this movement has become as big as it has because everyone, everyone is now realizing that we're all in the same fight, like these protests may have been sparked by one killing in one american city, but the truth is -- the truth is that if you're a black person or a minority or a poor person, in many places around the world, in london, berlin, seoul, cape town, you understand what it means to be a target of the police and a target of a system that is designed to keep you down with violence, if necessary. and that's why you now have people in every country standing together, standing together to say, this is not acceptable anymore, black lives matter. and whenever there are big protests, there are always going to be people who stand on the sidelines and sit in their newspaper offices or tv news studios and say i sympathize with you but this is not the way to get what you want, this is not the way you should be doing

it, protesting is a waste of time, it turns people off, it doesn't accomplish anything. well you know what? i hope those people are hungry because they're going to be eating their words because just after two weeks of these protests we're already seeing incredible results, both large and small. for example, for decades, americans have been arguing about confederate monuments and other racist statutes littered around this country. the people have said take them down, and government officials have said, oh, we'll think about it, we'll study it, we'll start a commission, we'll get back to you. well, this time, the people said take them down, and the government officials responded with, yeah, you're right. >> there were cheers thursday night at the foot of richmond's richmond's's e. lee statue that's coming down. >> mobile removed a confederate

statue this morning and in minneapolis this one is coming down. for years, a this statue, they have tried to bring this down. the city is taking it down in the middle of the night. >> trevor: yes, in philadelphia, they decided to take down a statue of a racist police commissioner, and i guess the question we should be asking is why did a racist police commissioner have a statue in the first place? and there are still people who are out there, yeah, but if you take down the statutes, how will people learn the history? read a book, mother ( bleep ). that's how you learn history. no one really thinks these statutes are teaching anybody history. the bubonic plague was a major event, we don't put up statutes of rats. and speaking of learning, that's another thing that the protests are affecting, another area that we're seeing the impact of the protest because just average

people are hearing these conversations about racism and policing and they're saying, you know what? since there are no statutes, maybe i should read. >> books on systemic racism are making best-seller lists as protests continue across the country. six of the top ten best-selling books on amazon are on the topic of race in america. >> white privilege, the new jim crow and just mercy are some of the books at the top of amazon and barnesen noble's best selling list today. >> how to be a racist is sold out. >> james thinks they have received a total of 3,000 online orders this week alone and eventually had to stop accepting them. >> trevor: thanks for the protests and thanks to the conversations and people pushing, americans are so concerned about what's happening in their country right now that books about race and racism in america are sold out. and, yes, i know a lot of people

were saying it's too little too late, why are you reading now, that is a good question, but, at the same time, we have to be happy people are reading. this is movement. this is progress in the right direction. and you can see that it's working. because people aren't just buying books, people are saying black lives matter, and they're not just saying it, they're saying it in public. "black lives matter" has become the phrase that people say needs to be set and because -- maybe it's because the world watched the video. corporations are saying "black lives matter." amazon, bud light, gushers, everyone is saying black lives matter. don't get me wrong, i don't know if these companies will actually do something to show they believe black lives matter, but it is still a major step to have

american corporations who a few years ago were terrified of that phrase saying it as part of their corporate ethos. because black lives matter shouldn't be a controversial phrase. black people having lives shouldn't be controversial at all. you can tell the the pro is working because even the n.f.l. stepped up to say, you know what? we can do betterrer roger goodell is apologizing for how the leak failed to support protesters protesting police brutality and racial justice during the national anthem. >> roger goodell is changing the league's message releasing this video statement late friday. >> we the national football league condemn racism and the systematic oppression of black people. we the national football league admit we were wrong for not listening to 1/2 players earlier and encourage all to speak out

and peacefully protest. >> trevor: yeah. roger goodell, commissioner of the 1/2 has come out with the statement that you just saw, which is one hell of a statement from the n.f.l., and, look, it is a bit weird that he's affirmed their commitment to black lives matter and the protest and not mention colin kaepernick, the person blackballed by the n.f.l. for protesting for black lives matter in the first place. that's what i mean about people actually doing something. it's nice to see the n.f.l. say this, but i hope goodell and everyone at the n.f.l. are actually going to look at doing things. because every other industry, you know, they have to prove their commitment by hiring thousands of new black people. the n.f.l.'s just got to hire one. and, yes, i know i said -- i know i said that even purely symbolic gestures are nothing to sneeze at but we all agree posting statements, taking down statutes and selling books is not enough. it's part of it but it's not enough. companies have to hire more black people, companies have to

