Comedian David Kagongo alias David the Student was involved in an altercation with a racist white man he was carrying in his taxi.
The former Churchill Show comedian, who is currently working as a taxi driver for taxi-hailing company Lyft in Issaquah, Washington state, USA, found himself a victim of racial discrimination and abuse by an elderly white man he picked up from a hotel.
The altercation ensued after the man took off his mask while in the car, David begged the man to wear his mask but instead he started racially abusing him.
The comedian pulled over his car and asked the man to get off. The racist man however continued to verbally abuse the comedian even as his wife tried hard to restrain him.
The Kenyan comedian recorded the incident on his phone and posted the video online. The video has since gone viral attracting the attention of the city’s mayor and the media.
Issaquah’s mayor Mary Lou Pauly while responding to David the Student’s video on Twitter said the city would not tolerate racism.
This is what @MayorMaryLou is referring to. Happened tonight to my friend in Issaquah. pic.twitter.com/j4Lz23xG3A
— Britt (@Britt_LaBster) November 19, 2020
Speaking to KIRO-TV, a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Seattle, David said that he had not reported the incident to police.
The comedian also revealed that the racist man had reached out to him begging for forgiveness, but he had still not decided whether to forgive him or not.
