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Posted: 2016-07-08T06:08:18Z | Updated: 2016-07-08T06:08:18Z Trevor Noah: It's Possible To Be 'Pro-Cop And Pro-Black' | HuffPost

Trevor Noah: It's Possible To Be 'Pro-Cop And Pro-Black'

"You shouldn't have to choose between the police and the citizens that they are sworn to protect."

Trevor Noah, host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” addressed this week’s high-profile killings of black men  by police officers, arguing it’s possible to be “pro-cop and pro-black.”

“You know the hardest part of having a conversation surrounding police shootings in America?” Noah asked on his show Thursday. “It always feels like in America, it’s like, if you take a stand for something, you automatically are against something else. It’s such a strange world to be in.”

“You shouldn’t have to choose between the police and the citizens that they are sworn to protect,” he added.

Noah’s monologue came ahead of a shooting in Dallas , where snipers shot and killed four police officers “ambush-style” after a Black Lives Matter protest Thursday night.

Noah addressed the Dallas shooting on Twitter Thursday:

Watch the video above.

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