stop not hiring people because they're black. the culture has to amplify more black voices and, of course, cities have to end the racist policing of black communities. that's where we all started. that's where this whole thing started. and that's the good thing about these protests, is that it hasn't just gotten people talking, it hasn't just gotten people buying books and leagues and organizations saying black lives matter. the thing about these protests is they're already producing substantive changes as well. >> the killing of george floyd is fueling calls to defund america's police departments, defund the police chants are spreading at protests and the hashtag is gaining momentum on twitter. the idea may also be catching ont at city halls. los angeles mayor eric garcetti said, wednesday, he will not be increasing the police budget. he also announced $250 million will be invested in such areas

as jobs and education, especially in black and non-white communities. >> trevor: yes. los angeles has announced they will be taking money away from the lapd and putting it into programs like education. please don't get it wrong, this is not a spite thing. i've seen so many conversations where people seem like they're punishing the police. no. studies have shown when you invest in people and communities, you don't need to invest in the police. it makes sense. prevention is always better than a cure, especially when the cure kills black people. and after the mayor of lamb l.a. made these announcements, after mayor garcetti came out and did this, which was huge, other cities quickly said they're also going to try to fix their policing problems. new york new york announced they're planning to cut the police budgets and change some of the laws that protected killer cops. houston, sacramento and other

cities are bang are banning chos and other means of force. others are making a bill to make it easier to investigate and punish violent police as well as banning no-knock warrants like the ones used by the cops who killed breonna taylor. if this happens, these will be meaningful will be meaningful forms. one of the things that came out to have the protest is reform is not enough. what a lot of people are saying is you cannot not form something that was inherently designed to be basmed so what many people are demanding now is to defund or abolish the police. let's stop having police in schools, let's stop having police deal with homelessness or people with mental illness. let's stop having police patrol neighborhoods where they don't live and give that job to residents. a month ago, if you said any of this, you seemed like you were

crazy and it was a pipe dream that would never happen, but, again, after these protests, it may soon become a reality. >> in an unprecedented move, the minneapolis city council has vowed to defund and go beyond that and and manet the city's police department. they're promising to replace it with a new system of public safety. >> we are seeking to disband the minneapolis police department because it is not keeping minneapolis safe. we have looked at ways to defund the department. we do not believe it's possible. >> trevor: the city where this all started is actually promising to defund the police. we're not naive. we know promises aren't always kept, politicians weasel out of things and good intentions only go so far, but to have gotten this far with less than two weeks of protest is truly amazing, and it's not over yet. the people are still fighting, the people are still pushing,

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bullets, helicopters. >> law enforcement in riot gear approach a barrier. protestors, hands up in the air chanting "don't shoot," but they shot tear gas and rubber bullets. ( shouting district >> the threat of terrorism after 9/11 convinced many departments to stock up. now those departments are phasing off against their own citizens >> trevor: just take a moment to think about that. the police department got this heavy-duty equipment to fight terrorists. that's why they got the equipment most 9/11, and now they're using it against americans who are exercising their right to protest. i'm sorry, what about these people screams terrorist to you? like maybe i've forgotten my history but i don't believe al quaida attacked america with cardboard signs. an argument i heard some people make is the only reason police are doing this is because the

protesters are looting or being violent. no, they are doing this because the people are violent. but ass happens so often, the police's story never matches the actual footage because for the past week the internet has been full of videos of police officers attacking protesters with no provocation whatsoever >> caught on camera from coast to coast, alleged excessive force by police officers, attacks against protesters who are demonstrating against police brutality >> in new york police drove a vehicle into a crowd of people protesting there >> in lamb -- in los angeles people were just standing with their hands up >> a new york police officer caught on camera pushing a woman demonstrating >> an officer pulling a man's face mask off and spraying him with pepper spray >> an unsettling image of an officer kick ago woman who was

maced >> we as black people teal with this every day. black and brown people are treated brute rievery day. >> trevor: i don't care who you are those images have to be upsetting to watch because these images are the anthitheses of what america is supposed to stand for. this is the country where you have the freedom so say whatever you want, whether black lives matter or let's all drink bleach, the government isn't supposed to punish you for that. that hasn't always been the case in america but that is the ideal. when people were protesting in michigan saying they want to go back to work, want haircuts and don't care about the coronavirus, they weren't getting beaten up. that's what america, is the freedom to protest. and the freedom to protest isn't the online american ideal police have been trying to suppress lately, seems like they have been making a concerted effort to go after the free press

