Trevor Noah Reflects on Rayshard Brooks: "You Don't Deserve to Die for Being Drunk"

Rayshard Brooks outside an Atlanta Wendy's on June 12, despite an emotional plea from Brooks' widow.Garrett Rolfe was fired from the Atlanta Police Department after the deadly shooting and faces 11 charges, including felony murder. Rolfe was attempting to arrest 27-year-old Brooks, who had fallen asleep in his car and failed a sobriety test, when Brooks grabbed another officer's Taser and fled.

The Hollywood Reporter picked up on comments from Trevor Noah this week in which he addressed the way in which film and television productions portray police officers, and how these depictions may have a deleterious effect on the way the public views police officers.

Garrett Rolfe – the former cop who was fired after he shot Rayshard Brooks in the back in an Atlanta Wendy’s parking lot on June 12 – is facing life in prison.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorTrevor Noah devoted a segment of his Daily Show Thursday to address the portrayals of law enforcement officers on TV police procedurals.“Believe it or not, watching cop shows makes a lot of people see the police as infallible,” Noah said. “And honestly, I don’t blame any of these people.

As anti-police brutality and anti-racism protests continue to occur nationwide, Trevor Noah highlighted the violence-heavy portrayals of police and law-enforcement officers on TV. "Believe it or not, watching cop shows makes a lot of people see the police as infallible," Noah said.

Jon Stewart is back in his old stomping grounds.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerJoe Biden claimed today at a campaign stop in Pennsylvania that the coronavirus is responsible for 120 million deaths.

Trevor Noah says the lack of true understanding from white corporate America regarding Black people is painfully obvious.

Donald Trump is getting a taste of embarrassment.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorThe comedy fallout over President Donald Trump’s less-than-perfect rally Saturday continued apace tonight as Trevor Noah weighed in. During his monologue for The Daily Social Distancing Show, the host fairly reveled in the embarrassingly low turnout that reportedly (gasp!) made POTUS furious.“Aww, poor Trump,” Noah said.

Peter White Television EditorTrevor Noah was already facing the challenge of producing his nightly Comedy Central talk show in a quarantine when he and his team decided to extend the format. The South African comedian started hosting a 45-minute edition in late April as COVID-19 raged on.

told CNN’s Anderson Cooper in an interview that will air Sunday. “That’s fundamentally what’s happening in America.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerJohn Bolton, described as a full-time “Got Milk” ad by Trevor Noah, has a new book expected to be out soon, The Room Where It Happened. No, it’s not an homage to the musical Hamilton, which has a song of roughly the same name.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThere’s a reason Trevor Noah is doing his show from home. “It’s not that I forgot to pay the utility bill at the studio,” he said.

The police officer who killed Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta has officially been charged with felony murder, in addition to 10 other counts. 

Devin Brosnan was one of the responding officers after Rayshard Brooks, a Black man and father, fell asleep at an Atlanta Wendy’s drive-thru. The situation soon a violent turn when the other officer on the scene, Garrett Rolfe, 27, fatally shot at Rayshard three times. While Garrett has been charged with 11 charges (felony murder among them), Brosnan hasn’t evaded consequences either — he has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault and two counts of violating his oath of office.

Trevor Noah thinks it’s high time police reconsider how they approach arresting people.

Movie and TV mogul Tyler Perry will be covering funeral costs for the family of Rayshard Brooks, who was gunned down by police in Atlanta, Georgia on Friday.The 27-year-old black man became the latest victim of excessive force by a white cop after he was killed at a fast-food drive-through restaurant. The shooter has since been terminated from his job, and on Sunday, Brooks’s death was officially ruled a homicide.