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Monday, August 10, 2015

From Ferguson To Cosby, Chris Rock Holds No Punches In New Interview

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Frank Rich recently interviewed Chris Rick for New York Magazine.

The comedian is promoting a new film called “Top Five” that he wrote, directed and starred in.

He talked about a wide range of subjects with Rich, including Ferguson, President Obama and comedy in general.

The whole interview is fascinating and you can check out the full thing here.

But, if you want to just read some of the choice nugs, we’ve collected those for you down below.

On class in America:

Oh, people don’t even know. If poor people knew how rich rich people are, there would be riots in the streets.

If the average person could see the Virgin Airlines first-class lounge, they’d go, “What? What? This is food, and it’s free, and they … what? Massage? Are you kidding me?”

On social media and stand-up comedy:

Before everyone had a recording device and was wired like fucking Sammy the Bull, you’d say something that went too far, and you’d go, “Oh, I went too far,” and you would just brush it off.

But if you think you don’t have room to make mistakes, it’s going to lead to safer, gooier stand-up. You can’t think the thoughts you want to think if you think you’re being watched.

On Bill Cosby:

I don’t know what to say. What do you say?

I hope it’s not true. That’s all you can say. I really do. I grew up on Cosby. I love Cosby, and I just hope it’s not true. It’s a weird year for comedy. We lost Robin, we lost Joan, and we kind of lost Cosby

On Robin Williams:

Comedians kill themselves. Talk to 100 comedians this week, everybody knows somebody who killed themselves.

I mean, we always say ignorance is bliss. Well, if so, what’s the opposite? Some form of misery. Being a comedian, 80 percent of the job is just you notice shit, which is a trait of schizophrenics too. You notice things people don’t notice.

On Obama:

When Obama first got elected, he should have let it all just drop. Just let the country flatline.

Let the auto industry die. Don’t bail anybody out. In sports, that’s what any new GM does. They make sure that the catastrophe is on the old management and then they clean up. They don’t try to save old management’s mistakes.

On whether his kids find him funny:

Sometimes. My daughter Lola was like, “Kevin Hart’s funnier than you.”

On the fairness of comedy:

It’s the only thing that smacks Hollywood out of its inherent racism, sexism, anti-Semitism.

It makes people hire people that they would never hire otherwise. Do they really want to do a show with Roseanne Barr?

No, they want a thin blonde girl.

She’s just funnier than everybody. I’m not even sure they wanted to do a Seinfeld show, but he’s just funnier than everybody.

On racism in America:

But the thing is, we treat racism in this country like it’s a style that America went through. Like flared legs and lava lamps.

Oh, that crazy thing we did. We were hanging black people. We treat it like a fad instead of a disease that eradicates millions of people.

You’ve got to get it at a lab, and study it, and see its origins, and see what it’s immune to and what breaks it down.

On keeping his edge at 50:

I probably can’t, but it’s okay. I didn’t recall a lack of edge in George Carlin.

Joan didn’t seem to have calmed down at all. I don’t think they were thinking about edge. I think they were just thinking about, How am I going to be funny?

It’s funny first.

From Ferguson To Cosby, Chris Rock Holds No Punches In New Interview

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Friday, May 22, 2015

Charles Barkley Calls Ferguson Looters "Scumbags" And Sides With Cops

Of course, Charles Barkley has some very strong opinions on what’s going on in Ferguson.

Chuck is never one to back down from a major issue, and in the case of police officer Darren Wilson’s non-indictment, he sees only one side.

During an interview with Philadelphia sports radio station 97.5 The Fanatic last week, he called it how he sees it and didn’t put the blame on the police.

Instead, he blamed the media and black America for jumping to conclusions, even going as far to call them “brainwashed blacks.” He then said the looters in Ferguson are only making matters worst.

Barkley claimed,

The jackasses that are looting. Those aren’t real black people, those are scumbags.

Charles sees the forensic evidence as enough to justify Wilson’s actions, but to be honest, he probably did more harm than help by speaking on this matter. He continued,

We have to be really careful with the cops, because if it wasn’t for the cops we would be living in the Wild, Wild West in our neighborhoods.

We can’t pick out certain incidentals that don’t go our way and act like the cops are all bad… Do you know how bad some of these neighborhoods would be if it wasn’t for the cops?”

Charles Barkley Calls Ferguson Looters "Scumbags" And Sides With Cops

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Sunday, March 22, 2015

Witnesses Told Grand Jury Michael Brown Charged At Darren Wilson

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A grand jury chose not to indict Darren Wilson for the shooting of Michael Brown because witnesses said the teen charged at the officer before the fatal shots were fired.

Previously, some witnesses said the 18-year-old was surrendering before his death, but their stories either changed or did not match up with physical evidence or the results of three autopsies, The New York Times reports.

Twelve jurors, including three African Americans, heard testimonies from 60 witnesses during their 25 meetings over the course of three months.

Brown’s reckless aggression was reportedly asserted by numerous African American witnesses in the vicinity of the shooting.

In the end, at least nine jurors could not agree that there was enough evidence to charge Wilson with a crime.

Wilson voluntarily testified in front of the jurors for about four hours.

According to The New York Times, Wilson said that he first met Brown and a friend walking in the street on Aug. 9 and approached them because they were potentially blocking traffic.

But Wilson said he noticed that Brown was carrying a pack of cigars and then remembered that a convenience store had just been robbed in the area.

He said he told Brown to step away from his patrol car, a Chevy Tahoe, but Brown grabbed his door and shut it.

According to Wilson’s testimony, it was at this point Brown tried to enter the vehicle, punching Wilson in the face in the process.

Then, Wilson says, Brown grabbed the officer’s gun and said,

You are too much of a pussy to shoot me.

The two struggled with the weapon until Wilson shot through his door, with one bullet grazing Brown’s hand.

The teen put his hands up, but that gesture only made him appear more threatening, Wilson said.

The officer said he fired two more shots, and Brown started to run away. Wilson left his car to chase Brown, but the teen quickly stopped to turn around.

At that point, Wilson recalls hearing Brown make an aggressive grunting noise before the teen moved toward him.

Wilson fired five shots as Brown charged at him and then another five when he continued to pursue the officer in a “full charge,” according to one witness.

In his testimony, Wilson said,

The face he had on was looking straight through me, like I wasn’t even there, I wasn’t even anything in his way.

The jurors concluded that Wilson had reason to believe he was in danger and was defending himself.

A separate investigation is currently being conducted by the US Department of Justice over the theory that Wilson targeted Brown for his race.

But the Times reports that Wilson will most likely not be federally charged because the requirements for such offenses are so vast.

Witnesses Told Grand Jury Michael Brown Charged At Darren Wilson

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