>> more than 300 journalists faced free press violations >> cameras rolling when law enforcement seemed to be targeting journalists >> i'm press. please -- ( gagging ) >> we identified ourselves as press and they fired teargdz canisters on us at point blank range. >> this australian cameraman was pushed and shoved while live on air, with the reporter. >> i'm getting shot! n louisville, pepper balls fired a crew on live tv. >> who were they aiming at? directly at us! >> trevor: those videos are what's happening in america right now. cops are just openly firing tear gas and pepper bullets and everything on journalists. i mean, i can't blame them. if i was doing the shit that police were doing, i wouldn't want anyone recording it either.

so the police are attacking unarmedunarmed testers, defenses reporters. at this point, you might wonder is there anyone nonthreatening enough that the police would not get violent with them? and what we're learning is that the answer is no. >> a salt lake city police officer in full riot gear pushing an elderly man with a cane who fell face first on to the ground. >> two officers in buffalo, new york, pushed a 75-year-old man who falls to the ground, hits his head and starts bleeding. none of the officers in the video appear to help him. >> trevor: i don't care how many times i see that video, i will never get used to it, because it's bad enough that cops push an old man walking over to them, but the fact they walk over him and past him while he's bleeding out on the sidewalk, like who are you protecting and serving if not that old man? think about it, these were just

two caught on video. now, as usual, when videos like this come out, the excuse is always the same, people always want to defend those police by saying those are just a couple of bad apples, that is not -- that is not a signify -- that is not representative of the entire police department. the only issue is that argument falls apart when you see what happened after they pushed this old man to the ground. >> a police statement released before the footage was posted online said only that a man tripped and fell, but after the video surfaced, the police commissioner order an internal affairs investigation and the immediate suspension of the officers without pay. >> as task forces leave the courthouse, cheers from fellow officers and law enforcement. in another show of support, all 57 members of the buffalo emergency response team resigned but remain on the police force.

>> trevor: think about this for a second not only bid the police department try to cover up what happened, not only did they try and lie about being something we all saw on camera, but once the truth got out and those cops were punished, the entire team resigned to protest those police being held accountable. in fact, they even showed up at the courthouse to cheer them on as they came out. what are you cheering? that buffalo is finally safe from old men walking around in public? what are you cheering? what are you cheering? the fact you've come out? it's a scary thing to think about, what are they cheering for? and something i think people need to understand about the police is that, in a way, they have the same code that a gang does, in that, above all, you are loyal to your crew. that is a culture that is within every police department. and that's the heart of this issue. if good police are willing to

look the other way or even join in when the bad police abuse their powers, you can make new rules and regulations all you want but it won't matter. america's not going to be able to fix this problem until we have police whose first priority is protecting and serving the people instead of protecting and serving themselves. when we come back, i'll be talking to miski noor from the black visions collective in minimum naps on the ground where the george floyd protest started and we'll be talking about how things have gone since that day. we'll be right back. chances are you know us. yoo-hoo, progressive shoppers. we laughed with you. sprinkles are for winners. we surprised you. on occasion, we've probably even annoyed you. we've done this all with one thing in mind. to help protect the things you love. and if we can't offer you the best price we'll help you find a better one. it's not always the lowest! even if it's not with us.

