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hosting the Daily Show. And I almost got through the whole week. Yes, and I almost got through the whole entire week without talking about racist cops. But guess what we're gonna talk about today? Racist cop. After the Louisville Police killed Brianna Taylor, the Justice Department launched an investigation into whether they discriminated against black people, and after two years,

guess what they for. The results this morning from the US Justice Department aren't flattering at all to Louisville police. The report concludes that the unit's activities were part of an overall enforcement approach that resulted in significant and unlawful

racial disparities. Federal authorities found that police in the city were four to five times more likely to stop black drivers than white ones for the same traffic violations, five times more likely to charge ur black people for loitering or disorderly conduct, and more likely to stop and search Black Americans for the same behaviors. That's right. The DJ launched a two year investigation to find out something every black person already knew. The police discriminate against black people.

What else do you guys find out? Nick Cannon doesn't use condos? That who has really terrible pull out game. The black woman behind Meryl Garland was like, I could have told you that, Merrick. I can't believe you flew me out to Louisville for this bullshit. Next time just ask me, damn it. But none of this is unique to Louisville. Every time the Justice Department investigates a police department, the conclusion is their races. Just once. I love to

have them hold a press conference like this. After a two year investigation into police department, we have found shocking levels of tolerance. Officers was five times more likely to high five a black person than a white person, and some white officers was caught in text message discussing the works of James Baldwin. It's a tough day for America. Let's move on to Tennessee. Here's another surprise you probably

saw coming a mile away. An anti gay Republican just got caught in a thirst trap for a top story this morning. Tennessee's lieutenant governor is receiving criticism after making several comments on nearly naked photos of a twenty year

old game man with his blue checked government account. Over the last three years, the lieutenant governor has been regularly commenting on these extremely racy pictures of an influence and sir, everything from typing out fire emojis where the mail user had posted his backside to commenting that he has quote a super look and that he loves his content. Here's

what his press team had to say. Trying to apply something sinister or inappropriate about a great grandfather's use of social media says more about the mind of the left wing operative making the implication than it does about Randy McNally. Does he always use the proper emoji at the proper time. Maybe not, but he enjoys interacting with constituents and tennesseeans of all religions, backgrounds, and orientations on social media, adding he has no intention of stopping. Yeah, I bet he

has no intention of stop. And I don't like to stop while I'm jerking either. I love his excuse, though his excuses he's a great grandfather. That doesn't make it better. The worst part is, you know he probably called his grandson in to teach him to use Instagram. Hey, Blake, grandpa wants to tell it hot, young twink, and he could rob my face like a human cycle? What Emogen should pap Paul? You? And finally, cars in Maine are

getting a little bit more boring today. A vegan in Maine whose custom license plate contains the word tofu is one of the drivers caught up in the state crackdown on vulgar vanity plates. This is apparently the plate in question. It says love tofu, but the state thinks it could be seen as an inappropriate reference. I love to f. You always sure that car doesn't belong to the Lieutenants Tennessee on Paul Paul, Paul Paul, I'd say let the man have his license plate. How are you going to

punish a vegan isn't there diet punishment enough already? From all this story, we turned to Michael Costo, like, oh, what do you think of Maine's cracked down on vanity license plates? It's ridiculous. You know, this is more unfair than when I was kicked out of high school for cutting class. You know, students can do it, but substitute teachers can. I mean, double standard much, Marlin. You know, I think Maine is just trying to make sure that

license plates aren't obscene. Okay, but they're going too far. I mean, they reject all kinds of completely innocent plates just because their minds are in the gutter. And I'm speaking from personal experience here, Okay, as you'd expect, I summer in Maine and just take a look at some of my plates that were rejected for no reason. I'm not a vegan, so I'm not about to have love tofu. But that's why I went with this. Okay. I'm a chicken guy, white meat, darkneat. I love it all. Put

it in my mouth, Michael, I gotta be honest. That sounds like you troll him for six boy. You know you sound just like the guys down at the truck stop. You know, you're seeing messages that just aren't here, Like, like, can you believe they also said no to this one about my love of Nascar? I mean, look, I'm mister race, but no, that one actually landed me on some kind of list. Can you believe that I did get a shout out from Tucker Carlson though apparently this is also

the name of his boat. That one makes me want to punch you in your face. So you're not a NASCAR fan, I get it, okay, But but if that upsets you, just wait until you see the one at the main Bureau of Motor Vehicle sent me. Look at this. Oh, but that's just a regular plate. What what are you talking about, dude? L two E f DP love to Eat Fat Donkey Puss. I mean, this isn't scene, Marlin, I have been family. Okay, I think you're overreacting. Okay, well,

what plate did you wind up with? Well we're still going back and forth, but but I'm hoping that this is the one that they'll accept. Okay, So ass play you mean like assisting on basketball plays? No, it's ass player. I'm expressing my love for ass play. I love the ass Marlin, I like a little toodle myself. Okay, let's leave it right there, Michael. When we come back, I'll tell you how to fake the pass. Don't go wrong it is you like, Welcome back to the Dally Show. Now.

