Unlike other critics, Frank Hassle is notable for the impact he has had on Boogie’s life. As a member of the comedy troupe MDE, Frank has a caustic and somewhat negative reputation, though he has never physically hurt someone in his videos, or even touched someone. His MO is to say controversial things to people, and film their reactions. However, Boogie worked himself into hysterics over Frank Hassle, culminating in attempting to murder him.
Introduction: According to Frank, one of his fans told Boogie that Frank Hassle was “
coming for you”. As a result, Boogie panicked and began to DM Frank begging to collab with him. However, Frank refused. This often involved Boogie accusing Frank of trying to kill Boogie, and Boogie begging Frank not to kill his dog.
The Initial Meeting: Frank and Boogie were appeared together on the Killstream podcast in mid 2020. Boogie initially DMed Frank on Twitter to try and beg for leniency, applying varying manipulative tactics. Initially, he
leveraged his usual emotional blackmail to try and tell Frank he wasn’t worth it. He
accused Frank of planning to hurt his dog and family, and said he would happily be given pink belly. When Frank mocked this tactic, Boogie
said he would ‘play along’ with Frank to help his audience. Boogie now tried to befriend Frank in order to stop the criticism.
As the show date drew nearer, Boogie seemed to understand that he would probably get angry on the show, and assured Frank that the ‘
meltdown’ would be fake. Before the show, he
told Frank he ‘trusts’ him. He
demonstrated that he would not take it personally, and told Frank to ‘go nuts’.
The Killstream: On
the stream, Frank called Boogie out on his
signalling of children,
his abuse contradictions, his
weight gain and his
manipulation. Boogie tried his usual emotionally abusive tactics of trying to shut opposition up by recounting his sexual abuse, mentioning his inverted penis, and talking about his low testosterone. He also warned Frank not to hurt his dog or family (which Frank never mentioned), and said that if he came to Arkansas he would be shot by Boogie’s neighbors. Frank in return insulted Boogie and told him he would come to Arkansas to document and ‘hassle’ him, and cited the SamandTolki megathread.
Notably, in the stream Boogie repeated the idea that he was a pacifist, and had never fought back in any physical confrontation in his life after a middle school fight. Boogie claimed he had hurt a child so badly that he never wanted to fight again. This
matches previous claims when Boogie has claimed to be a pacifist who would never fire a gun.
After the stream, despite insulting Frank constantly, Boogie tried to play friendly and thanked him, which Frank
rebuffed.
The Next Day: The stream led to a large amount of ridicule for Boogie, further losing even more fans due to his inability to defend himself against accusations of child molestation and lies. Boogie began to
claim that he had rhetorically beaten Frank. As his critics accused him of having another
meltdown, Boogie and his fans engaged in mass reporting of Frank’s videos,
simultaneously reporting the SamandTolki Subreddit to Reddit admins by claiming it now had an association with the banned MillionDollarExtreme subreddit.
This censorship was successful, and Frank was
banned from YouTube alongside the SamandTolki subreddit. Frank tried to
appeal his ban unsuccessfully, while Boogie celebrated it despite claiming to have had nothing to do with it. Frank was understandably mad at Boogie however, and promised that he would be
held accountable. He made some
joke Twitter posts to try and bother Boogie more. Boogie continued to worry that Frank would one day visit him.
Months later: After Frank
mentioned he was in Arkansas to
visit a friend, and decided to take a
picture to tease Boogie. Boogie began to panic. He
uploaded a
video of someone casually ringing his doorbell and walking leisurely away. Critics suspect this of being either Boogie’s friend or a delivery person, but Boogie contested that it was
Frank Hassle. After being criticized for the fact this person looked nothing like Frank, Boogie
changed the story to suggest it may have been a friend, incorrectly
claiming that he said that initially. Finally, Boogie
acknowledged that it could have just been a fan or unconnected person, before
backpedaling completely.
However, Boogie still felt determined to end his feelings of persecution.
Initially confident, Boogie went on Keemstar’s podcast with Frank,
culminating in him threatening to kill and take pleasure in the death of the bemused Frank. In the
interview itself, Frank said he had a personal friend who had been victimized by Boogie’s lies. Further, he said Boogie engages in ‘almost pedophilic’ behavior, and said he had seen Boogie coming on to girls under 25. He said “He’s a 45 year old man hitting up teens and girls in their early 20s”. In response, Boogie claimed “I’ve literally never done that, that’s a lie, why are you lying?”. It should be noted that
Lucy Foxx was 20 when she met Boogie, and claimed he had come on to girls younger than her. In the interview, he said “C’mon pussy! C’mon pussy! C’mon pussy pussy! (mocking voice) I’m in your town but I won’t drive the extra three miles, I won’t drive the extra three miles because I’m such a pussy. Show the fuck up, I will end you”.
Boogie would panic after this, accusing Frank of claiming to have
evidence of Boogie’s
pedophilia and
abuse of
women. Although he claimed this evidence had no merit, he continued to demand that Frank come to his house to debate him, while
also threatening to
kill him if he did show up. He
accused Frank of being
too scared to rise to this impossible challenge, displaying a
perverse excitement.
