>> Jon: WE'RE BACK.
WELCOME TO "THE DAILY SHOW."
SO NICE TO SEE YOU.
MY NAME IS JON STEWART.
MY GUEST TONIGHT DAVID ROSE AUTHOR OF "ENCHANTED OBJECTS."
OBVIOUSLY, THOUGH, THE EMMYS.
COLBERT REPORT. CONGRATULATIONS, TO THEM. ALWAYS WELL DESERVED.
ONCE AGAIN. GREAT JOB. BUT FIRST, OBVIOUSLY, THE BIG NEWS
OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS, THE TOWN OF FERGUSON, MISSOURI.
WHERE THE SHOOTING BY POLICE OF TEENAGER MICHAEL BROWN HAS
SPARKED A SERIES OF PROTESTS, WHICH IN TURN SPARKED A LET'S
SAY STERN RESPONSE BY POLICE WHO APPEAR TO BE
AUDITIONING FOR ROBO COP. IT'S A, IT'S A STORY
THAT HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE OUTRAGED AND UPSET.
>> I CAME BACK FROM VACATION BECAUSE I'M FURIOUS.
>> OF COURSE YOU ARE. AN UNARMED BLACK TEENAGER GUNNED DOWN
IN THE STREETS BY POLICE UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.
WHO WOULDN'T CUT THEIR VACATION SHORT TO REGISTER THEIR FURY.
YOU'D HAVE TO BE A MONSTER OR IN MY CASE ENJOYING A PARTICULARLY
NICE VACATION.
BUT GOOD ON YOU, MR. O'REILLY, FOR COMING BACK.
UNLESS OF COURSE YOU'RE FURIOUS ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.
>> FURIOUS ABOUT HOW THE SHOOTING DEATH OF 18-YEAR-OLD
MICHAEL BROWN IS BEING REPORTED, AND HOW VARIOUS
PEOPLE ARE REACTING TO IT.
>> Jon: YES!
THAT IS THE OUTRAGE.
THE SHOOTING OF MICHAEL BROWN AND ANY LACK OF TRANSPARENCY
FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR SAID INCIDENT IS
OUTRAGEOUS IN HOW IT HAS BEEN REPORTED.
[LAUGHING] >> AND, I GUESS THAT'S NOT THE
ONLY REASON TO BE ANGRY.
>> IS HE GOING TO GET A FARE SHAKE, THIS OFFICER?
>> THERE HAS BEEN A RUSH TO JUDGMENT.
>> ERIC HOLDER FLIES INTO FERGUSON.
>> YEAH.
>> YOU KNOW, WITH HIS, WITH HIS, YOU KNOW, SUPER HERO CAPE.
>> THIS MANTRA OF THE UNARMED BLACK TEENAGER SHOT BY A WHITE
COP. YOU KNOW, THAT DESCRIPTION
IN AND OF ITSELF ACTUALLY COLORS THE WAY
IN WHICH WE LOOK AT THIS STORY.
>> Jon: YES, DESCRIBING THE ACTUAL FACTS OF THE CASE.
[LAUGHING] >> Jon: REALLY DOES COLOR THE
WAY WE LOOK AT IT.
WHITE COP, SHOOTS UNARMED BLACK TEEN.
DOES SOUND TERRIBLE.
WHERE AS SAY HERO COP KILLS ALIEN HUNTING HUMANS FOR SPORT
WOULD PUT A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SPIN ON THINGS.
WHICH THOUGH A VERY ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF THE PLOT OF
PREDATOR TWO, IS IN THIS CASE IS -- NOT WHAT HAPPENED.
AND, YOU KNOW WHAT THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER STORIES OUT THERE.
>> WHY AREN'T WE COVERING NEW YORK.
>> WHY AREN'T WE COVERING BLACK ON BLACK CRIME.
>> Jon: YES! WHY ALL THE INTEREST IN HOLDING POLICE
OFFICERS TO A HIGHER STANDARD THAN GANGS?
THEY BOTH FLASH COLORS. AND, YES ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN
SWORN TO PROTECT AND DEFEND, BUT STILL --
>> WELL, THIS WEEKEND 42 PEOPLE WERE SHOT IN CHICAGO.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE THE PROTESTS.
I DON'T SEE THE ANGER.
>> IF I WERE AFRICAN-AMERICAN I WOULD BE OUTRAGED THAT MORE
JOURNALISTS AREN'T COVERING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CHICAGO AND
MORE OUTRAGED THAT PEOPLE LIKE AL SHARPTON AND JESSE JACKSON
DON'T HEAD TO THOSE AREAS.
