Transcripts For COM The Daily Show With Trevor Noah 20240712

COM The Daily Show With Trevor Noah July 12, 2024

The very beginning. So if youre confused, or if you dont agree, or if you just want to try and find out what the hell is going on, well, tonights episode is specific for you you. Yeah, you bryan. I see you. Welcome to the daily social distancing show. Announcer from trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show, with trevor noah. Trevor all right, before we get into the conversation thats happening among activists and everyone in america, lets catch up with the ongoing conversation in washington. Because while the movement in the street has been building up steam, democrats in washington have been scrambling to respond. But yesterday, i think they figured it out. With some were not a fan of the colorfucolorful kente scarf turt into a political prop. Trevor okay i understand the symbol symbolic gesture of kneeling to remember george floyd. What i dont understand is why they had to dress like extras from coming to america 2. A lot of people were confused about why democrats wore african cloth to talk about george floyd and Police Brutality. It felt as if they were trying too hard. But im just glad they managed to talk nancy pelosi down from the original outfit she planned. A step too far. And, look, however much you want to blame nancy pelosi and the democrats for doing this, we also have to assign some of the blame to the african store owner who knew full well that no good can come from one white person buying 50 kente cloths. No, nancy, you have to trust me. The more kente you wear, the less offensive it becomes. Now, goodbye. The democrats also unveiled Police Reform legislation that would make some pretty big changes. It would ban noknock warrants to prevent situations like the one that killed Breonna Taylor while sleeping in her own bed. The legislation also proposes banning all choke holds to prevent police from taking another eric garners life. And one of the biggest measures this legislation proposes is making it easier to prosecute police who use Excessive Force. As opposed to now, where in it is almost impossible to convict a Police Officer. You need to catch them on video, then have a d. A. Thats willing to prosecute them, then have a jury that actually wants to hold cops accountable. And even if you get all that, you still need to find the cops horcrux and destroy it. Otherwise, they just go back out but while democrats are proposing legislation to reform the police, unsurprisingly, republicans in congress dont most republicans in congress dont seem to be on board. And as for President Trump, he is doubling down hard on his support for police. President trump held a meeting with Police Union Officials and local and state Law Enforcement officials yesterday at the white house. He vowed there will be no dismantling of american policing. There wont be defunding. There wont be dismantling of our police and theres not going to be any disbanding of our police. Our police have been letting us live in peace, and we want to make sure we dont have any bad actors in there. And sometimes youll see some horrible things like we witnessed recently. But 99 i say 99. 9, but lets go with 99 percent of them are great, great people. Trevor 99 of all police are great people. And i guess its just unlucky that protesters happen to keep meeting with that bad 1 over and over and over and over again. I guestt those guys must work a lot of overtime. And, you know, i always find it amazing how trump manages to always see the good in the groups that he likes. He says the police are 99 great great people. In charlottesville, he said there were good people on both sides, he said the armed protesters in michigan, the same people who stormed the state house, were very good people who were just frustrated. If youre on trumps good side, find a way to interpret anything you do in the best light possible. He could walk in on you in bed with his wife, and hed be like, my wife and my best friend taking a nap together good people now, look, lets be clear. Im not saying all cops are bad, but tje problems with the police are much more widespread than trump is acknowledging, because every single time, every single time a Police Department gets audited or investigated, the results that come back show deep rot and systemic issues, often from the top. Its like turning on a black light in a hotel room. Youre not going to find only one stain. Unlike mitt romney, who was marching in washington over the weekend, trump has never expressed support for the black lives matters movement. And yesterday, his press secretary claimed that trump doesnt need to say black lives matter because his support with black people is overwhelming. Reporter kayleigh, does he agree, in general the way that mitt romney stated over the weekend he does with the core message of black lives matter . Yeah, mitt romney can say three words outside on pennsylvania avenue, but i would note this that President Trump won 8 of the black vote. Mitt romney won 2 of the black vote. Trevor okay, firstly, thats bullshit. Romney didnt get 2 of the black vote. He got 6 while running against the only black president ever. But either way, this is just sad. Youre going to brag about getting 8 of the black vote . Really . 