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>> trevor: welcome back to "the daily distancing show." earlier today, i got the chance to talk to miski noor. now, miski is an organizer of black visions collective, an organization in minneapolis dedicating to ending systems of violence. check it out. welcome to "the daily distancing show." >> that's cute. that's cute. i appreciate that.

thank you for having me. >> trevor: you are somebody who's on the ground at not just now, but you have been on the ground. take me through a little journey, if you don't mind, just for the viewers, to paint a picture of minneapolis. you know, a lot of people were shocked at what happened in minneapolis. a lot of people were shocked at what happened to george floyd. so let's go through each thing step by step. you have lived in minneapolis for how long now? >> um, wow, i have been here since 2003. so i'm coming up on 20 years. >> trevor: right, and, so, you've lived in this place that is predominantly white, and, yet, at the same time, experiences promotely black people experiencing brutality at the hands of police. >> i'm sorry, 60% of black folks. >> trevor: say that again, please. >> 60% of people murdered by police are involved in police shootings over the last 18 years

have been black people. >> trevor: and what is the percentage of black people in minneapolis? >> we're about 12% of the population here, i believe. >> trevor: wow. south safe to say that a tine ty portion of the population has been experiencing a majority of the force that the police exert on people, and i think that's something that has been missing from the conversation. you know, yes, george floyd has been the catalyst, but a lot of people, in my opinion, haven't been talking about all the flints that have been causing the flame, all of the tinnedders that have been creating what we are seeing now. so talk us through a little bit of nancy minneapolis' problems. what do you think has contributed to what became the explosion that we saw post george floyd? >> mm-hmm. so i talked to you a little bit about some of the reforms that the police department has tried that did not work. >> trevor: right. but some of the, like,

numbers inside of our state actually, right, minnesota has the fourth largest employment gap between black and white folks. we have one of the largest disparities in homeownership at 76% for white folks and 24% for black folks. and in 2019, we were lakes named one of the fourth worst metros in the country for black people based on education and housing and access to healthcare and so many other things. and, so, those are the disparities and, as i mentioned before, those are mirrored in the minneapolis police department and the way they treat black people in the state and the city. >> trevor: do you have any idea why this sparked tot rage that it did? minneapolis does have this pain. the black community has been subject to countless -- i mean, even the officer in question had something like 20 previous complaints against him. >> yes. >> trevor: what duping sparked

minneapolis' rage the way it was sparked after george floyd? >> the organizer here, jason soul, said in a video minneapolis was one bullet way from being ferguson five years ago, and it wasn't a bullet, right, but it was a murder, it was a murder by the police, and, so, that foretelling and that clarity really hit me in the pandemic, with the police terror, and the underlying current of all that be organizing. we didn't stop organizing after the media stopped paying attention in minneapolis or many other cities as police continue to brutalize and kill black folks. we continue organizing and talking the our neighbors and having conversations about defunding the police and what could be possible and what communiti' led said could look like. >> trevor: sorry to interrupt you, but that's something i

really wanted to chat to you about. it really was huge because you had the city council come out and say that they're committing to working to to dismantle the police department as we know it. this has blown people away because this is a conversation i don't think anyone thought any city council would be having now, and clearly the protest and the movement have created something. activists and organizes yourself have created something. is this what you wanted to see? were you happy when this was announced? >> 100% and on prince's birthday. prince knew something about the revolution. this is one of the things we wanted to see. this is a win. we've seen at lot of wins over the last two weeks. i want community and people to claim that and understand what's possible with people power, because we can do this and we can craft a world in which all of us are safe and all of our dignity and humanity is honored,

and the public commitment is great. the work continues, right. we have to see some things passed. we have to actually have conversations. minneapolis is making history by being a community-driven process to dismantle p.d. but we have a lot of hard work ahead of us and it will take every single one of us learning new skills and building new relationships and trying things that we haven't done before. >> trevor: right. but we believe that the reward is going to be a city that really invests in life affirming policies and programs and services that care for our people instead of police that terrorize us. >> trevor: miski, thank you for taking your time and congratulations to your and the community on your win and hopefully there will be more to come. >> thanks very much, trevor. i appreciate you. >> trevor: when we come back, super bowl champion anquan boldin joins us to talk about the players coalition. so stick around.

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>> we talked about anquan boldin's work and what he's doing to help the movement against police brutality. anquan boldin, welcome to "the daily show." >> thanks for having me. >> trevor: first things first, how are you as a human being? i feel people don't ask that question anymore. how are you doing? >> that's true, man. people don't. but i got to say, i'm considering, i'm doing pretty good. i mean, i have no choice, you know, i have a wife and two kids i have to look off so, you know, i have to be okay for them. >> trevor: one thing that set you apart as a human being is you left the n.f.l. to found, like, an organization that really is tossed with justice, you. you set out the create the players coalition which said we're using the n.f.l. has a platform to get racial justice out there. take me through a little bit of the why. everyone has a different story about why they get into the work

they get into. why was this the move for you? >> for me, it was really important. unfortunately, i lost my man at the hands of law enforcement. my cousin was a drummer in a band and one night after a show he just played with his band he was on his way home. ended up breaking down on the side of the road. long story short, law enforcement killed him while he was on the phone with roadside assistance. so, for me, seeing the pain that my family went through, seeing how long the process was before we felt like justice was served, i didn't want any of the family to have to deal with that. for me and my family, although we feel like there's a lot of families in this country, man, that not only get justice but don't get their day in court, so i feel like, with their platform that i have, i felt like it was more than right for me to speak out about these issues, but also try to come up with solutions.

>> trevor: you have been working hard to push the n.f.l. in this space, around roger andr goodell came out and said he doesn't think the naval has done enough and wants them to do more. the n.f.l. doesn't make laws and isn't responsible for the police so the scope of what they can do is limited but some people felt it was lip service because of colin kaepernick, some people thought it was a step in the right direction. you have been constantly pushing the n.f.l. what would you hope to see the n.f.l. do? is there something they can do and what would it be? >> yeah, that's a good question because i think a lot of people are looking from the outside in and expecting the n.f.l. to solve this problem and that the not going to happen. but one thing the n.f.l. can do is look internally, look at the policies that it supports, look at the hiring practices that it has internally. when you're talking about a league that's predominantly made up of african-americans, how many african-american coaches do

you have? how many african-american g.m.s do you have? how many african-american owners do you have? so i think that's one of the things they can look at. as far as using the platform, you have guys like myself, guys playing currently, guys like malcolm jenkins and others on the players coalition, we're asking for support from the n.f.l. it's not just monetary, but it's coming to us when we have these meetings with congressmen and senators and those in positions of power because then those conversations change. i can tip my hat to roger because he's come along on several of those occasions. he's come to us -- he's come along with us when we've spoke ton people in positions of power. he's come to see what's the process. so i can give him kudos for trying to understand what exactly it is that we're talking about, trying to step outside hisself and put hitself inhissen

our choose and trying to understand what we're scheming about. >> trevor: is there a platform where players hash these things out? do we work under the assumption that the players are always, like, these tight-knit comiewntsd when, in fact, it's just like the rest of society where people break off and think whatever they think? >> yeah, i think there's pockets where they are. i think you have a number of players that are on the same page. you have guys that are connected in that way. and then you have guys who have differing opinions. but i would say the one thing that i do think is true that we're all fighting for the same cause. might see it a little different of how we get there, but i think we're on the same page that change needs to happen in this country. we talk about sports, uniting and bringing everybody together. the one thing i'm happy that is not happening right now is that sports isn't being played, right right? the world is at a standstill,

right, because, think about it, had life been normal, you would have the n.b.a. playoffs, right? you would have the n.f.l. would be in o.t.a.s, you would have m.l.b. season would be underway. you would have nascar, you would have pga tournaments and tennis tournaments and everybody could be distracted by the things that are going on, but because you don't have sports, everybody's attention is focused on this one thing and i think, for us, this is the opportunity for us to really create change, it's an opportunity for us to really strategize and have a game plan going forward, so i'm actually% happy that there are no sports because there is nothing to distract people from the real issue that needs to be talked about. >> trevor: what would you like some of those changes to be? >> there are a lot of changes i would like to happen. obviously we know the overpolicing and the

african-american community is a big one. i think one of the things we're missing also is the immunity that's given to law enforcement, not only to law enforcement but to government officials. and that's one of the big problems, like a lot of people don't really understand why there's a lack of accountability when an officer does something or what allows an officer like the guy in minnesota to continue to be on the force after 18 complaints, and we don't look at the contracts between the unions and the cities, and i think that's something that we need to start taking a look at. >> trevor: i want to say thank you for your time. i know it's always painful to relive old memories but what you're doing is amazing and hopefully through your work and other people's work there will be fewer of these stories to tell so thank you for joining me. meme no problem, thanks for having me. >> trevor: before we to "the daily show" and comedy central have been donating against three groups good fighting against brutality and racism, the naacp

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