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Video: Trevor Noah Trashes American Law Enforcement but Defended Use of Police Force in South Africa’s Marikana Massacre

Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah used his nightly platform Wednesday to trash U.S. law enforcement, smearing American police officers as fruit from a “rotten tree.”  Now, one of Noah’s old stand-up comedy acts has resurfaced in which he defends the use of deadly police force in the Marikana Massacre in South Africa.

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 08: Trevor Noah speaks onstage during The National Board of Review

Comedy Central’s Trevor Noah: The System of Policing in America Designed to Keep Poor and Black People in Their Place

While a series of polls taken since last summer show that black Americans don’t want police departments defunded, and in some cases, want a larger police presence in their neighborhoods, Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah, who was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, said “the system in policing is doing exactly what it’s meant to do in America and that is keeping poor people in their place.”

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 02: Trevor Noah attends the Global Citizen Festival: