Folks in the audience are laughing. This was clearly a situation of wolves and sheep. The sheep (not being condescending) were laughing.
The wolves listened to this knowing his was 100% serious the entire time.
Ali was going to kill dude. No euphemisms. No sauce on it. Not speaking in hyperbole. Ali Siddiq told that as a joke, but God sent some angels to save both Mitchell's ass as well as Ali.
He was going to paint the walls with Mitchell's blood that day
I love the way this dude tells stories because he's so vivid with his words.