-For the past eight days in cities across the country,
Americans have protested the recent murder of George Floyd
at the hands of police.
Many of those protests have turned violent,
due not to the protesters,
but to the response of the police themselves.
Here to comment on that is one of our writers,
Amber Ruffin, with a segment called "Amber's Minute of Fury."
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-Fool!
Dang police violence at these protests!
What are you doing?!
Your response to "please stop unnecessarily hurting us"
is to go to a peaceful protest and unnecessarily hurt us?
Your response to "we think you are too violent"
is this outfit?
You idiots! "Stop killing Black people" is so easy.
It's like when they give you a point on the SATs
for just writing your name.
But it's clear some police can't handle that,
so maybe there's an adult in the room who can go, "Okay.
Now, no more killing Black people. And I mean it."
And then everyone else can just be like, "Yeah, you're right."
Is that possible?
Oh, wait, wait. The President is going to talk soon.
He'll save us.
-I am mobilizing all available federal resources,
civilian and military, to stop the rioting and looting.
-Damn! That -- That doesn't help at all!
This is crazy!
At least this is the only emergency
facing our nation at the moment.
Coronavirus?!
No one took care of coronavirus?
Whose job was it? No one's?
Wow! This is the craziest April I've ever been a part of.
June?!
Okay, so, the officer arrested for killing George Floyd,
Derek Chauvin, had 18 previous complaints filed against him.
Eighteen? How is he still policing?
If you stick your hand in the pudding
at The Golden Corral once, you will never be allowed
back in there -- so I heard.
Being a cop is easier than eating at The Golden Corral?!
I'm just kidding.
I've never acted crazy in public or anything like that,
because when Black people do that,
we run the risk of being murdered.
[ Ding! ]
Now, I know what you're thinking --
"Not all cops are bad.
I heard some of them are kneeling with the protesters."
So, look, I don't like to get mad at people for trying.
I don't think that's very nice.
I can see how, on the surface,
police kneeling alongside the protesters
is a nice gesture, but, um, how do I say this?
Uh, get up off the ground and help us!
Train your little friends to do their job correctly!
Make it illegal to kill us without cause
and then -- and this is where I think you can really help --
enforce that law!
Even if it's your buddy who breaks it!
Now, those are my suggestions, and they're good ones.
You know what's not a good suggestion?
Damn it, Joe! You are not helping!
I am so sick of you already.
Just keep your mouth shut until November
and don't say anything racist.
-If you have a problem figuring out
whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't Black.
-Dang it, Joe! I swear to God.
If you don't just shut up and let us vote for you...
Now, the protests this week have been rough on the protesters,
but you know who else they've been rough on?
Reporters. These people have been arrested.
They've had rubber bullets shot at them.
This one lady even got shot on the air.
-We've got plenty of time here. -Aah! Aah!
-Are you okay? -I'm getting shot!
I'm getting -- -Kate? Katie, are you okay?
-Rubber bullets! Rubber bullets! -And they were shot!
But I'm like, "Don't you know why everyone is protesting?"
'Cause the police like to hurt people for no reason.
This is like going to a bake sale
and being surprised when you see muffins.
"M-M-Muffins at a ba-ba-bake sale?!"
Yeah, dummy!
Now, I can remember years ago
when everyone was talking about stop and frisk.
And I swear to God, I was like,
"It's illegal for cops to do us like that?"
I'm telling you, I had experienced it and seen it
so many times, it never occurred to me
that that might not be allowed.
So, yeah, the police might hurt you without cause.
Oh, my God. I almost forgot.
Okay, there was one reporter
who got cuffed and taken away on air --
and before you ask, of course, he was --
but then he was back to reporting
after the commercial break!
Do you know how much resilience that takes?
Once there was a spider on my desk,
and I went home for the day.
Oh, hold on. I just heard the President is going to talk.
He'll save us.
-One law and order.
And that is what it is. One law.
We have one beautiful law.
-That wasn't helpful at all! Damn!
Meanwhile, in the middle of all this,
these two idiots just [bleep] left us here.
Cowardly spacemen! They got to leave the planet.
I can't even leave my house
because of coronavirus AND curfew.
But that's okay because the President is on TV again,
and I bet he's going to do something really helpful.
[ Sirens wailing ]
-Why?! What are you doing?!
You know what? I don't think he's gonna help us.
And we are in a dangerous spot
because this fool is amping up the rhetoric.
This is a real problem.
And for things to change, we need real leaders.
Leaders who have the courage to take a stand for our safety.
-I won't traffic in fear and division.
I won't fan the flames of hate.
I'll seek to heal the racial wounds
that have long plagued our country,
not use them for political gain.
I'll do my job, and I will take responsibility.
I won't blame others.
-Thank you, Joe. Good job.
Now back in the basement until November!
This has been "Amber's Minute of Fury."
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-Thank you, Amber Ruffin.
We'll be right back with Amanda Peet.