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So woke, it's a joke! Los Angeles DA George Gascon will NOT pursue felony charges...
• https://www.dailymail.co, By JENNIFER SMITHLA'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.
Chappelle has not yet reacted to the decision.
Yesterday, he said via a representative that he did not want the incident to 'overshadow' a great event.
'Dave Chappelle celebrated four nights of comedy and music, setting record-breaking sales for a comedian at the Hollywood Bowl....and he refuses to allow last night's incident to overshadow the magic of this historic moment."