We all know there's a lot of problems with American schools. Low test scores, nasty as school lunch, no privacy when you're trying to finger banging to staywell. But there's one issue that doesn't get as much attention. There has been an increased demand for after school programs throughout the pandemic. Baily problem is they don't have the staff to handle it.

After school programs have been inundated across the country, but a lack of funding plus staffing shortages have made the crush of students impossible to keep up with, with eighty five percent of these programs fearing being able to keep up with the demand. We haven't had weight lists like this before, so we have needed to care for enrollment. For every child participating in after school in New York, four are waiting for an available program. That's more than

one point six million children. In twenty twenty, more than three hundred and forty thousand children were alone and unsupervised between the hours of three and six PM. That's right. Just in New York alone, three hundred and forty thousand kids are alone and unsupervised every afternoon. Now, if you care about kids, that's terrible news. Unless you're a pedophile, then it's like the best news you ever heard. You're like, whoa,

that's like hearing this windowless vans went on sale. But there's a great solution for this after school programs, and I'll tell you why on another installment of Long Story Short. The first benefit of after school programs should be obvious. They give kids a place to go after school. It's right there in the name. Come on, keep up stupid. It's true kids need to stay busy, especially teens. If they don't have something to do, they're gonna find something

to do. That's why juvenile crime peaks between two and six every day. But kids in after school programs are less likely to drink, do drugs, or join a gang because kids get tired pretty quickly. They only got enough energy for either a carjacking or a dance. Societal it can't do both. Kids are the only one who benefit because for every dollar spent on an after school program. The state gets nearly seven dollars back in potential benefits

thanks to lower teenage, pregnancy, substance abuts, and crime. Now that doesn't mean that every kid in the after school program is never going to commit a crime. But if a kid stays off the streets and makes it to college, then someday he can commit a white collar crime. That's the dream. But the impact goes far beyond keeping kids busy. They also help kids succeed in school. After school programs

are linked to higher grades, attendance, and graduation rates. The only thing better than that is bribing your kids teacher. Take it from me, that shit could get expensive. Sean. They also expose kids to new interests, music, art, language. There's no limit to the ways after school programs can

broaden your horizons, and I mean no limit. Laren's in Southeast Virginia voicing outrage over a proposal to add an after school Satan club to a local public elementary school that teaches pre k through second grade, The national director for the Satan Club defended the idea. We don't try to indoctrinate them into Satanism. We just want to offer a place that's you know, fun, you know, exciting, free from any sort of threats of eternal damnation. How come

that bitch didn't blink. Yes, they even have a Satanism club. You know. There's some parents who are like, oh my god, that's horrible. But is it free? Though? So it's clear that after school programs are hugely beneficial. The problem is they just don't get a lot of money. The federal government is barely funding these programs and state governments aren't doing much better. But it is possible because California did it.

In fact, for the past twenty years, California has outspent all the other forty nine states combined on after school programs, which is messed up because California actually has shit to do after school. I mean, seriously, I compare that to South Dakota and shit to do. In South Dakota. Kids can only look at Mount Rushmore for so long before they're like, I it's time to do some meths. But the reason California spend so much on after school programs is thanks to the work of one very kind, dedicated

kindergarten teacher. In two thousand and two, Arnold Schwarzenegger was almost single handedly responsible for California's passage of Prop. Forty nine, which made after school funding mandatory. Even today, the former governor raises money for after school programs with fun charity events like crushing things with his tank. I'm inviting you personally to Los Angeles to crush things in my tank with me. Let's crush a power, Let's crush up piano.

This will benefit the after school all stars. So what are you waiting for? Let's go around and crush things with that tank. Who knew that big buff mother love kids, Ah said. We gotta get more celebrities to turn their obsessions into charity. Tom Cruise start jumping out of airplanes to save baby Seals, Snoop Dogg smoke weed for Global Warming baby Leon Lott of DiCaprio, Well, have you've seen his girlfriends, He's already running an after school program. I'm sorry, Leo,

they made me say it. Please let me in your party now. As awesome as this is, our after school programs shouldn't depend on whether anyone wants to hang out with Unos. Swatsonata. We need to find a more reliable way to fund these programs because they're important to underprivileged kids. And I know what I'm talking about because after school programs was important to me. That's what I'm talking about

this shit. I grew up in the projects in New York City and there was ten of us in our household, ten wands kids, and thanks God, we had after school programs. It exposed us to the arts. Imagine if all that energy and work ethic was directed towards slinging drugs. I'm not saying we beat the Winds cartel, but we would

have got a lot of mother time. Now, listen, it changed our life, and not just for our family, but for a lot of kids in the after school programs it did well, but for those who stays on the streets not so much. See, it makes all the difference to be in a place that keeps you busy, keeps you fed, keeps you protected, even from the bullies. All the bullies who say three o'clock, I'm gonna kick your ass.

