-(cheering, applause) -Welcome back.
Now, tonight we have to talk
about the latest police shooting video
that's making national news.
Police in Louisiana this morning
are investigating the deadly police shooting of a black man.
NEWSWOMAN:
37-year-old Alton Sterling Tuesday morning.
He's tackled by one of the officers.
Seconds later, an officer appears to scream out,
"Sterling is holding a weapon."
Sterling was pronounced dead at the scene.
He was pronounced dead at the scene
because he was shot by the cops
while he was pinned to the ground.
I mean, when I saw this video, like many of us in this office,
I mean, we were all just speechless.
I mean, is this the type of thing
we should really have on a comedy show?
Now, we've covered this type of thing in the past,
and to be frank with you,
we're just tired of this (bleep) happening,
and feel like we have to address it in some way.
And let me just say, thank God for (bleep) cell phones.
(applause, whooping)
Really. Because...
we would never even hear about incidents like this otherwise.
In fact, part of what makes people in the black community
so enraged about this is, for years we never had evidence
for these things.
But, you know, in Baton Rouge, the cops have body cameras.
Okay. So let's see what that shows. Roll it.
NEWSMAN:
were wearing body cameras, but they apparently fell off
at the altercation.
-Fell off? -MAN: Fell off.
Things don't just
Unless you're talking about Sisqó
and face of the (bleep) earth.
All right? I mean, seriously, Sisqó, where's "Thong Song 2"?
(laughter, groans)
I don't know, this looks bad, Louisiana.
And they know it looks bad, too.
They even brought out the governor to talk about it.
The video is disturbing, to say the least.
In Louisiana, we're known for our ability
to come together in difficult circumstances.
We will certainly get through, uh, this tragedy.
Okay, seems like they're taking it seriously.
I mean, he's got more middle-aged black women
on that stage than a community theater production
of
-(laughter) -Right? Right?
Kudos, kudos, kudos to you.
Right.
But, uh...
but what does the, uh, Louisiana governor
specifically have to say about the investigation?
There should be no, uh...
doubt in anybody's mind but this incident
is gonna be investigated impartially,
professionally and thoroughly,
uh, by the United States Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division.
Wait, hold on a second.
The Department of Justice?
The same Department of Justice
that just handled Hillary's e-mails?
I don't think black people are waiting for these cops
to be excused because the FBI says they were just "careless."
And what gets me about this, what really gets me,
is that whenever this happens,
there's always an immediate takedown
of the dead man's character.
We do understand he did in fact have a criminal record.
According to his family and some of the records that we dug up,
yes, he did have at least... at least one prior conviction.
NEWSWOMAN:
ranging from battery to drug possession.
So he had a criminal record.
Martha Stewart has a criminal record.
-(laughter, applause, whooping) -I don't...
I don't remember her being executed
in a convenience store parking lot.
Maybe I missed it, but it feels like
that would have made
No matter what his crimes were,
Alton Sterling did not deserve to be executed for them.
Look, guys, the punishment for resisting arrest
shouldn't be death.
The punishment for selling bootleg CD's
shouldn't be death.
The punishment for having a gun in an open-carry state
shouldn't be death.
The punishment for being a black man
shouldn't be death.
(applause, whooping)
Now...
Black Lives Matter protests have already sprung up
across Louisiana in the past 24 hours,
and, you know, let me just say a quick word about this
just for a second.
It's not that black lives are more important than white lives,
or Asian lives,
but all people don't have the same uniquely fraught history
with law enforcement that black people do.
This is why as infuria... infuriating as it was,
that black people cheered for the O.J. Simpson verdict, okay?
Long before white people could give an Emmy
to Sarah Paulson's hair.
(laughter)
So when Black Lives Matter is protesting,
can we just not hear this right now?
This theme of Black Lives Matter--
you know what also matters? Blue lives matter.
And all lives matter.
Absolutely, all lives matter.
-Black lives matter because
-All lives matter. -All lives matter.
Black lives matter or all lives?
Well, they say black lives matter.
I and you and Donald Trump say all lives matter.
Okay.
If you really believe in "all lives matter"-- it's fine--
then you should be out there protesting, right?
-I mean, Alton Sterling... -(applause, cheering)
If you break it down.
Alton Sterling was a life,
the loss of which should upset you.
You know what? I'll tell you what.
In the spirit of inclusuvity... inclusivity,
let's check in with an All Lives Matter,
uh, rally here in New York.
(cricket chirping)
I'm sorry, that's our bad. Um, that's right,
uh, maybe All Lives Matter is protesting in Chicago. Our bad.
(birds chirping)
That was my bad again.
Uh, All Lives Matter must be protesting in Louisiana.
I mean, that's where the murder happened. If you could just...
(cricket chirping)
Where's the outrage, guys?
I thought all lives mattered to you.
Doesn't Alton Sterling's life matter?
We'll be right back.