Yikes! Comedian David Lucas is trending after his Black audience members walked out on him during a recent stand-up performance where he joked about the way in which George Floyd died.
Floyd, an unarmed Black man, died on May 25, 2020 when former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck for over 8 minutes straight.
While performing at a Funny Bone Comedy Club some days ago, David Lucas was on stage and said, “And you want to show them the reason why George Floyd got his neck kneeled on.” The comments left the crowd split with some audience members laughing and others reacting negatively to the tone-deaf remarks.
To the latter audience members, Lucas warned, “Don’t ‘Ooh’ at that joke. It’s just a joke, man. I would’ve never kneeled on George Floyd’s neck. I would’ve shot him.”
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