the original story........how the heck does anyone get into a venue these days with not just a knife, but a gun, as well?
Especially someone like Dave that has had all sorts of threats thrown his way in recent months? ![[giveup]](//storage2.proboards.com/7182076/images/FSYefibmKqtatIXMgHZg.gif) 1. Really? I'd have thought it'd be a combination of racism, poverty and lack of opportunity. 2. Because... America? 3. Perhaps this was not just some random weirdo, but a concerted effort by more than one person? |
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Post by abbey1227 on May 4, 2022 11:03:39 GMT
1. Really? I'd have thought it'd be a combination of racism, poverty and lack of opportunity. 2. Because... America? 3. Perhaps this was not just some random weirdo, but a concerted effort by more than one person?
1. They're all connected somehow?
"It’s a truth urban prosecutors like me know well but that the activist fire and fury of our moment threatens to swallow: Incidents of black men being killed at the hands of police are exceedingly rare. Killing-by-police isn’t even close to a major cause of death of black men. Such incidents are rare in Gotham, rare nationwide.
When they do happen, there is almost always a back story: the victim resisting arrest, attempting to grab the officer’s pistol or Taser. Watching the heartbreaking footage, I keep thinking, “Stop fighting the cops!”
There is a real threat to the lives of New Yorkers of color, but it isn’t the men and women in blue — but criminality in minority communities.
In New York City in 2019, 319 people were murdered. Fully 88 percent of them — 280 people — were black or Hispanic. And 93.2 of them were murdered by other people of color.
Almost 96 percent of all shooters and shooting victims in the Big Apple in 2019 were people of color. People of color also accounted for 73.8 percent of rape victims and 81.3 percent of the rape suspects; 69 percent of robbery victims and 93.3 percent of the robbery suspects; and 79.5 percent of felony assault victims and 86 percent of the assault suspects.
People of color, in other words, are disproportionately both victims and perpetrators of violent crime in New York City. That is a cold fact. These proportions have remained remarkably consistent over the past 12 years."
2. That'd be a good point.......if we didn't have so much 'security' around these days. Or should we call out the security for what it really is?
3. Christ, I hope not. All I could think of with that suggestion is how they took out Malcolm X. We need the good people, the honest people, to live long healthy lives.
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Post by abbey1227 on May 5, 2022 2:14:36 GMT
The ones that show that the biggest threat to the typical black male is not the cops.
The man who allegedly rushed the stage and attacked comedian Dave Chappelle as he performed Tuesday night at the Hollywood Bowl is an aspiring rapper who recorded a song in 2020 titled “Dave Chappell.” Isaiah Arias Lee, who performs under the name “NoName_Trapper,” was arrested on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, according to booking records. Lee, 23, was carrying a replica gun with a knife hidden inside, police said. After Chappelle’s security team subdued Lee—with the assistance of comedian Jamie Foxx—the 23-year-old was taken to a hospital for treatment. He remains jailed with bail set at $30,000. Chappelle was not injured in the bizarre incident.  |
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Post by abbey1227 on May 5, 2022 12:27:34 GMT
Dave Chappelle was assaulted during his show, and he responded with a transphobic jokeThe attack happened at the Netflix Is a Joke festival in Hollywood. By Chloe Stillwell 20 hours ago Dave Chappelle was attacked during a performance on Tuesday night by a man in the crowd. The attacker, who has been identified as 23-year-old Isaiah Lee, was armed with a fake gun that could discharge a knife blade. According to reports, and videos posted to Twitter from fellow attendees, Lee stormed the stage at the Hollywood Bowl amphitheater in Los Angeles near the end of Chappelle’s Netflix Is a Joke festival “Dave Chappelle and Friends.” Per NBC News, an LAPD spokesperson said that Lee is being charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon and is being held with bail set at $30,000. While Lee did appear to get one good lunge in at Chappelle, the controversial comedian did not sustain any injuries, and security quickly detained Lee. Reports are surfacing from the event, however, stating that people in non-security uniforms were kicking and punching Lee after he was pulled off of Chappelle, ending in Lee being taken to the hospital in an ambulance. Brianna Sacks, a Buzzfeed News reporter who witnessed the incident, said in a Twitter thread that Lee “got his ass kicked by at least 10 people.” The bizarre incident occurred as Chappelle was trying to bring friends and his Midnight Miracle podcast cohosts Talib Kweli and Mos Def on stage. Chris Rock also performed that night, and after Lee was taken off stage, he joked, “Was that Will Smith?” He was referring to this year’s Oscars ceremony, when Smith slapped Rock in the face after he said a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. The viral incident has left many comics on high alert for this kind of behavior, and Chappelle had even discussed how he’d upped his security during his set. Chappelle might have better reason than most comics for taking more precautions though. His most recent special, The Closer, was the latest in a series of specials that were criticized for being offensive to the trans community — even leading to employee walkouts at Netflix, which streamed the taping. Chappelle said at the end of The Closer that he wouldn’t make jokes about trans people anymore, but he got in another dig on Tuesday night. “It was a trans man,” he joked from side stage as Lee was beaten up. Jamie Foxx, who according to Deadline came to Chappelle’s defense during the attack while wearing a sheriff’s hat, came back on stage after the altercation to say, “This man is an absolute genius. We’ve got to make sure we protect him at all times. For every comedian that comes out here, man, this means everything. You’re a genius. You’re a legend. I enjoyed myself thoroughly, and we’re not going to let nothing happen to you.” www.mic.com/culture/dave-chappelle-attacked-netflix-is-a-joke-fest?fbclid=IwAR1JCsckKfTFmwt-cF44I9O6bDZWhNOYT9zmsi460mmbePtME0sQqJ68lv4 |
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Post by abbey1227 on May 6, 2022 1:22:35 GMT
Dave Chappelle’s attacker hit with four misdemeanors after DA’s office declines to file felony charge
The district attorney’s office referred the case to the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office for consideration after declining to file felony charges
By Julius Young | Fox News
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