Stephen Colbert Responds To Derek Chauvin Guilty Verdicts: “Justice For Black America Is Justice For All America”
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deadline.comEarlier today, former Minneapolis Derek Chauvin was convicted of the murder of George Floyd—just as Stephen Colbert was gearing up to tape The Late Show.Subsequently, the late-night host decided to shift gears and address the decision. “After 10 hours of deliberation, a jury in Minneapolis decided that it’s illegal for the police to murder people, that Black lives matter,” the host explained. “It’s hard to celebrate because a man is still dead, but there is a sense of relief that at least this one injustice was not compounded with indifference.”As Colbert noted, the trial could have easily gone the other way, despite the fact that the killing of Floyd was captured on camera. “No matter what you saw on that tape, this nation does not have a
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