>> Jon: YES. WHAT COULD EXPLAIN THE LACK OF OUTRAGE ABOUT
AL SHARPTON AND HIS ILK NOT DOING ANYTHING
ABOUT BLACK ON BLACK VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO.
>> WITH CHICAGO'S VIOLENCE MAKING NATIONAL HEADLINES, A
GROUP LED BY THE REVEREND AL SHARPTON PLANS TO CONVENE AN
ANTI-VIOLENCE SUMMIT OF NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS HERE.
>> Jon: OH, THAT'S RIGHT BECAUSE AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERS DID
HOLD A SUMMIT ABOUT THAT IN NOVEMBER. AND HAVE MET AT
LEAST THREE TIMES IN THE CITY IN JUST THE LAST 13 MONTHS.
WHICH IS NOT TO SAY THAT IT'S BEEN EFFECTIVE. BUT TAKEN ALONG
WITH THE PRESIDENT'S MY BROTHER'S KEEPER INITIATIVE
WHICH ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THIS VIOLENCE, ALONG WITH THE
COUNTLESS VIGILS AND MARCHES WITHIN THESE VIOLENCE TORN
COMMUNITIES MEANS THEY ARE TRYING ACTUALLY TO DO SOMETHING.
YOU SEE, YOU BEING IGNORANT OF THOSE ATTEMPTS DOESN'T MEAN
THE ISSUE ITSELF IS BEING IGNORED IN THE SAME WAY THAT
WHEN IT SNOWS WHERE YOU LIVE DOESN'T MEAN THE WORLD
ISN'T GETTING HOTTER. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Jon: [BLEEP]. OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE
BOTHERING YOU, ISN'T THERE?
>> WHEN A COP PULLS ME OVER I SAY, I PUT MY HANDS OUTSIDE OF
THE CAR. IF I'M CARRYING A WEAPON, WHICH I'M LICENSED TO
CARRY IN NEW YORK, THE FIRST THING I TELL THE POLICE OFFICER
IS "OFFICER I WANT YOU TO KNOW I HAVE A LEGAL FAREARM IN THE
CAR."
>> Jon: AND THEN I BRACE MYSELF FOR THE TASER.
WELL, WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE FACT YOU GET PULLED OVER SO MUCH
BY THE COPS THAT SOMETIMES YOU'RE CARRYING A WEAPON.
SOMETIMES YOU'RE NOT. I DON'T KNOW.
DEPENDS ON HOW I'M FEELING THAT DAY.
BUT, CONTINUE.
>> I OFTEN WOULD EVEN TAKE MY -- STEP OUT OF THE CAR, LIFT MY
SHIRT UP SO HE COULD SEE WHERE THE GUN IS.
[LAUGHING] >> Jon: YOU REALLY DO HAVE NO
[BEEP] IDEA, DO YOU?
YOU REALLY DON'T. BASICALLY,
BASICALLY YOU'RE SAYING... [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IF ONLY MICHAEL BROWN INSTEAD OF HOLDING
HIS HANDS OVER HIS HEAD HAD REACHED DOWN TO HIS WAIST ND
LIFTED UP HIS SHIRT TO SHOW THE GUN HE DID NOT ACTUALLY HAVE,
WELL, THIS WHOLE TRAGEDY COULD OF BEEN AVOIDED.
DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THAT LIFE IN THIS COUNTRY IS INHERENTLY
DIFFERENT FOR WHITE PEOPLE AND BLACK PEOPLE?
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TRYING MAKE THIS, DANA, ABOUT BLACK AND
WHITE. AND TRYING TO MAKE THIS ABOUT RACE.
>> THIS IS PART OF THIS EFFORT TO MAKE IT EVERYTHING ABOUT
RACE.
>> IS THIS A STORY ABOUT RACE? DO WE KNOW THAT?
>> I THINK IT'S PLACING THE RACE CARD.
AND I THINK IT'S DISGRACEFUL.
>> THE ONLY RACIAL DIVIDE THAT IS BEING CREATED HERE IS
BEING CREATED BY THE RACE HATERS.
>> YOU KNOW WHO TALKS ABOUT RACE, RACISTS.
[LAUGHING] >> Jon: DID YOU JUST -- HE WHO
SMELT IT DEALT IT RACISM.
DID YOU REALLY? YOU SMELT IT DEALT IT RACISM?
ALRIGHT.
