"We Can Fight With Our Police" - Trevor Noah - (There's A Gupta On My Stoep)

You know, one of the biggest things we don't appreciate in South Africa that I've learned to appreciate since moving to the US is the civil relationship we have with our

police

. We can

fight

with our

police

when they stop us. Without one. I thought about your head losing your life. That is a luxury in the United States. I didn't even think about that. I moved to the United States to start working at the Daily Show and one day I was driving and a police officer pulled me over and getting stopped by this police officer and being stopped by the police in the United States is a stressful experience because they make it into a show. of games in which you have to try to figure out what is happening.

In South Africa it is simple, straight to the point. stopped by the metro police comes there and tells you My friend you were speeding license, letter, letter, letter, license plus no seat belt License and immediately you are in the game Ah, come on, man, come on, hey, don't come. Nothing here seat belt man Letter, License Letter, License busy driving here Schumacher, hey Yeah. now you're in the game, you know it's time to talk, it's time to fix things. In the United States they don't play that game. The policeman approached the window. I was sitting in the car.

I went up there. Good afternoon sir. Good afternoon sir. Do you know why I stopped you? Shouldn't you know why? why are you asking me? No, I don't know, I'm sorry, what did you say? I said I don't know why he stopped me. I stopped him sir because he was speeding. Oh, okay, I didn't know that. Do you know how fast he was going sir? Didn't you check your notes before you came? I feel like this is part of his job. I'm doing your job and mine at the same time, sir, are you giving me attitude?

No, I'm not giving attitude. I'm just saying you can't ask me why he stopped me and then ask me how fast I was going. The next thing you're going to ask me is to write my own ticket, sir, are you giving me attitude? You're going to get out of this car okay, now you're giving me an attitude and I was talking to the guy and I said, look, man, you can't say, this is the craziest thing the cop said to me. He looked at me and said, sir. I'll tell you what, you were going a hundred miles an hour, I was going like a hundred miles an hour, how do you know?

Where is your, can I see what he said, what are you talking about? I was like, show me your gun. Wow, no, not that one, wow, I want to see the laser gun. I want to see the speed. He's like no. I need that sir. I estimated it was going to a hundred. I was like Dear? What does a hundred look like? you can't just estimate a hundred So he says I can look and I can estimate Dude that's a dangerous thing so just look and see that guy is doing a hundred you can't just estimate Imagine if he only did that with You like estimating standard 7 finished. he can't just do that.

I'm sorry sir, what did you just say to me? I didn't, look I'm just saying it's not fair that you like it, it's a weird experience with the police there and my friend was in the passenger seat and he was shitting the whole time. He was like, "Hey, shut up, shut up." Shut up, Trevor, shut up, Trevor, you're going to get us killed, shut up, Trevor. I was like, what for? Why are they killing us now? It's like: shut up, Trevor, shut up, Trevor. I take it for granted because in America you can get shot and you read stories and you see stories of black Americans getting shot and that's true, they get shot at a disproportionate rate, but white Americans get shot too. by the police all the time White police in America police in general in America are trigger-happy, they don't play games All races, police as a whole shoot first, ask questions later There they are, "You!" (gunshots) "Frozen!" "Did I understand that order correctly?" We take for granted the relationship we have here in the United States.

You read stories of people who got shot because they took out their wallets. In South Africa, they will shoot you because you didn't take out your wallet. We are always talking. What I like most about the South African police is that you feel part of what is happening. You stop the policeman and he arrives. How are you, sir? I am good how are you? Hey, I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine, hey, I don't know if you saw here, let me show you, can you see here, check the numbers, check the numbers, see that one over there?

Maximum score. Yes, look there. High score, hey. Look at that number there huh, what does that number say? and you're like, 160. 160. (whistling) Hey, if I were Pac Man you'd have an extra life now, huh? 160 So what are we doing now? Agh, malume, yeah, what are we doing now? Agh, malume, I know my man, I know they feel your pain, we're in this together. I almost feel like we need to send in the South African police. We need to send South African police to America just so Americans can learn what it's like. You have a functioning police force that doesn't always threaten to take your life, you know? a police force where you can communicate and where you can air your differences without fear of deadly reprisals, wouldn't it be great to have Americans in difficult situations?

There they are in a stalemate the police stop (police siren) Very good, we are going to hand you over, we have a sergeant Matabula here, he is a specialist from South Africa, we are going to hand you over. Hello Hello Sir, how is he? Hey man, I'm not going out! Hey, hey, hey, I salute you! I said how are you? Don't just shout here, we're talking, how are you? I'm fine man, thank you very much for asking, how are you? I'm fine thank you very much. Okay, is that happening here my brother? Look man, that shit you all are trying to pin on me isn't true, I'm innocent!

Well, then come out and we can talk. No man, I know what this shit is like! Everyone will kill me or I will spend the rest of my life in prison! That's not true, that's not true, just come out, we can talk. I know what you all are going to do, man! I have two options: I am going to die or I am going to spend my life in prison. There is another option that involves a cold drink. it does not have to be this way.