Trevor Noah: ‘Second Amendment not meant for black people’
Frustrated over the accidental fatal shooting of Emantic Bradford at an Alabama mall, the 'Daily Show' host asks why these situations keep happening
While the Second Amendment calls for the right to bear arms, it didn’t work in Emantic (EJ) Bradford’s best interest when he died Thanksgiving night trying to defend himself against an Alabama mall shooter, “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah says.
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“You start to realize the Second Amendment is not intended for black people,” Noah said during his Unplugged segment, according to The Huffington Post. “It’s an uncomfortable thing to say. But it’s the truth.”
Noah was visibly upset about the killing of the black army combat engineer who was fatally shot by police at an Alabama mall, in a case of mistaken identity after cops shot him, believing he was the shooter. His family charges that he was racially profiled by some trigger happy officers.
“How does this sh*t keep happening?” Noah asked. “Cops are called into a situation, they see a black person and then immediately they shoot,” he said to his audience.
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“That’s what they did here. They ran in, they shot the guy, and then they were like ‘We got him.’ ”
“How many times have we seen a shooter who is white and a man get talked down?” he said, noting the shooters in Aurora and Charleston.
Bradford’s family and the Alabama community were outraged after the 21-year-old man was gunned down by police inside the Riverchase Galleria in the Birmingham suburb of Hoover.
He was holding a handgun, which his father said he was legal and was running away from the scene of the shooting before he was fatally shot by responding officers. He reportedly was involved in the altercation that led to the shooting of a 12-year-old girl and an 18-year-old male Thanksgiving night, but he was not the gunman who fired the rounds that wounded the victims, AL.com reported.
Investigators believe that more than two individuals were involved in the shooting, and at least one gunman remains at large.