You're like, so what, nigga, I'm here till six. So the bully has to join the drama program just to find you I'm gonna kick your ass after rehearsal malin the first let's read this sonnet from Hamlet, so long story short, we need to make funding after school programs a national priority. It literally benefits everyone, the kids, the community, and especially you because if I didn't have after school programs, you could have been robbed by wands. And there's a

lot of us. All right, stay tuned when we come back, my bro, all my as, we'll be joining me on the show. We'll go go wrong. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is an actor, producer, and author and he just so happens to be my best friend in the world. His new book is called Nubia the Awakening. Please welcome my brother on my epps. Oh my, I'm looking at it. Oh you know, looking good, brother. I mean, it's a little weird because we grew up together.

I know Omar when we need high school. I know him since high school. And when we first met Omar in high school, he's carry around this little blue ball. He was skinny at a big ass head and shoulders, but he looked like an arrow. But you could just put him in a thing and sling him in it. He's had a big ass head and he had this little blue ball and he would just bounce it all around and all I could think, was I want to

kick his ass for no good reason? Because the thing was, remember Rocky, like the first movies, he had the blue ball, So that was my thing. I was like drinking raw eggs and bouncing the blue ball like Rocky, And so I thought I could kick somebody's ass. And plus in the cafeteria, I used to ship with all the girls, you know what I'm saying. And so Mama was jealous, and I wasn't jealous. I wasn't jealous. I think, well, I just thought you wasn't drag. You know what I'm saying.

You get a little blue ball. You know what I'm saying. He double dutch, and I'm like, something up. But then I found out that you had a devious plan. Your plot was to hang around the girls and be the friendly guy, and you be friends over time and wear them down. You ain't shit, you know, he persistus got resilience. We actually didn't like each other until we almost fought and we was in the lock one and then uh we got each other in the headlock. Yeah. We got

to the stalemate. Yeah, and we were stuck. We know, because we had the same technique. Remember I had you like this and you was digging this part of your wrists into my jaw and I was digging that into your head. And he was like, Yo, we got the same technique. We should join forces. It's you know it's funny is it's the truth that's what makes it funny. We literally got stuck and then we got cool after that, and uh, we've been thinking stieves ever since then. Yeah,

I'm glad. I'm glad they had something. What people don't know about Omar is like, you're a really funny dude. You're actually one of the funniest dudes I know. I mean, you ain't never did a comedy. I want you to do more comedy. But what they don't know about me is that I can act. So we both have the same skill set, you know what I mean. Yeah, yeah, but see Almar's not a comedian, so they don't expect it from you. So you know, I could say anything. You say the same thing, you get slap. I know

that becauld your light skinned. We've been going through business high school. We both say the same thing. People get offended when I say it. I'm like, what he just said the same You go, oh, he's a different color black man. Um, what, what's like your most monumental moment in our friendship? In our friendship? Yeah, like, what do you remember, man? It's it's there. Honestly, there have been

so many. I mean the birth of your kids and um, you know obviously God bless Mama loves passing and just just us growing up man, just being innocent kids in the city. I remember we used to be like, all right, let's not take the train of the bus. Let's walk, you know, down from sixty six in Amsterdam and walk for forty blocks and you know, maybe uh met a girl, get a number, get a slice of pizza. Really sweet memories.

All my memories is like I don't know when you fell asleep and Omar sleeping his eyes open like that, yeah, and me him and Tupacs you cor was hanging out because y'all did juice together. And what people don't know about pockets pockets like he was a funny dude sleeping like that, and Olmar and went and took his balls and put them out and put him right in there Oldmak's mouth, so it looked like old Ma's like there,

I remember one time, just do that. I don't know, because you're talking about all these sad memories of my love passionate. You know, I remember the baby's born and I damn biblical cord in the shape of it. That's all, nigga with the jokes. Come on, now, we had some good times. I was mad at park for that though. I was super mad. Like, yo, son, you really gonna do that? Yeah, but you always get mad. You ain't gonna you gotta work on that. You got anger issues, man,

