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David Spade donates $100K to help fight Mexican Drug Wars!
David Spade doesn’t care. At least that’s what we thought. The former Saturday Night Live comedian has made a career out of playing characters that, frankly, don’t give a damn.
From his SNL News broadcasts to his starring roles in movies like Tommy Boy and The Benchwarmers, Spade had perfected the image of the man who didn’t care. Well, it turns out David Spade cares about something—the safety and security of Arizona police officers!
In a move that I’m sure stunned his Hollywood friends, the actor recently donated $100,000 to the Phoenix Police Department’s Police Foundation for the express purpose of purchasing AR-15 style rifles for the officers.
Spade is an Arizona resident who once lived in the Phoenix area and graduated from Arizona State University. He saw Shepard Smith’s Fox News Report about how Arizona cops, outgunned by the firepower of drug gangs, were petitioning their union to allow them to buy their own rifles. “Why bring a handgun to a firefight when the other guy has a semiautomatic rifle?” Smith reported, “It doesn’t make sense.”
It didn’t make sense to Spade either. The star of TV’s Just Shoot Me quickly responded by donating the $100,000 to the Phoenix Police Department. “Asking there be no fanfare or media attention, Mr. Spade called and said he wanted to donate $100,000 to the Phoenix Police Department towards the purchase of rifles to help keep our patrol officers and community safe,” the department reported. “This mutual agreement can now move ahead with momentum thanks to the generosity of Mr. Spade.”
David Spade doesn’t care. At least that’s what we thought. The former Saturday Night Live comedian has made a career out of playing characters that, frankly, don’t give a damn.
From his SNL News broadcasts to his starring roles in movies like Tommy Boy and The Benchwarmers, Spade had perfected the image of the man who didn’t care. Well, it turns out David Spade cares about something—the safety and security of Arizona police officers!
In a move that I’m sure stunned his Hollywood friends, the actor recently donated $100,000 to the Phoenix Police Department’s Police Foundation for the express purpose of purchasing AR-15 style rifles for the officers.
Spade is an Arizona resident who once lived in the Phoenix area and graduated from Arizona State University. He saw Shepard Smith’s Fox News Report about how Arizona cops, outgunned by the firepower of drug gangs, were petitioning their union to allow them to buy their own rifles. “Why bring a handgun to a firefight when the other guy has a semiautomatic rifle?” Smith reported, “It doesn’t make sense.”
It didn’t make sense to Spade either. The star of TV’s Just Shoot Me quickly responded by donating the $100,000 to the Phoenix Police Department. “Asking there be no fanfare or media attention, Mr. Spade called and said he wanted to donate $100,000 to the Phoenix Police Department towards the purchase of rifles to help keep our patrol officers and community safe,” the department reported. “This mutual agreement can now move ahead with momentum thanks to the generosity of Mr. Spade.”
