Jimmy Kimmel on George Floyd, Riots in Minneapolis & Trump’s Violent Stupidity

hi it's Jimmy at his Friday night at the end of another bad week in the United States of America last night in Minneapolis there was a protest as you know that turned into a riot that turned into a scene you typically only see in a country that is at war on Monday an unarmed black man George Floyd became the latest in a series of unarmed black men to be killed by a police officer for the crime of trying to pass a fake $20 bill that he may not have even known was a fake $20 bill for that an officer of the peace put his knee on his throat for eight minutes and ended his life and many millions of Americans are very angry especially in Minneapolis the policeman who killed George Floyd and the three other cops who stood there and did nothing to stop him were fired but none of them had been charged with any crime until today which was almost certainly a result of what happened last night and the fact that no charges were filed for anyone who saw that video was very hard to understand so yesterday late in the day the US attorney the county attorney and the FBI held a joint press conference which was intended to reassure everyone that justice will be done but it didn't do that it made it worse and so again protesters gathered they threw rocks they set the police station on fire the police had to abandon their headquarters they abandoned the neighborhood stores were set on fire there were explosions was scaring and dangerous some of the angry people started looting breaking windows stealing things setting their own community on fire and then unfortunately this is the loop we get stuck in it goes from it isn't right to kill in on our man to well it also isn't right to loot and set fires and attack the police too but the police are attacking us and killing us over and over and nothing changes to well that needs to be settled by the law too but an officer of the law just killed another on our man and so on last time there were senseless acts of violence that were brought on by a senseless act of violence and it just keeps going in a loop and again the only reason we even know what happened to George Floyd is because it's on video most incidents like this or not which is why parents of young black men have to teach their kids how to avoid being killed based on the color of their skin so last night the anger was getting more intense the police are gone fire trucks can't even get to the area to stop the flames it's a very bad situation and are disgusting excuse for a president mr. tough guy Donny bone spurs decides I know what I'll do I'll make this worse at one o'clock in the morning instead of trying to make peace Donald Trump makes a threat a violent threat he tweets these thugs are dishonouring the memory of George Floyd and I won't let that happen just spoke to Governor Tim waltz and told him that the military is with him all the way any difficulty and we will assume control but when the looting starts the shooting starts thank you when the looting starts the shooting star our president is threatening to order the military to shoot Americans specifically black Americans and then of course today as he often does when he says something idiotic he tried to reel that in he claimed he was saying he didn't want that to happen it was a warning not a warning warning but a warning the sad thing about how much he lies is he isn't even good at it and I don't want to make this about Donald Trump because this sense of hopelessness and frustration that black people in this country have been experiencing has been brewing for a long time and not just under Republican presidents or even white presidents this is not on the government it's on us but and I especially want to pose this question to older people who've seen this before in this country who lived this nightmare of race riots already in the 60s and 70s 80s now is this who you want leading us a president who clearly and intentionally inflames violence in the middle of a riot to show how tough he is commander-in-chief who threatens to put members of our military our National Guardsmen and women in the position of having to shoot a fellow American on sight I don't care what you are right left the Republican Democrat I can't imagine that there are many of us who want that enough is enough we got to vote this guy out already and we need to work on this problem we have this blatant double standard because when you stand in front of the flag you put your hand on your heart you pledge allegiance with liberty and justice for all we don't have that for all I mean I have it a lot of you have it but it's not for all so my wife showed me a video last night it's a couple years old but it really is relevant I think and before I show it to you I want to say it's a shame it even had to be made but it's very powerful and I think it's worth seeing especially right now before you call the cops I just want you to know the first thing that I did when I woke up this morning was yelling my alarm clock my parents were raised in the south I have to roll tide or they'll disown me they raised me in Las Vegas that city still has my heart I hate spires I'm a vegetarian I'm not proud about it I've done go to yoga I'm really not proud about that I can tell you every single word off the NWA Straight Outta Compton album I can also send you every single word from Oklahoma bananas are disgusting I am a Christian I spent almost every Sunday morning teaching kids and Sunday school I am often asked if I am Muslim I'm okay with that I'm pretty much convinced if you met my mother you'd automatically become a better person my father is it better he taught me how to say yes sir and yes ma'am to everyone that I meet I don't hate our president I pray for I love basketball [Music] and also hockey this is my brother James this is my brother Mike this is my brother John and this is my brother Rob I've never been to jail I've never owned a gun I hate that anyone it all might possibly be afraid of me I'd go around the world and back again if I knew that single act might make your day better [Music] I'm a proud black man does any of this really matter no [Music] I just wanted you to get to know me better before you call the cops [Music]

Channel: Jimmy Kimmel Live

Views: 3,302,051

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Length: 8min 10sec (490 seconds)

Published: Sat May 30 2020