You carry one of these?
(I bet when you go to "throw the bums a dime", they all dive for cover!)
Posted on 04/23/2024 4:03:14 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Elayne Boosler, Rolling Stone’s “First Lady of Stand-Up,” expressed outrage after she was arrested for refusing to leave Dodger Stadium due to her handbag that violated the stadium’s bag policy.
Boosler was trying to attend the Dodgers-Mets game on Sunday and arrived at the stadium with her new handbag, which is shaped like a baseball.
When she tried to enter Dodger Stadium, security officials stopped her and told her that she would not be allowed in with her non-clear bag.
According to a YouTube video posted on Monday by Boosler, security told her that she had to throw the bag out or return it to her car, but she refused to leave because she “…paid $50 to park a mile away, [it was] 80 degrees and the tickets were $300 in the secondary market.”
Suspect in unprovoked deadly attack on woman on Los Angeles Metro identified She then claimed that there was no disclaimer on her ticket regarding the clear bag policy and that she should be let in anyway.
Security denied her access again, which according to Boosler, was because of “terrorism.”
“I said ‘terrorism?’ I’ve sung the anthem here five times, I’ve been in the booth 50 times, I’ve done everything extra for Dodger Stadium a comedian can do,” she said in her YouTube video. “I’ve played in the Hollywood Stars game ten times…just let me in with the bag.”
After more back and forth, security would still not budge, and that’s when things got “heated,” the comedian said.
“Unfortunately, that guy at the gate was that kind of guy with just a little bit of power, and that’s the most dangerous…guys with a little bit of power, oh man, they get to use it,” Boosler said.
Comedian Elayne Boosler explains how she was arrested at Dodger Stadium in a YouTube video posted on April 22, 2024. (YouTube/@TheElayneBoosler) The security officer refused entry to Boosler but let her nephew and his 8-year-old child in at her request. Then, he threatened to have her arrested for trespassing if she didn’t leave.
“Anyway, I said ‘Fine, arrest me’,” she stated.
She was handcuffed and placed in the back of a squad car by two officers whom she described as “very nice” but added that it may have been because she is white.
Upon arriving at the Dodger Stadium office, the team pressed charges because “the guy wouldn’t give up,” Boosler claimed, even though other stadium officials were kind to her while she was “handcuffed behind [her] back and to a bench.”
In true comedian style, Boosler said she cracked at least one joke while being “processed.”
“They count all the cash in your purse and then you have to sign off on it,” she explained. “They said, ‘You have $371 cash in your purse’ and I said, ‘Well yes, we were planning on buying two hot dogs and a water.’”
Disneyland replaces lamp posts as a precautionary measure Boosler was eventually released hours later on the condition that she would leave the stadium grounds.
At the end of her three-and-a-half-minute video, the stand-up comedian expressed dismay at Dodger Stadium for their handling of the incident.
“Shame on you Dodger Stadium…you know me, [and] I’ve done so much free work for you for decades, and even if I wasn’t me – if I was just a customer who was coming to the game – to be treated like that is so awful,” she said. “You need to talk to your personnel, and you really need to get rid of ‘that guy’ with a tiny little bit of power who was definitely not a people person.”
The video garnered 14,000 views and almost 200 comments on YouTube in 24 hours; many viewers criticized Boosler for expecting to be treated differently because of who she was.
“It doesn’t matter who you are. The policy is the same for everyone. Either deal with it, or don’t go,” one comment read.
“For someone who has been to the stadium as many times as you say you have, it’s a little odd you don’t know the clear bag policy that’s at almost every stadium now,” another said.
According to the Dodger Stadium bag policy, only adult diaper bags, diaper bags that accompany infants and clear plastic bags smaller than 12″ x 12″ x 6″ are permitted. Additionally, non-clear wristlets and clutches no larger than 5″ x 8″ x 2″ are permitted.
The Dodgers declined to comment on the incident.
> “…guys with a little bit of power, oh man, they get to use it,” Boosler said. <
Same goes for celebrities who think the rules only apply to the little people, and not to them.
All large events should be avoided for security reasons.
I can not elaborate for security reasons.
This hag is still around? I didn’t realize she is only 71.
She’s actually pretty fun to be around.
I met her when I was a kid though. I know she’s BIG into handbags. She’s about 4 feet tall and fit inside of one.
should have read up on what not to bring...everyone who has been to a sporting event knows that they only allow clear bags and some say don’t bring anything...
Now that is FUNNY!
Didn’t know she was still working.
Did she hit him with a bag of quarters?
“Clear bag” policy applies to everyone.
She refused to walk back to her car to put it away.
Security gave her that chance, then she went Karen on them.
Escalating to being arrested, rather than putting the bag in her car...what a spoiled brat. She should be embarrased for herself.
Why is this a story? What, praytell, are we supposed to be informed about? If the Dodgers had a set, they’d give her a lifetime ban from the stadium.
“Clear bag” policy applies to everyone.
She refused to walk back to her car to put it away.
Security gave her that chance, then she went Karen on them.
Escalating to being arrested, rather than putting the bag in her car...what a spoiled brat. She should be embarrased for herself.
Why is this a story? What, praytell, are we supposed to be informed about? If the Dodgers had a set, they’d give her a lifetime ban from the stadium.
and if she was spotted with it inside, he could lose his job... miserable frunt
Would they be okay with my Glock-shaped coin purse?
They’re worried about terrorism? Naaah... They’re worried you might sneak in a beer or two and then you wouldn’t have to pay the $18 for one at the concession stand.
They’re such a gyp.
Spectator sports is turning to crap
Regardless of her being a terrorist or not, if they let her in w/o a clear bag, they’d have to let everyone. It’s not all about her.
Forgot about her. Now 71 years old.
Some lines:
When the sun comes up, I have morals again.
My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for directions.
I pray if I ever find out I have only about three minutes to live it’s during a basketball game, because then I’ll have, what, 10, 12 years to live?
The Vatican is against surrogate mothers. Good thing they didn’t have that rule when Jesus was born.
Pigs are smarter than dogs, and both are smarter than Congress.
> and if she was spotted with it inside, he could lose his job <
Very good point.
They spelled “Benes” wrong. 😜
It would be almost no effort at all for these venues to install a couple dozen little lockers, like almost every museum in the world.
It seems like every time I go to a sporting event or other activity in a stadium or convention center there are always women that get caught by this petty catch.
Stupid.
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