‘SNL’ Cold Open Urges DOJ To Probe Tyre Nichols’ Killing By Memphis Cops; “Damn Right,” Kenan Thompson Says Of Need For Justice
deadline.com“I may look like I was born in a library, but there’s something you should know: Merrick Garland don’t play,” Saturday Night Live’s Mikey Day declared as the almost SCOTUS Justice.
But it wasn’t all fun and political games on SNL tonight — as you can see in the video above. At the tail end of a week full of Facebook letting Donald Trump back, more GOP SNAFUs with Rep.
George Santos (R-NY) and other clown cars, more old classified documents found in Joe Biden’s personal possession and now ex-VP Mike Pence’s house, the release of the gripe-filled memoir of former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and more, SNL once again had a wealth of material to satire at its disposal.
However, the kicker tonight was a line that hit harder than any comedy when Kenan Thompson’s FBI Special Agent came back on stage to address the horrors of Tyre Nichols’ killing by Memphis cops earlier this month. “Hey boss, when we done playing with your little papers, we gonna head down to Memphis and make sure justice is served down there too, right?” Thompson asked with not a whiff of humor. “I sincerely hope so,” Day’s Garland responded. “Yeah, you damn right, just making sure,” Thompson said to huge applause from the 30 Rock studio audience.
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