Posted on 05/04/2022 6:15:00 AM PDT by shadowlands1960
-The comedian, 48, was performing at the Netflix is a Joke festival at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
-A fan stormed the stage and tackled him during his set as Jamie Foxx and security intervened to detain him.
- Sources said he was subjected to a barrage of punches and kicks and he was later seen with a broken arm .
-LAPD said the man had a replica gun loaded with a real knife inside although it is not known if he tried to use it.
-Chappelle was uninjured and continued with his set, joking the attacker was a 'trans man,'
-Chris Rock then performed and joked that the attacker was Will Smith following the Oscars 'slap gate' incident.
An attacker who stormed a stage and bundled Dave Chappelle to the ground in front of a shocked audience was armed with a knife stashed inside a replica gun, police have revealed.
The unnamed man ran up from the audience on to the Hollywood Bowl stage for the Netflix is a Joke event and tackled Chappelle, before getting to his feet and evading the panicked security as he fled offstage where he was detained and later hospitalized.
Police told NBC Los Angeles the man was carrying a weapon which can eject a knife blade 'when you discharge it correctly', although it is not yet known if he tried to use it during the attack.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Rock was also quoted as saying, “Is that Will Smith?” Great zinger.
Disinformation Bureau proxy at work.
He heard the phrase "never bring a knife to a gun fight" and figured, "hey, I'll disguise it as a gun."
I see what you did there!
Poorly written article. First it’s ambiguous who got the punches and broken arm. Then the security guards are panicked? Guess it was a real brouhaha.
VIDEO: The moment Dave Chappelle is attacked at Hollywood Bowl
https://rumble.com/v13hu45-the-moment-dave-chappelle-is-attacked-at-hollywood-bowl.html
Yeah. The Daily Mail doesn’t seem to require clear concise writing. I see more complaints about the writing from this site than any other..
Obama: “Get in their face...”
Chappelle was uninjured and continued with his set, joking the attacker was a ‘trans man,’
-Chris Rock then performed and joked that the attacker was Will Smith
“Chris Rock then performed and joked that the attacker was Will Smith”
Now, that IS funny. Good for Chris Rock.
“a replica gun loaded with a real knife inside”
What?
Is that a Trans-weapon? A gun, with a knife inside?
Maybe Chris is returning to his roots, and not worrying about getting those parts in the “Madagascar” movies.
I wonder what joke he was telling?
Chappelle: There once was a reasonable liberal who walked into a bar...
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