Gascón’s Failure to Prosecute Chappelle’s Attacker Erodes Public Trust: Recall Spokesman

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon speaks at a press conference in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 2021, and Dave Chappelle at an event in Hollywood, California, on April 28, 2022. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images; Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Netflix

LOS ANGELES—The committee seeking to recall Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón said May 6 that his failure to pursue felony charges against the man who attacked comedian Dave Chappelle on stage at the Hollywood Bowl May 3 continues to erode some people’s trust in the DA who was first elected in 2020.

“We’re continuing to see increased engagement as these stories come out every day,” Recall Gascón spokesperson Tim Lineberger told The Epoch Times. “This stuff has happened left and right, and all of it motivates people to get involved.”