Posted on 05/05/2022 1:47:35 PM PDT by thegagline
LA's woke DA George Gascon will not pursue felony charges against the attacker who stormed Dave Chappelle's Hollywood Bowl concert with a bayonet, reducing the charges to misdemeanor instead.
Isaiah Lee, 23, ran on stage at the show on Wednesday yielding the knife that was hidden inside a gun. Chappelle, 48, was able to sidestep him and was unharmed. The attacker was then arrested at the scene, and taken to hospital with a broken arm.
There were immediate questions over security at the event and how the man could have smuggled in the weapon.
But Gascon's office - which is famously in favor of low-or-no-cash-bonds - is not pursuing the most serious line of punishment.
Instead, they have referred the case to the LA City Attorney Mike Feuer, recommending a misdemeanor charge because 'the evidence as presented did not constitute felony conduct,' according to ABC.
It means Lee, who is currently being held on a $30,000 bond for felony assault with a deadly weapon, may soon walk free. It's unclear when he is next due in court.
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Gascon, a 67-year-old former assistant chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, took over as district attorney in the heavily Democrat city in December 2020 and immediately embarked on a progressive justice reform agenda.
He has been vocal about his belief that the criminal justice system needs to focus more on intervention and rehabilitation, blasting 'tough on crime' policies as racist and a failure.
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LOL!!! ONLY BLACK LIVES matter if they are accosted by POPOs!
Bodyguards ONLY came from ONE side of the stage....weird.
It’s only woke black lives, Dave points out some uncomfortable truths, so let the security guys keep up the good work!
The left does not care for Dave Chappelle, even though he is black, and a Muslim. They don’t like his opinions on transsexuals.
Either a mighty BIG gun or a mighty SMALL knife!
you noticed too; eh?
They can pack heat in Cali can’t they?
“Good evening LA!!!”
“I have a gun and know how to use it.”
Well honk my hooter...
It WAS a knife inside of a gun. This has got to be the stupidest weapon I’ve ever heard of.
It was a folding knife shaped like a pistol. When the folded the blade even chips through the trigger guard.
I do apologize.
Whatever happened to Black Lives Matter? Or is Chappele as “white” as Larry Elder?
Funny. Not me, though.
Heh, I know it isn’t you, but I really enjoyed the ingenuity of that and the play on the words.
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