I don't make money. Take their nuts out next to your mouth while you sleep like that. That can that would have went viral right now. These when we used to take polaroids like yeah, but see if you should have walk up like that box just hit him. One time I sleep and just did like this like a like a like a speed blah blah blah blah. The funny thing your kids. You getting mad a lot? Remember one time okay, we uh, I don't even know what's

gonna happen right now. Okay, one time like we was in when you got caught stealing the armstrong goodness you still okay, go ahead, we go to the super market. Olmah's a shoplifting. I didn't notice. I found out he was shoplifting, and we went to the We went in the Stay. It was a store on forty second Street. Yeah, me, you and Mitch went and you know, I felt like I should be you know, uh, you know. This was at the time when do the right thing was out.

And the man said, we get to the counter and Omar's and I go pay for my chips and Omar's at the counter and the guy goes, what about the juice in your pocket? And I said, what juice? And the guy goes to the juice right, and there goes, yeah, what you turn to do the right thing. We was like, we're doing it. Couple were black, You're doing a coffee, dark skin you ain't met for me because I'm light scared the dark skinned brother because he's a different color,

dark black. You're gonna blame him. And then the guy's going, right, I got the juice in my pocket and oh, oh, gonna go over this pocket. He don't pull out a juice. It wasn't like a little juice. He pulled out like a ninety six ounce model of juice. And I saw this and I immediately would, oh my god, I'm telling everybody. I left the store the next day Omar came to school. I laughed so hard. The next day, Omar came to school and then everybody kept walking up to him. It

was like a crack. He was on the he was on the escalator and all he heard Mark I caught steal lyn Omar, God called still lyn Omar, God coat still Lynn. Oh the juice. He was so mad. He was so mad. Ha ha, my god, that actually happened. We went to performing our shout out to LaGuardia High School. Shout out, um. What was your favorite role of all the movie? Because you've done a lot of a lot of great work, Like I remember, like your whole career. I remember, like, man, there was was one role you

did higher learning. Yeah, I remember I watched that movie and your ending scene was so powerful. I was sitting there in awe. I was speechless. And at the end of the movie, he's just walking away, and I said, in my head, I said, bro, you walking toward a million dollars right now. I remember that happening got a million dollars for your next movie, And I was just so proud because I was like, damn, I ain't treating for shit no more. Thank you. What was your favorite role.

You know what, you know, I always look at it like, um, I feel like each role is a piece of a mosaic, that it's a bigger thing that will be done once it's setting done, for once my time on this earth is done. So I don't have a favorite role. I pour the same amount into every role that I'm pour into the next one and for me. But as you know, there's nothing like the first you know, that first Yeah, that first role is just like, oh, you know what, it's crazy. As you was telling me that, I was

sitting there, what did you learn the word mosaic? What what are you talking about? No, but you're an author now, man, this this, this, this, this made me so proud of you. This book. I was like, this is the dude that cut every class. It's writing books. I couldn't even read your notes that you passed to me in class. There was in some graffiti or weird language. But man, I'm so hot you. What inspired you to write this book? Well? I just um, it's a it's a coming of age

book about these three teams. It takes place in twenty ninety eight, and I just was imagining, what's the world gonna look like like? What society you're gonna look like, and more importantly like for me because we're born and raised in New York, what's New York gonna look like?

You know to those kids? And I just started dissecting, dissecting and breaking it down and really trying to look through the eyes of abudding mind, you know, because I'm really you know, my mother was an educator, so I'm really into speaking to kids um at different schools and

things of that nature and offer what I can. And this is my offering in that way of Hey, climate change has happened, it's about classism, it's about sexism, it's obviously it's about you know, racism is still in there, all the isms, and then how do we spend that on its head because it's really about these kids who are like trying to figure themselves out. Because you know that that fourteen fifteen year old stage is an a part of life, like just just for anyone. So it

doesn't matter where you come from. You could be from Arkansas, Nebraska, or you could be from an urban space like Chicago or New York or Atlanta or whatever, and there's I believe that there's something in there for every kid to take away because it's also about escapism to give them something to like get them through the next day. You know, I read the book and it's amazing, and I'm very proud of you. I swear it wasn't until that explanation you just gave me. I thought you cheated on somebody

to write this book. But now I know what do you know? Those big words? I love you, my brother. You guys, don't get the book that's on Amazon Amazon give it up as Oh my book, that way getting now vnable. Okay, we're gonna take a quick break, but after that helped me right back. All right, that wraps up my week at the Daily Show. But stay tuned because the next host is my boy cow Penn. If you want to see all men, you can watch my special God Loves Me on HBO. Next Boy can Catch

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