SNL’s Al Sharpton On Garner Case: First Time ‘Everyone Agrees With Me’ (VIDEO)

In its Saturday cold open, “Saturday Night Live” commented on the grand jury’s decision not to indict a New York police officer for the death of Eric Garner and the disapproval that transcended politics

“For the first time in my life, everyone agrees with me. Folks are high fiving with me, inviting me places. This must be what it feels like to be Beyonce,” Al Sharpton, played by Keenan Thompson, said.

“Last night I was sitting in front of my TV, and I found myself saying, ‘You damn right, Bill O’Reilly,'” he said, referencing the Fox News host who said he was “troubled” by Garner’s death. “I’m all messed up.”

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  1. Avatar for jw1 jw1 says:

    Need to keep up the notoriety on cases such as these.
    In any and every forum and fashion.
    The only way to effect change is for injustice to have light shined upon it.

    jw1

  2. Die, SNL. ¨Green Acres¨ has more to say about today’s political world than you do.

  3. My god he nails that impression. Hilarious.

  4. Avatar for jw1 jw1 says:

    Laughed at first.
    Then thought-- hmmm.

    All-white contingency of southern rurals spouting all sorts of crazy–
    sometimes funny sh^t-- without consequences.

    Pretty much sums up the RWNJs we deal with today.

    jw1

  5. Where, though, is the Mr. Douglas of our time?

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