8 out of 100 . Thats like some loser bragging to his friend, you know how susie said she just sees you as a friend . Well, she told me she see me as an older brother so trumps position on the protesters, around defending the police, around black lives matter, it seems pretty clear. But just in case you are willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, this morning, the president of the United States tweeted this President Trump is questioning the motives of the 75yearold activist shoved to the ground by Buffalo Police officers during a protest last friday. The president tweeted Martin Gugino could be an antifa provocateur and said, i watched. He fell harder than was pushed. Could be a set up. Gugino remains in serious but stable condition at the hospital. Reporter this is one of the more alarming tweets we have ever seen from President Trump. It appears to be based on a news clip from the one america news network, which is a network for Conspiracy Theory kooks. Reporter gugino is a longtime peace activist and volunteer for catholic worker, which is a movement dedicated to justice and peace. Trevor yeah, trump is so desperate to defend the police that instead of admitting that maybe they used Excessive Force and that none of them helped a person who was bleeding out on the ground, he turns around and blames the old man from that video for being an antifa provocateur who busted his head open on purpose. I cant believe i have to say it but that is some bat shit crazy theory. If someone came up to me with a plan that involved busting my head open on the sidewalk, i would ask them to come up with a better plan. I mean, how do you look at that video, see an old man, and think that hes an antifa provocateur . You see that old man as causing chaos. Who sees that . I feel like trump is the kind of person who watched the movie up and he think its about an elderly activist who hijacka balloon house. But with this tweet and Everything Else hes done in the past couple of weeks, trump has clearly picked which side he is on in the debate. I mean, forget about 8 of the black vote. 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So earlier today, i spoke to patrisse cullors, a cofounder of black lives matter, josie duffy rice, a journalist and lawyer. Sam sinyangwe, cofounder of campaign zero. Mychal denzel smith, who is a Type Media Center fellow and author. And alex vitale, Brooklyn College professor and author of the end of policing. Hey everybody, welcome to the daily social distancing show. This is the most people we have spoken to at one point. Thanks so much for joining us. Thanks for having us. Thanks. Trevor patrisse im going to jump straight in with you. As cofounder of black lives matter, did you ever think you would see the day where everyone from amazon to mitt romney would be proudly proclaiming black lives matter . No, no, i did not see that day coming. I know i knew that when started black lives matter, oleasia opel and i, that it would resound deeply with folks across the country, especially black people, and black people across the globe. But did i think that some of the largest corporations would have it plastered on their screens . No, not at all. Trevor do you feel like black lives matter has achieved its purpose now . Or do you think that a lot of people are using black lives matter as a as a cover to say, hey, were good. Like some people say, yes, its good that people are saying it. Others say its not enough. As a cofounder i feel like youre in a better place than most people to speak to it. Sure, i think seven years ago saving black lives matter was incredibly radical. I think that many of us sort of used that term as a marker on where our elected officials stood, on where our appointed officials stood. If they said black lives matter, we knew, that okay, we were get into them. If they said all lives matter, we knew they were a lost cause. Of it years later i think its not just about black lives matter. Its about what does that actually mean. What do we mean when we say black lives matter . Which is why defund the police has become a resounding call. And im proud of the conversation were having not just as a movement but as American People and People Living inside this country. Trevor right now, i think more than ever before in america and in and around the world, people are asking questions about policing. Are there different ways to police . Can policing be improved . Is policing even essential in the way that we see it every single day . And the reason ive gathered all of you on this panel is because youre some of the voices who have been most vocal in talking about policing as we see it, you know. Everything from the reforms that could be done today to longterm solutions that could change the way we see enforcement of laws in the future. And so, you know maybe ill start with you, sam, as part of 8 cant wait. The organization got a shoutout from former president barack obama, and it was initially and i think it still is an organization where you went for Police Reforms that can be done, like, immediately. Explain to me a little bit about what the thinking behind that was. So, you know, we looked at the academic literature, 40 years of literature that shows more restrictive use of policy can reduce killings