{"id":1414878,"date":"2022-04-01T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1414878"},"modified":"2022-04-01T13:00:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T17:00:06","slug":"oscars-producer-will-packer-lapd-said-will-smith-attack-was-battery-were-prepared-to-arrest-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oscars-producer-will-packer-lapd-said-will-smith-attack-was-battery-were-prepared-to-arrest-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscars Producer Will Packer: LAPD Said Will Smith Attack was &#039;Battery,&#039; Were Prepared to &#039;Arrest Him&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foscars-producer-will-packer-lapd-said-will-smith-attack-was-battery-were-prepared-to-arrest-him%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1414878&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Oscars producer Will Packer revealed the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) told Chris Rock backstage at the Academy Awards after Will Smith punched him in the face that what the actor did was \u201cbattery,\u201d and that they were prepared to \u201carrest him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmorningamerica.com\/culture\/story\/oscars-producer-packer-opens-happened-scenes-smith-slapped-83804535\">interview<\/a> with <em>Good Morning America<\/em>, Packer explained police officers were immediately on the scene backstage after the attack, telling Rock what his rights were, and informing the comedian that they were prepared\u00a0to arrest the actor.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Packer said the LAPD \u201ccame into my office, and they were laying out very clearly what Chris\u2019 rights were. They were saying: \u2018This is battery. We will go get him. We will go get him right now, you can press charges, we can arrest him.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe LAPD made it clear: \u2018We will do whatever you want us to do \u2014 and one of the options is that we will go and arrest him right now,&#8217;\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Oscars producer also mentioned that he, too, would\u00a0support Rock\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI made that clear, like, \u2018Rock, you tell me, whatever you want to do, brother,&#8217;\u201d Packer said.<\/p>\n<p>But Rock was \u201cdismissive\u201d of the options police presented to him, and insisted he was \u201cfine,\u201d the Oscars producer noted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In what is sure to be the most baffling and talked about moments of Sunday\u2019s Oscars, actor Will Smith appeared to strike presenter Chris Rock in the face on stage apparently over a joke that Rock told about Smith\u2019s wife. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jfMko3lhly\">https:\/\/t.co\/jfMko3lhly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1508279045007495170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Packer added his co-producer, Shayla Cowan, told him the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences was ready to remove Smith from the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt happened right before the best actor award,\u201d he said, adding he was not part of the conversation with the Academy to remove Smith.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI immediately went to the Academy leadership that was on site and I said: \u2018Chris Rock doesn\u2019t want that,\u2019 I said: \u2018Rock has made it clear that he does not want to make a bad situation worse,&#8217;\u201d Packer said.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the Academy said in a statement it had asked Smith to leave, but the actor refused.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Smith marched onto the Oscars stage and struck Rock in the face after the comedian referred to Smith\u2019s wife Jada Pinkett Smith as \u201cG.I. Jane.\u201d The actor then twice shouted, \u201cKeep my wife\u2019s name out of your fucking mouth\u201d after retaking his seat in the audience.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>***LANGUAGE WARNING***<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This type of thuggish behavior has no place in civilized society. Will Smith needs to be charged for assault. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MydlQBTqBT\">pic.twitter.com\/MydlQBTqBT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACTBrigitte\/status\/1508294636670009344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After the attack, Smith collected his award for Best Actor, and then danced the night away with fellow Hollywood elites at the Vanity Fair Oscars after party, seemingly unbothered and in no fear of facing any consequences for the assault.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch Below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Will Smith, along with his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, dances to his own tunes at the Vanity Fair <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oscars?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Oscars<\/a> After-party. <\/p>\n<p>He won the Best Actor for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KingRichard?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KingRichard<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oscar2022?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Oscar2022<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VanityFairOscarParty?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VanityFairOscarParty<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WillSmith?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WillSmith<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GTz7JOjKEW\">pic.twitter.com\/GTz7JOjKEW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aayush Sharma (@JournoAayu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JournoAayu\/status\/1508354172961189889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>You can follow Alana\u00a0Mastrangelo on\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and Twitter at\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@ARmastrangelo<\/a>, and on\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanamastrangelo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oscars producer Will Packer revealed the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) told Chris Rock backstage at the Academy Awards after Will Smith punched him in the face that what the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1414878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}