>> Jon: WELCOME TO "THE DAILY SHOW"!
I'M JON STEWART!
MY GUEST TONIGHT ONE ANGELINA JOLIE, DIRECTOR OF THE NEW FILM,
IT'S GREAT "UNBROKEN".
BUT FIRST, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR YESTERDAY.
I BEGAN THE SHOW SOMEWHAT OVERWROUGHT BECAUSE NO ONE
INVOLVED IN THE DEATH OF ERIC GARNER WAS NEVER INDICTED.
AND I WANT TO APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I WAS WRONG.
>> THE PERSON WHO DID THE VIDEOGRAPHY OF THIS.
>> YES. >> THAT PERSON
WAS INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY IN STATEN ISLAND OVER GUN CHARGES.
>> Jon: GET IT? SOMEONE WAS INDICTED. THEY GOT
THE SHOOTER... OF THE VIDEO...
LET THAT BE A LESSON TO YOU KIDS OUT THERE.
PHOTOGRAPHING CRIME DOES NOT PAY.
BUT WHAT'S SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS IS THAT FOR MONTHS
WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED WITH
DARREN WILSON AND MICHAEL BROWN IN FERGUSON, MISSOURI.
DID BROWN HAVE HIS HANDS UP?
DID HE NOT HAVE HIS HANDS UP?
WAS WILSON AFRAID FOR HIS LIFE WHEN HE KILLED BROWN?
REASONABLE PEOPLE -- AS WELL AS PLENTY OF (BLEEP)
ONES -- COULD -- OKAY, THEIR PICTURES DIDN'T COME
UP.
(LAUGHTER) -- COULD REACH DIFFERENT
CONCLUSIONS.
BUT IN THIS CASE THERE WAS NO AMBIGUITY.
EVEN WITH CLARITY THOUGH, PEOPLE CONTINUE TO BLAME
THIS DEATH ON ANYTHING BUT THE INJUSTICES OF A FLAWED SYSTEM.
>> WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT MAN WAS
A BIG MAN.
>> HE'S A HUGE INDIVIDUAL.
>> GARNER OUTWEIGHED THE OFFICER BY PROBABLY 150 POUNDS.
>> Jon: HE IS GIGANTOR! HE IS A FLOAT IN A PARADE.
THEY HAD TO BRING HIM DOWN!
HE WAS THE ABOMINABLE BRO MAN!
OK YEAH, HE OUTWEIGHED "ONE" COP BY 150 POUNDS.
WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER FIVE COPS? OR MAYBE THAT'S JUST HOW MUCH
RACIAL PROGRESS AMERICA HAS MADE?
YOU KNOW, IT USED TO BE BLACK PEOPLE WERE ONLY THREE-FIFTHS OF
A WHITE PERSON.
NOW, THEY'RE LIKE SIX!
UNLESS THERE'S SOME OTHER REASON HIS SIZE WAS RELEVANT?
>> IF HE HAD NOT HAD ASTHMA AND A HEART CONDITION AND WAS SO
OBESE, HE ALMOST DEFINITELY WOULD NOT HAVE DIED FROM THIS.
THE POLICE HAD NO REASON TO KNOW THAT HE WAS IN SERIOUS
CONDITION.
>> Jon: PLEASE...
ASTHMA, HEART DISEASE, OBESITY, YEAH, THOSE ARE SERIOUS
CONDITIONS BUT, COME ON!
COME ON, THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT SAYS THAT GARNER DIED
FROM "COMPRESSION OF THE NECK" AND "COMPRESSION OF THE CHEST."
THAT SOUNDS MORE LIKE DEATH BY CHOKING THAN DEATH BY CHOCOLATE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. THE NYPD PATROL GUIDE DEFINES A
A CHOKEHOLD AS ANY PRESSURE TO THE THROAT OR WINDPIPE
WHICH MAY PREVENT BREATHING OR INTAKE OF AIR. WELL,
LISTEN TO ONE EXPERT EXPLAIN WHY THIS CASE ISN'T THAT.