by police and Police Shootings overall, both fatal and nonfatal. We recognize that these are things cities can do it right now. A mayor can do it, a police chief can do it as a harmreduction strategy. But i think ultimately where the country is right now is striving for a lot more. Its not just about harm reduction. Its how do we move towards transfederallation change, which includes building alternatives to the police, and defunding the police. I think that ought to be supported in this moment. Trevor it feels like because this movement has been amplified by whats going on online, a lot of people, including myself, have been drawing resources, little snippets here and there, little snippets here and there. There have been organizers and activists hosting zoom calls and showing people in presentations what they want to do. It does feel like right now everyone is left to their own devices to try to figure out what any of these things mean. Which invariably means everybody gets to, you know, make up what this thing means. So youre talking about reforms, sam, which i think a lot of people understand. If were talking about defunding, patrisse, well go back to you and then well start moving around. But what does defunding the the police mean . To some people they hear you saying take money away from the police as a punishment for what theyve been doing wrong. Sure. I mean, i really think about it pretty simply which is what are the things the police are doing right now that can actually be given over to other groups of people, other workers who have been trained to do that particular thing . We can start off with homelessness. Police are at the helm of criminalizing the homeless. We dont need them to be at the helm of criminalizing the homeless. We need mayors and county governors to show up and put dollars and money towards people who are homeless and giving them housing and shelter. What about people who have Mental Health crises. Why are the police the first responders. This is not actually a job for a Police Officer. Its a job for a social worker, a psychiatrist. All this infrastructure is essentially gutted in communities that i live in and communities around the country. So what ends up happening, though, is theyre replaced with overbloated police budgets. So you look at los angeles, where im from, which our l. A. P. D. Department actually receives 54 of the citys budget, meaning that Everything Else that a community needs, theyre not receiving. But they are receiving a gun and a badge, and that is deeply unfortunate. Trevor alexz, lets switch over to the abolish conversation. As the author the end of policing and as a professor, you have looked into the ways people can live in a policefree world. Now, i wont lie, my mind struggles to understand the concept, and thats maybe because ive never seen it. Sometimes you cant imagine what youve never come across. What exactly does the end of policing mean . What does it mean to abolish the police. Its really more about a process driven by a set of principles than it is by predetermined outcomes. I think what were seeing on the streets today when people say defund the police. Yes, its about the immediate changes patrisse is talking about. But its also about a generation of young people, you know, crying out for a world that isnt driven by racial and class inequalities that are enforced by policing. And the sad truth is that that has been the role that police have played in American Society systems that produce these inequalities. And every time we turn a problem over to them, it makes nose those inequalities worse in the long run. Police abolition is about trying to reduce the burden of policing today while we work to build Something Better for future. Trevor so lets talk a little bit about that. Mychal, maybe you can help me. If there are no police, like are, you proposing or do you see a world with no police . Or is it just a different kind of people who enforce laws . What does that mean . We say abolish the police because we mean abolish the police. Theres no mincing of language there. Theres nothing that were trying to trick you on. But the thing i think that where i come down is just who is making the positive arguments for the police at this point . And i say that because tell me something right now that the police are are good at, other than what whooping, other than doing that, what are they good at . They dont prevent murders. They come in and try to figure out who did the murder afterwards. And they dont do any of the things that theyre sent out to do. Like patrisse is telling us, like, we want them to, like, solve homelessness, but what that means is just get the Homeless People out of the street. We want them to solve these Mental Health crises, but that just means kill the people who have rhaving Mental Health breakdowns. None of the things we ask them to do theyre gooda and we keep giving them lots and lots of money to do those things. I think one of the things that people always say when you Start Talking about abolishing the police or defunding the police, what about murder . What about rape . People say what if your kid got kidnapped . Thats not something i worried about every single day as a parent since the day he was born. The

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