Trevor Noah flipped the script on the Ferguson Effect, a supposed phenomenon that shows police are not enforcing laws because they’re afraid of being captured on video and going viral for their actions, on Monday’s episode of “The Daily Show.”
“People claim the the police are unable to do their jobs because they’re afraid of getting caught doing their jobs badly. And this is a big problem, unless you deal in facts, in which case it’s not actually a problem,” Noah said, before citing a recent study that concluded it was too soon to blame any uptick in violent crime on Ferguson when crime has been dropping for two decades.
But, according to even the head of the FBI, officers say they feel like they’re being blamed for an otherwise small group of fellow officers.
“The police are trying to make a basic point: People are treating them unfairly just because of who they are and how they look. People following them around with cameras, watching everything they do, suspicious that they’re always about to break the law. Leaving police afraid to even get out their cars for fear someone might whip out a phone and brutally film them. Who can imagine how that must feel?” Noah asked. “And if you’re listening carefully, all the police are saying: Phones down, don’t shoot.”
Watch the clip, from Comedy Central, below:
They mostly have themselves to blame since they are the ones that have covered up for years the actions of bad cops.
And the skit showing the black guy and cop lamenting on how everone automatically suspects them because of their race or uniform is funny but also so fucking sad because it seems to be so true for black guys.
Any reason you linked to Hulu? I would prefer you link directly to comedy central and then I don’t have to watch the damn Hulu ads. OTOH, if you are getting a cut from Hulu then I will support it. Please let me know.
Now that was clever.
Haha…he’s doing a good job so far and that last paragraph was killer.
Noah does a great job of totally shredding the logic on this “Ferguson Effect” drivel without emotion.
My first reaction is anger and more emotion and a knee-jerk desire to slap people silly who argue for the Furguson Effect. Noah’s approach is better. Ridicule them calmly.