The Comedian, The Christian, and Shock Value

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During a comedy show, black comic David Lucus made a joke about George Floyd while battling a black heckler in front of a mostly white audience. After so many interruptions, Lucus informed the heckler that he was illustrating to the white audience why George Floyd had his neck kneeled on.

The audience was shocked.

Lucus told the audience not to “boo” the joke. He then assured the audience that he would…