{"id":446212,"date":"2022-05-13T04:14:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T01:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/las-treatment-of-dave-chappelles-attacker-incentivizes-crime\/"},"modified":"2022-05-13T04:14:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T01:14:25","slug":"las-treatment-of-dave-chappelles-attacker-incentivizes-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/las-treatment-of-dave-chappelles-attacker-incentivizes-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"#LA&#8217;s treatment of Dave Chappelle\u2019s attacker incentivizes crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ce7f28cda9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ce7f28cda9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/las-treatment-of-dave-chappelles-attacker-incentivizes-crime\/#%E2%80%9CLAs_treatment_of_Dave_Chappelles_attacker_incentivizes_crime%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;LA&#8217;s treatment of Dave Chappelle\u2019s attacker incentivizes crime&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CLAs_treatment_of_Dave_Chappelles_attacker_incentivizes_crime%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;LA&#8217;s treatment of Dave Chappelle\u2019s attacker incentivizes crime&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Dave Ch<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>elle was finishing his set for \u201cNetflix Is a Joke\u201d at Los Angeles\u2019 Hollywood Bowl when a man from the audience, Isaiah Lee, jumped on stage and attacked him. In his possession was a switchblade, a lethal weapon.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know about you, but this looks to me like a premeditated, felonious act. That\u2019s how the Los Angeles Police saw it, too, and charged the perpetrator.<\/p>\n<p>How did LA District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n treat the incident? As we have come to expect, not well. Gasc\u00f3n judged that Lee\u2019s attack \u2014 a premeditated, albeit thwarted, assault with a weapon \u2014 was a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>The maximum punishment Lee can get with these charges is 18 months in jail and a $4,000 fine. He is being held on $30,000 bond. With such a low get-out-of-jail threshold, Chappelle\u2019s lawyer Gabriel Crowell asked the judge for a restraining order. It was granted \u2014 100 feet.<\/p>\n<p>Lee pleaded not guilty to these lesser charges. His court-appointed lawyer is asking for restorative rehabilitation and no jail time. If this weren\u2019t a high-profile case, he might have gotten the requested get-out-of-jail-free card.<\/p>\n<p>The reasoning Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s office provided is tortured and reflects the habit of mind currently torturing Los Angelenos: Chappelle was not hurt; while Lee stormed the stage and tackled Chappelle, he didn\u2019t brandish the weapon. Under such circumstances \u2014 caught on tape \u2014 Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s office could not \u201cethically\u201d charge Lee with a felony, though Lee consciously evaded security and brought a lethal weapon to a public event. And while he did not pull the weapon on Chappelle, he did go for it in the ensuing melee with security, which might explain the assailant\u2019s broken arm.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-small-post\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"231\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/DaveChappelle.jpg?w=231\" alt=\"Isaiah Lee, who allegedly attacked comedian Dave Chappelle on stage, was charged with less than two years in jail.\" class=\"wp-image-22252633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/DaveChappelle.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=462 462w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/DaveChappelle.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=347 346w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/DaveChappelle.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/DaveChappelle.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=116 115w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/DaveChappelle.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\"\/><figcaption>LA District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n argued Isaiah Lee\u2019s alleged attack on Dave Chappelle was a petty misdemeanor.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another reason for Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s lenience? His office said there was no evidence Lee had prior animus toward Chappelle. Really?<\/p>\n<p>Lee has a rap video showing him standing on the hood of a police car \u2014 reminiscent of the Black Lives Matter riots \u2014 in a track titled \u201cChapell.\u201d Yet Gasc\u00f3n says a review of the lyrics found nothing threatening. I\u2019m surprised he also didn\u2019t deny any connection because Lee didn\u2019t spell Chappelle\u2019s name correctly.<\/p>\n<p>Rolling Stone\u00a0unearthed the most plausible motive: Lee\u2019s brother Aaron says Isaiah has mental-health issues, was homeless and within LA\u2019s homeless shelters developed many friendships and a concern for the trans community \u2014 a community desperately trying to cancel Chappelle. \u201cYeah, it could have definitely been a factor,\u201d Aaron said.<\/p>\n<p>Comedy and free speech die on legal calls like these. Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s decision is a dog whistle for present-day John Hinckleys to commit violence and fans our species\u2019 natural thirst for vigilante justice. \u201cDon\u2019t do the crime if you can\u2019t do the time\u201d is losing its meaning.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Gasc\u00f3n is providing legal incentive to commit crimes. Incentives matter a lot. It\u2019s common sense 101: If you want less of something, you tax it. If you don\u2019t tax it, expect more of it. As comedian Howie Mandel said: \u201cYou saw what happened at the Academy Awards, and I thought that just triggers \u2014 violence triggers violence. And I think this is the beginning of the end for comedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/George-Gasco\u0301n-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Los Angeles District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n\" class=\"wp-image-22252634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/George-Gasco\u0301n-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/George-Gasco\u0301n-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/George-Gasco\u0301n-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>LA District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n accelerated Los Angeles\u2019 crime problem by legally incentivizing assault.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Carolyn Cole\/Los Angeles Times\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And not only comedy. Unchecked violence erodes the preconditions for civilized life. The application of the law ought to be blind to status, race, gender, et al. To be fair to Gasc\u00f3n, his negligence is equal opportunity: <em>All <\/em>LA citizens feel unprotected \u2014 because they are. Whether white, black, Asian or comedic, they\u2019re all under sustained, legally incentivized assault.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1980s, Tom Wolfe\u2019s novel \u201cThe Bonfire of the Vanities\u201d\u00a0captured the logic of bad public choices that destroy the conditions of civilized life. Now that Bonfire logic is back and not just in Los Angeles. New York City \u2014 Wolfe\u2019s stage for his masterwork \u2014 San Francisco, Portland and Chicago are all burning.<\/p>\n<p>What should you expect if felonies are treated like misdemeanors? More felonies.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/DaveChappelle2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Actor-comedian Dave Chappelle \" class=\"wp-image-22252762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/DaveChappelle2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/DaveChappelle2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/DaveChappelle2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Comedians like Dave Chappelle will be targeted by radicals if attackers like Isaiah Lee get a slap on the wrist.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP, File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What should you expect if you announce you won\u2019t prosecute thefts under $900? A \u201cpetty crime\u201d epidemic that shutters stores and undermines security for civilized life.<\/p>\n<p>There are limits to good intentions. The law can\u2019t give the benefits of virtue to vice, industry to indolence, knowledge to ignorance and liberty to the lawless. These fruits need to be earned and protected by laws and incentives.<\/p>\n<p>A generation ago, New York\u2019s bonfire was put out by a return to common sense and policies that reflected it. Seeing the positive results, other cities followed suit. The good <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> is that we know how to put out the fire. We have rejected doing so, at least up to now, so that we can \u201creimagine\u201d society \u2014 but that daydream has become a living nightmare. Now we need to wake up.<\/p>\n<p>A good first step? Los Angeles, don\u2019t under-criminalize this psycho. Charge Isaiah Lee as the felon he is \u2014 and throw the book at him.<\/p>\n<p><em>Guy Shepherd is publisher of Planned Man.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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