>> I WOULDN'T USE THE TERM CHOKEHOLD AS A MARTIAL ARTITS
STUDENT, I WOULDN'T USE THAT TERM.
(LAUGHTER) >> Jon: GO ON, SENSEI.
>> IF YOU GO FOR THE TRACHE OR WHAT'S CALLED AN AIR CHOKE OR
THE WINDPIPE, YOU CAN LITERALLY KILL SOMEBODY.
THAT'S ILLEGAL BY EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT STANDARD.
SO THE DEFINITIONS, IT MAY SOUND TECHNICAL, BUT IT REALLY ISN'T
IN THIS CASE, IS IT?
>> Jon: NO, IT IS, MR. MIYAGI, RESPECTFULLY.
THAT'S WHAT LITERALLY HAPPENED!
FACTS ON, FACTS OFF.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'VE ESTABLISHED BUT INCREDIBLY FRAGILE, OUT OF
SHAPE MONSTER WEAKLING. AGAIN, THEY WOULD JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW
AGAINST ALL AVAILABLE CRIMINOLOGY STATISTICS THAT
EVERYONE IS EQUAL UNDER THE LAW.
>> PEOPLE SAY VERY CASUALLY THAT THIS WAS DONE OUT OF RACIAL
MOTIVES OR OUT OF VIOLATIONS OF CIVIL RIGHTS.
>> THERE'S NOT A HINT THERE THAT ANYONE USED ANY RACIAL EPITHET.
>> Jon: SO, THE COPS HAVE TO USE THE N-WORD FOR IT TO BE RACISM?
YOU'VE NEVER HEARD THE PHRASE A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND
EPITHETS? I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT
THIS COP IS RACIST BUT IT SEEMS THE ESCALATION OF
THESE INCIDENTS MAY BE A BY-PRODUCT OF A SYSTEM
THAT'S APPLIED UNEQUALLY AND WITH PREJUDICE.
BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT THAT, WHAT IS IT?
>> IN THIS CASE, THE POLICE OFFICER WAS DEALING WITH A
CRIMINAL WHO WAS RESISTING ARREST.
MAYBE IF MR. BROWN HADN'T COMMITTED HIS CRIMES AND THIS
GENTLEMAN HADN'T RESISTED ARREST, THEY WOULDN'T BE
DEAD TODAY.
>> Jon: YEAH, OR IF THEY DIDN'T CHOKE HIM.
I MEAN, NOT EVERYONE WHO RESISTS ARREST -- YOU KNOW WHAT,
I THINK I CAN DO THIS.
THIS YOUR HONOR, MAY I APPROACH?
NOT THAT WE WERE HAVING A TRIAL, OBVIOUSLY.
THAT'S WHAT THE GRAND JURY WAS GOING TO TRY TO GET TO BE DONE.
BUT IF IT PLEASES THE COURT, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THAT
RESISTING ARREST DOESN'T ALWAYS LEAD TO THIS SORT OF THING.
HERE'S EVIDENCE, EXHIBIT A.
>> COME ON. >> GET OFF THE BEACH NOW.
>> GET THE (BLEEP) OFF MY ARM BEFORE -- GET THE (BLEEP) OFF.
GET OFF!
>> FOR BEING A NUISANCE. REALLY? I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
THERE WAS A CHARGE FOR THAT.
>> I'M A (BLEEP) GOOD PERSON!
>> WATCH YOUR HEAD, WATCH YOUR HEAD.
>> Jon: YOU'RE TELLING ME SHE WAS LESS OF A MENACE TO SOCIETY
AT THAT TIME?
NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT SHE'S STRAIGHTENED HER LIFE OUT AND
HAS SHOWN US THAT SHE IS, AND I'M QUOTING HERE, A
(BLEEP) GOOD PERSON, BUT -- COME ON, PEOPLE, WON'T ANYONE ADMIT
THIS IS SYMPTOMATIC OF A LARGER ISSUE?
>> JOINING ME NOW IS KENTUCKY SENATOR RAND PAUL.
>> I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING BIGGER THAN JUST THE INDIVIDUAL
CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> Jon: THANK YOU!
