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Solicitation of funs on Lester Chamber's Sweet Charity page |
Lester is fine, just a bit sore and he will feel it tomorrow, the woman who attacked him was white and yelled something like “it’s all your fault” before she hit him, he went down hard but was halfway caught by Barren, thank God, she was subdued by Police and taken away while the para-medics came and took him to a local Hospital where he went thru a series of cat scans, no broken bones, the only injury for now is a 8″ scratch in the kidney area of his back and it’s starting to swell. Thank you for all your well wishes, he will be up and running soon.
Lester apparently dedicated the classic song, “People Get Ready,” by The Impressions to Martin. The woman heard the dedication and attacked him.
There was a lot of talk, particularly by Zimmerman supporters, about how there would be riots if Zimmerman was acquitted. So far, all that we know happened that was violent was this attack and an attack on peaceful protesters by the Los Angeles police, who fired rubber bullets at them.
WHO WOULD EXPECT A RACIST AT A BLUES FESTIVAL?
Lester was in the middle of his set when he dedicated his next song to Trayvon Martin (hours before the verdict) and went on to say that if Curtis Mayfield had been alive he would have changed the words to his song to be "a change is comin". Suddenly, a deranged woman jumped onstage (where were the security) and rushed Lester screaming profanities and pushed him back into his equipment and onto the ground. She reached to pick up the mike stand to hit him with when she was tackled by one of Lester's friends. It took several others to hold her down before security and police arrived
BET - Again, BET provides NO video although one is available:
Lester Chambers was violently interrupted while attempting to give tribute to the family of Trayvon Martin over the weekend.Yahoo News - Finally the video is added on 7/15 at 7:40:
The arrest information - Dinalynn Inez Andrews-Potter was arrested after the incident."She sprang up in my face and started calling me MF and said, 'I started this' and flew into me full force," Lester Chambers said. "She knocked me back at least six feet into the equipment racks. I've got this severe bruise on back and my rib cage."The assault has left the elder Chambers struggling to breathe, since he was already suffering from asthma. He's also has bruised hips, knees and ribs and sore arms and wrists.Still, he and his son know it could have been worse. "He keeps saying to me, 'What if she had a knife on her?' She could have stabbed him right in the gut and it would have been all over right then," he said.To make matters worse, the elder Chambers' medical insurance doesn't kick back in until August, so he's relying on the Sweet Relief Fund to help him with his medical bills.
Lester is, or was, suing Columbia Records for "screwing" him out of money. He started an online donation site where he collected over $61,000.
I wonder if the cameraman who was injured by rioters last night will file hate crime charges.
Mr. Lester has Medicare or Medicaid because he is over 65.
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Yes he does, but it is obviously not enough - helps to read the blog and attached articles, by the way. People pull scams all the time for money - "slip and falls" were all the rage before tort reform. No one should attack anyone, especially children, dogs, handicapped, and the elderly. That said, I will wait and see if there is a lawsuit against the organizers of the festival.
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