[ APPLAUSE ] >> Jon: FORGET THAT IN
FERGUSON, 94% OF THE POLICE ARE WHITE AND 63% OF THE PEOPLE ARE
BLACK, FORGET THAT 92% OF POLICE SEARCHES AND 86% OF CAR
STOPS ARE FOR BLACK PEOPLE. FORGET THAT THE WHITE MUNICIPAL
GOVERNMENT FINANCES NEARLY A QUARTER OF ITS ANNUAL BUDGET
THROUGH THE FINES DISPROPORTIONATELY LEVELED
AGAINST THE BLACK POPULATION. FORGET THAT THE HISTORY OF THIS
TOWN INCLUDES THIS TASTY NUGGET.
>> A 52-YEAR-OLD MAN NAMED HENRY DAVIS SAID THAT FOUR FERGUSON
POLICE OFFICERS BEAT HIM AND THEN CHARGED HIM WITH DAMAGING
GOVERNMENT PROPERTY BECAUSE HIS BLOOD HAD GOTTEN ON THE
OFFICERS' UNIFORMS.
>> Jon: SO, LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. YOU GUYS
HAVE GOT TANKS BUT YOU CAN'T KEEP A COUPLE OF TIDE STICKS
AROUND. BECAUSE HERE'S...
HERE IS THE PROBLEM WITH EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON IN
THIS CONVERSATION.
THIS ISN'T ALL ABOUT JUS ONE MAN KILLED IN ONE TOWN.
IT'S ABOUT HOW PEOPLE OF COLOR, NO MATTER THEIR SOCIOECONOMIC
STANDING FACE OBSTACLES IN THIS COUNTRY WITH SURPRISING GRACE.
LOOK AT, LOOK AT HOW UPSET YOU ALL GET ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS.
>> TONIGHT CHRISTMAS UNDER ATTACK.
>> Jon: WHY ARE WE ALLOWING ANTI- CHRISTMAS MADNESS?
>> WHY DO I HAVE TO DRIVE AROUND WITH MY KIDS TO LOOK FOR
NATIVITY SCENES AND BE LIKE,
OH YA, KIDS, LOOK THERE BABY JESUS BEHIND THE FESTIVUS POLE
MADE OUT OF BEER CANS.
IT'S NUTS! >> REMEMBER...
>> Jon: REMEMBER, YOU WERE FURIOUS THAT AMERICA'S
11 MONTH LONG CELEBRATION OF CHRISTMAS WASN'T ENOUGH. BUT
NOW IF YOU CAN, JUST IMAGINE THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING TO SUFFER
THE INDIGNITY OF A FESTIVUS POLE BLOCKING SOMETHING YOU COULD
HAVE JUST SET UP IN YOUR OWN YARD ANYWAY -- IMAGINE THAT
INSTEAD OF THAT ON A PRETTY CONSISTENT BASIS YOU CAN'T GET A
[BEEP] CAB EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE A NEURO SURGEON,
CAUSE YOU'RE BLACK. I GUARANTEE YOU.
I GUARANTEE YOU THAT EVERY, I GUARANTEE YOU THAT EVERY, THAT
EVERY PERSON OF COLOR IN THIS COUNTRY HAS FACED AM INDIGNITY
FROM THE RIDICULOUS, TO THE GROTESQUE, TO THE SOMETIMES
FATAL AT SOME POINT IN THEIR -- I'M GONNA SAY
LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. BECAUSE OF THEIR SKIN COLOR.
QUICK STORY.
SO WE LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY.
A LIBERAL BASTION.
RECENTLY -- LET ME FINISH.
RECENTLY WE SENT A CORRESPONDENT AND A PRODUCER TO A BUILDING
IN THIS LIBERAL BASTION WHERE WE WERE GOING TO TAPE AN INTERVIEW.
THE PRODUCER, WHITE, DRESSED IN WHAT COULD ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS
HOMELESS ELF ATTIRE, AND A PRETTY STRONG 5:00 O'CLOCK FROM
THE PREVIOUS WEEK SHADOW.
STRODE CONFIDENTIALLY INTO THE BUILDING PROCEEDING OUR HUMBLE
CORRESPONDENT, A GENTLEMAN OF COLOR, DRESSED RESPLENDENTLY IN
A TAILORED SUIT. WHO DO YOU THINK WAS STOPPED?
LET ME GIVE YOU A HINT: THE BLACK GUY.
AND THAT [BLEEP] HAPPENS ALL OF THE TIME.
ALL OF IT.
RACE IS THERE.
AND IT IS A CONSTANT.
YOU'RE TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT IT?
IMAGE HOW [BEEP] EXHAUSTING IT IS LIVING IT.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.