Alex Yarde implores us to watch John Oliver sum up the national horror that is the situation in Ferguson, Missouri.
Last Week Tonight‘s John Oliver filled in on satirizing the all too familiar tragic events in Ferguson, Missouri, while Colbert and Stewart are on vacation. It’s required viewing.
Oliver hit the nail on the head repeatedly and succinctly and not without displaying a degree of personal outrage at the events, rounding up everything that’s happened starting with the unarmed shooting of Brown, to the inept at best and criminal at worse Ferguson PD’s, Ferguson Mayor and Missouri Governor handling of the entire affair so far.
The mayors Stepford like denial that “there’s no racial problems here” sighting “the Hispanic,” and handful of black officers on his 90% policing of a 90% Black community as proof.
The militarization of small local police departments across the country with the chilling picture of squad of soldiers pointing high powered rifles at a single unarmed man. Two hilarious stoner bros video in Lansing Michigan making the natural assumption that “I didn’t know things were so bad here” after seeing a titanic armored vehicle emblazoned with “Lansing Sherif Dept” and more.
As usual, It’s up to satirists like Oliver today to give perspective to surreal events like Ferguson where national news agencies seem to fail. I’m glad someone is minding the store news wise. Make sure to watch the entire video which Oliver ends powerfully.
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wow,very funny stuff…”strap penguins are cool, they are good at math”…hilarious