This Is The Face Of a Guy Who Was Arrested For Throwing a Banana Peel At Dave Chappelle During a Show
Page 6 – Santa Fe police say a man tossed a banana peel at Dave Chappelle during a show, hitting the comedian in the leg. Police Lt. Andrea Dobyns says 30-year-old Christian Englander of Santa Fe was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor disorderly conduct and battery after the fruit throw Monday night at the Lensic Performing Arts Center in the northern New Mexico city. Dobyns says Englander acknowledged throwing a peel from a banana he had eaten earlier because he took offense to jokes Chappelle made about his companion. Police say Englander appeared to be intoxicated after event security escorted him outside. Englander remained in jail Tuesday, and Dobyns said she didn’t know whether Englander has an attorney to speak in his defense.
Ridiculous story. Guy pays money to go see Dave Chappelle. Guy gets mad at a joke Chappelle makes…and just so happens to have a banana peel to throw at him. I don’t comprehend it, but I also don’t speak stupid so I shouldn’t comprehend it. The thing is, if you are going to bring food to throw at the stage, you bring tomatoes. It’s a time-honored tradition to throw tomatoes when you don’t like an act. Not a banana peel. And especially not after you’ve already eaten the banana. That’s just lazy heckling/racism. If you’re going to be racist and throw a banana, at least give the black guy a chance to get some potassium in his diet. Hopefully it was one of those times where it was so racist he wasn’t even mad (see video below for reference).
And the best thing about this is he was not only arrested, but kept in jail. He went to jail Monday night and was still locked up on Tuesday night! A++++ police work. You do not throw a banana at a national treasure like Chappelle and use a get out of jail free card. I hope his paperwork gets misplaced, his booking file shredded, and he has to stay in jail for at least another 2 weeks until they sort this mess out.
PS: Chappelle is doing gigs in New Mexico? I can’t keep up with if he’s retired/not retired. Just come back to TV, please.