The Fans’ view: Boogie’s fans and critics alike showed a concern and willingness to call the police, but Boogie
said not to involve the police, and
claimed to have contacted a police officer, who falsely informed him that Boogie’s death threats towards Frank were justified. Critics believed this was an attempt to avoid another
welfare check, however as Boogie
claimed to be sitting in the closet with an illegal firearm, it was certainly not out of the question.
Boogie ultimately
claimed he was turning his back on the previously claimed pacifist stance, bizarrely justifying this by retroactively
claiming that he had been harassed for his entire life. Some critics believed this was an attempt to try and monetize his criticism,
something he has wanted to do before and
wanted to do earlier that week. However, the general consensus was that this changed after being confronted with potential evidence of misdemeanors.
Rising to the Taunts: After being taunted repeatedly on Twitter, Frank understandably felt he had to
confront Boogie directly. He showed up at Boogie’s house. Unarmed, and filming, he rung Boogie’s doorbell. Boogie opened the door,
gun in hand, and immediately
pointed it at Frank. A friend stood behind Boogie, holding Boogie’s dog as a shield. He fired a warning shot, and Frank left. The facts were clear,
Boogie had broken
Arkansas law by taunting Frank and firing a warning shot, and
the police came to his house. As Frank walked away, Boogie would taunt him,
calling him a ‘
pussy’(3:15). Boogie had the choice to keep the door closed, and knew Frank was unarmed. He also
demonstrated that he was mentally aware of his actions at the time.
After Frank left, Boogie returned to Twitter to justify why he had seemingly
abandoned his pacifism, claiming that Frank and the SamandTolki thread had resulted in death threats, a claim with no evidence. Boogie
asked his fans to send him memes about the event and
bragged about almost killing his ‘stalker’ on Facebook. Finally, Boogie
declared he was going to bring a defamation suit against Frank, however given that the claims Boogie disputes are factually documented on this very blog as well as elsewhere, it is unknown how well this will go for him. A
police investigation is ongoing, with Boogie’s
neighbors upset with his actions.
Later that day, Boogie went on Matt Jarbo’s podcast to justify his actions, explaining how it was politically motivated to get attention to his bullying. A partial transcript of ‘Boogie’s Speech’ can be found
here.
Frank would later upload a heavily edited
video.
A Summary:
Boogie, by his own admission, is mentally ill and medicated. That and having a
medical marijuana card federally disqualify him from possessing a firearm. Furthermore, Arkansas is a duty to retreat state and the castle doctrine only comes into effect when someone has entered your residence and poses a violent threat. Frank was not in Boogie’s home as
Arkansas law does not define the front lawn as part of the residence. Finally, Arkansas does not allow warning shots as in their own code it states "what goes up must come down”. Frank might be on the hook for a misdemeanor but Boogie committed felonies and bragged about it.
Did Boogie Fear for His Life?
Boogie’s legal defense is contingent on whether or not he feared for his life. As a result, he has
reacted with intense anger, even
gaslighting Matt Jarbo on his podcast when people suggest that it could be partially staged. Frank is well-known as a prankster who is known for not physically touching his victims. Therefore it is irrational to expect him to escalate this, especially on camera.
Chronologically, Boogie’s initial attitude towards Frank was
offering to play along with his ‘meltdown’. Boogie didn’t talk too much about Frank after that, but after finding out
he was in Arkansas, began to claim Frank had
harassed him for
months (there is no evidence that this occurred).
He said he had tried to talk rationally with Frank, but that Frank wanted to harm his mental health. He
claimed that Frank was here to ‘harass’ and ‘scare’, and was
chosen by Frank to trigger his PTSD. On the other hand, Frank has always been
clear in conversation with Boogie that his main issue is with his creepy behavior towards young women, and that Frank has a friend who has been emotionally abused by Boogie.
During the shooting, Boogie acted oddly. First, opening the door unnecessarily. Boogie could see that Frank was unarmed from his external camera, and could also communicate with him from inside. In addition, he immediately pointed the gun at him upon doing this. He also
stepped out through the doorway, towards Frank to fire a warning shot. Boogie acted in a way that some critics have said seems rehearsed, though displayed odd familiarity with the gun that he legally could not own. In addition, the repeated taunts, including calling him a ‘
pussy’ while he walks away, do not seem the actions of someone fearing for his life.
Initially, Boogie
claimed these taunts and provocations were justified, however on Matt Jarbo’s podcast,
state that the police later told him otherwise. After the shooting, Boogie changed to say that he was
scared for his
life or
health, completely going against the previous narrative.
Many have raised the question that the entire series of events is fake, and an attempt to promote storyfire on Boogie and Keemstar’s part.
Boogie should not be armed
In addition to not fearing for his life, the question is also raised if a man who has admitted to wanting to use guns to
kill himself should be allowed access to a gun in the first place.