RAND PAUL!
YOU KNOW, HERE IS A REPUBLICAN WHO HAS BEEN MAKING AN EFFORT TO
REACH OUT TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
HE'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT VOTING RIGHTS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
SO THIS IS,THIS IS A START.
GIVE IT TO US STRAIGHT.
WHAT IS THE LARGER ISSUE HERE?
>> SOME POLITICIAN PUT A TAX OF $5.85 ON A PACK OF CIGARETTES,
SO THEY'VE DRIVEN CIGARETTES UNDERGROUND BY MAKING THEM SO
EXPENSIVE.
BUT THEN SOME POLITICIAN ALSO HAD TO DIRECT THE POLICE TO SAY,
HEY, WE WANT YOU ARRESTING PEOPLE FOR SELLING A LOOSE
CIGARETTE.
>> Jon: WHAT THE (BLEEP) ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
WELL, I GUESS NOW WE KNOW WHAT IT TAKES FOR A SENATOR FROM
KENTUCKY TO ADMIT CIGARETTES CAN KILL.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY!
I APPRECIATE THE PURITY OF YOUR ANTI-TAX DOGMA, BUT THE
CIGARETTE TAX IS TRULY THE LEAST SALIENT ASPECT OF THIS CASE!
IT'S LIKE SAYING, YOU KNOW THE PROBLEM WITH THE HINDENBURG,
GOVERNMENT PARKING REGULATIONS.
THAT'S IT!
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT BIG BROTHER OVER YOUR SHOULDER GOING,
EVERYBODY'S GOT TO DOCK!
(LAUGHTER) HONESTLY, ERIC GARNER COULD HAVE
BEEN OUT THERE WITH MIX TAPES OR A A SQUEEGEE OR A
SNOWCONE AND THE SAME KIND OF (BLEEP) COULD HAVE HAPPENED.
FOR THE SECOND TIME IN TEN DAYS, A GRAND JURY, WHICH AT
LEAST IN FEDERAL CASES HAS A 99% INDICTMENT RATE,
FAILED TO INDICT AN OFFICER WHO CAUSED THE DEATH OF AN UNARMED
CITIZEN. THEY DIDN'T INDICT HIM FOR ANYTHING.
NOT MURDER, NOT MANSLAUGHTER, NOT EVEN RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT
WHICH IS LIKE ONE DEGREE ABOVE A PARTY FOUL.
AND FOR SOME REASON TO QUESTION A SYSTEM PRODUCING THAT RESULT
IS SOMEHOW OFFENSIVE.
>> THIS PROCESS HAS TAKEN PLACE.
IT'S OUR CONSTITUTION.
IT'S THE LAWS WE LIVE BY.
GET OVER IT.
>> THEY ARE TEARING DOWN RESPECT FOR A CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
THAT GOES BACK TO ENGLAND IN THE 11th CENTURY.
>> Jon: SO DOES WITCH BURNING AND (BLEEP) WHERE WE DRINK.
BUT WE'VE CONTINUED TO IMPROVE UPON THOSE PROCESSES!
YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM HAS TWO SEPARATE BUT EQUALLY IMPORTANT PARTS -- THE
POLICE WHO INVESTIGATE CRIMES AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS WHO
PROSECUTE!
(LAUGHTER) OKAY.
I GOT THAT FROM TV.
GRAND JURIES ALMOST ALWAYS DO WHAT THE PROSECUTOR WANTS.
SO MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHEN IT COMES TO THE POLICE IF
PROSECUTORS REALLY DON'T WANT TO INDICT THEM BECAUSE THEY WORK
WITH THEM AND THEY NEED THEM AND THEY'RE ON THE SAME SHOW WITH
THEM, THEY'RE COLLEAGUES, AND THAT MAKES FOR A VERY
UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION.
HEY, BEFORE I TRY AND SEND YOU TO PRISON, THERE'S SOMETHING I
GOTTA ASK YOU -- THIS YEAR, ARE YOU MY SECRET SANTA?
(LAUGHTER) WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.