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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

ICYMI - American Cities Respond to Protests Against Police Brutality

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

Daily News, Comedy, News

4.214.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Following protests against police brutality, several major cities have announced plans to cut law enforcement budgets, while Minneapolis considers disbanding its police force. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to Comedy Central.

0:02.9

Now!

0:05.1

Never before in American history has there been an uprising like this, exactly like this,

0:10.5

where you have huge numbers of people coming out every single day in every single state

0:16.3

in the country.

0:18.0

And it's particularly notable because it's almost completely spontaneous.

0:23.0

Usually big demonstrations take months of planning, publicizing, getting permits.

0:27.1

These ones are just a-o, meet me outside in five minutes and people are there.

0:31.2

Since starting in Minnesota after the murder of George Floyd, these protests for black lives

0:35.9

have spread like nobody could have imagined, from tens of thousands of people in big,

0:40.6

multi-ethnic cities to 200 people in towns that are 90% white.

0:46.6

And now, even more impressive is that this protest has started blowing up all over the

0:52.2

world.

0:53.2

In Paris, they marched as they did in Rome and Tokyo.

0:58.4

In Hungary, a silent crowd took a knee for eight minutes and 46 seconds.

1:03.9

COVID-19 kept Thai protesters off the streets, but on screen in a massive zoom session.

1:10.9

In London, joining this protest mattered far more than the lockdown rules.

1:16.1

Thousands, many masks against coronavirus gathered outside the American Embassy.

1:21.7

Your message is heard over here and we'll keep fighting the same fight that you are.

1:27.4

We'll keep fighting the same fights that you are.

1:31.8

Yeah.

1:32.9

That right there.

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