# How can Cardi B not be charged because of "insufficient evidence?" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 4, 2023, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-cardi-b-not-be-charged-because-of-insufficient-evidence/988039 "2023-08-04T12:25:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-cardi-b-not-be-charged-because-of-insufficient-evidence/988039/41 "2023-08-09T14:29:02Z")
> [@El\_DeLuxo](#): > > Nobody goes to a concert or performance to throw stuff at artists they _like_. It doesn’t make sense that an un-fan of a performer would go to the trouble and expense of going to a show just to do something like that to them. It doesn’t make sense that an un-fan of a performer would spend the money on the chance they’ll get close enough to the stage to throw water on a performer, and then take the chance of getting beaten by fans, security, or the police. And then the police can can arrest them also. You acknowledge this yourself. So how did you determine that only people who hate specific performers throw things on the stage? ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-cardi-b-not-be-charged-because-of-insufficient-evidence/988039/42 "2023-08-09T14:35:36Z")
That’s not an answer to my question. But since I’ve stated it three or four times now and not gotten one, I must be asking it wrong somehow so I might as well give up. ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-cardi-b-not-be-charged-because-of-insufficient-evidence/988039/43 "2023-08-09T14:42:53Z")
Because you don’t throw shit at people you like or whose show you’re enjoying. You might if you _weren’t_ enjoying the performance though. See numerous accounts of vegetables getting thrown at bad–not _good_–vaudeville performers. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-cardi-b-not-be-charged-because-of-insufficient-evidence/988039/44 "2023-08-09T14:57:24Z")
> [@El\_DeLuxo](#): > > Because you don’t throw shit at people you like or whose show you’re enjoying Keep in mind that at concerts people often use mood altering substances. Also, if a “fan” realizes part way through a performance that the artist is lip syncing, their feelings toward the artist might change. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-cardi-b-not-be-charged-because-of-insufficient-evidence/988039/45 "2023-08-09T15:09:58Z")
And on top of that, people have weird ways of showing affection. I don’t think that kid who spent his money and time to regularly follow and heckle us actually disliked us. It was just his weird way of being “involved” with the show. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-cardi-b-not-be-charged-because-of-insufficient-evidence/988039/46 "2023-08-09T15:12:34Z")
> [@El\_DeLuxo](#): > > If you like an artist you don’t come to their show to throw stuff at them. Unless it’s your [bra](https://www.usmagazine.com/stylish/news/drake-reacts-to-fan-throwing-46g-bra-on-stage-at-madison-square-garden/) or panties ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-cardi-b-not-be-charged-because-of-insufficient-evidence/988039/47 "2023-08-09T15:17:33Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Unless it’s your [bra](https://www.usmagazine.com/stylish/news/drake-reacts-to-fan-throwing-46g-bra-on-stage-at-madison-square-garden/) or panties What’s new, Pussycat? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-cardi-b-not-be-charged-because-of-insufficient-evidence/988039/48 "2023-08-09T15:47:44Z")
You haven’t asked a question relevant to this thread. You keep making an unfounded assumption about someone’s motive. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-cardi-b-not-be-charged-because-of-insufficient-evidence/988039/49 "2023-08-09T16:20:22Z")
> [@El\_DeLuxo](#): > > If you like an artist you don’t come to their show to throw stuff at them. Cardi B asked concert goers to throw water on her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-cardi-b-not-be-charged-because-of-insufficient-evidence/988039.md?page=2)