Isaiah Lee, Dave Chappelle Attacker Reveals His Reason Behind Tackling the Comedian
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The guy who assaulted Dave Chappelle on stage at a Los Angeles comedy event. Earlier this month said that the comedian’s remarks about homosexual people and homelessness ‘triggered’ him. And that he should be more sensitive. After the May 3 incident, Isaiah Lee, 23, was charged with four misdemeanours: violence, and assault with a weapon. Unlawful entrance to the stage area during a performance. And a commission of an act that delays the event or interferes with the artist.
Isaiah Lee explains his purpose
The individual was accused of assaulting Dave Chappelle earlier this month during his act at the Netflix Is a Joke concert. Has spoken out about the incident. Isaiah Lee described what drove him to do it in an interview with the New York Post. From the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles. “I’m bisexual,” he explained, “and I wanted him to know what he said was triggering.” “I wanted him to know that the next time, he should run his content past others who could be affected.”
Lee has pleaded not guilty to four misdemeanour charges: violence, assault with a weapon, unlawful entrance to the stage area during a performance, and commission of an act that causes the event to be delayed or interferes with the artist.
Isaiah Lee confessed to having the firearm on him
Isaiah Lee was charged with possessing a weapon with intent to attack because he was carrying a retractable knife linked to an imitation firearm the night of the incident. Lee has confessed to having the firearm on him, but has stated that he was not holding it on stage. Because he’s a “small star,” the man, who goes by the rap moniker NoName Trapper, said the firearm was simply with him for safety. Dave Chappelle has already faced backlash for making jokes about the transgender population, something he has brought up again and again since his last Netflix special, The Closer, in which he pledged to never talk on the subject again. Dave Chappelle seized the mic when security escorted Lee offstage and stated, “That was a trans.”
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