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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Ben Crump - The Problem with Policing in America

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

Comedy, News, Daily News

4.214.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

"How can you feel in fear of your life when the person is running away from you?" Attorney Ben Crump discusses why the quick arrest of the officers in the Tyre Nichols case should be the blueprint moving forward, why people need to stop justifying unnecessary killings by the police, and whether or not there is incentive to reform policing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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You're listening to Comedy Central.

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So how to be a young anti-racist?

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That means you're already banned in Florida.

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So it's funny when we talk about race,

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because we live in a country that the Congress and Senate

0:18.0

voted for a June 10th bill.

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But with the same nation,

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they don't want to talk about slavery.

0:25.0

They'll have Marlou the King and Robert E. Lee

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day on the same days.

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So I think when it comes to racism,

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I think that a lot of people believe that if they're not actively

0:34.0

saying the in-wear or doing the same big of the things,

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that means they're not racist.

0:38.0

So how can we start a conversation about being anti-racist

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when you're not quite sure how to quantify racists?

0:43.0

We are, but I don't think a lot of people are.

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And I think that's the very point.

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Because if you're not doing anything to challenge all of the injustice

0:52.0

and all of the inequity in our society, then what happens?

0:55.0

It persists.

0:56.0

So therefore you're reinforcing it.

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