A rap concert at New York City’s Webster Hall turned ugly on Saturday night after the performer was attacked by security after he reportedly tried to stop the bouncer from unnecessarily assaulting a fan.
According to Complex, Rapper Skate Maloley was midway through his set when he noticed a group of fans being assaulted by a security who was allegedly using a taser on one of them. He attempted to intervene by reaching down to grab the security guard before he was briskly bombarded by the security army at the 2,500 capacity venue.
The shrill screams in the videos below paint a picture of just how chaotic it was.
Rap singer, Skate Maloley, was physically assaulted after he tried stopping security from beating his fans. https://t.co/GupwuayMHn
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) February 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/701258636211785728
Much respect to him for trying to stop the violence & hopefully everyone's okay. https://t.co/YwHcD4gXA7
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) February 21, 2016
Maloley took to Twitter to call out the perpetrators.
My whole team got assaulted buy them and that's it. I'm just most sad and upset that yall had to expierence that. And also miss the show
— Sk8 (@therealsk8) February 21, 2016
Security has no right to assault me nor my family. I will die for them. Once again I have nothing but love for every single NYC fan
— Sk8 (@therealsk8) February 21, 2016
He also decided to cancel his upcoming show in Boston following the incident.
Full disclosure: I’ve always had a deep desire to watch someone get tased. My only criteria is that the person deserves it. From the recollections of people who were there last night, it sounds like this was an attack rather than a security measure.
[h/t Complex]