You know, for the past couple of nights
here on the program, we've been dealing with the fallout from
the grand jury decision in Missouri
failing to indict the officer responsible for the shooting death of Michael Brown.
We did our best here to process those events.
Even enjoyed, actually, a bit of fun at the expense of the
St. Louis Rams and St. Louis Police Association twitter war.
And I know, uh, doing those bits helps no one
other than maybe us here at the show
individually as a creative outlet
a catharsis, a way of processing emotion
that may be otherwise undigested
By the way, that process brought to you by....
Arbys. (laughter)
"Arbys: You think pain and grief are hard to digest?"
(Laughter)
But anyway, at least that process has begun
and we were glad to be able to move forward
ever so slowly, hoping that we might,
as a country, have a respite from these types of injustices
and we did have a respite
for maybe... (ugh, bleep) what time is it?
"No indictment in the death of Eric Garner
a grand jury in New York City has decided
not to charge a white New York City police officer
in the death of an unarmed
African American man."
I (stuttering), I just.... I don't know. I honestly don't know what to say.
if comedy is tragedy plus time
I need more (bleep)ing time
but I would really settle for less (bleep)ing tragedy to be honest with you
you know, I think what is so utterly depressing
is that none of the ambiguities that existed in the Ferguson case
exist in the Staten Island case
and yet the outcome is exactly the same
no crime, no trial, all harm, no foul.
In Ferguson, at least you had conflicting
witness testimony, you had conflicting forensics
you had the specter, at least, of police
self defense. But here, there is none of that
the coroner called it a homicide
the guy's not acting threatening
and we know that not through witness testimony or
unreliable bystanders, but because we are
(bleep)ing watching it
someone taped it
a couple of days ago, the White House proposed
more cameras on cop vests as a solution
to this type of violence
I assume that the solution they're proposing
if implemented, would look something like the Eric Garner case
I mean maybe, to look at the bright side
(pause) uh... we're about to safe ourselves a (bleep) load of
money on cop camera vests
but damn.... we are definitely
not living in a post-racial society
and I can imagine there are a lot of people
out there wondering how much of a society we're
living in at all.
uh... and that's our show. So uh, cha cha cha (laughter)
Blah! I don't- don't know what to say!
It just happened. So I'm, I have not had a chance
to really digest it
uh, I'm gonna need a segway
I'm gonna need a piece of video footage
to change the mood here
(audience laughs, video has no sound)
(laughter)
Ok, it's nice, I like it, although in my current frame of mind
I can't help but wonder, oh, of course
the white cat's getting a massage
(laughter and applause)
(comidically yells in frustration)
(bleeeeeeeep)
(laughter)
well now I'm at least ready for some good news.