WELCOME TO "THE DAILY SHOW."

SO NICE TO SEE YOU.

MY NAME IS JON STEWART.

MY GUEST TONIGHT DAVID ROSE AUTHOR OF "ENCHANTED OBJECTS."

OBVIOUSLY, THOUGH, THE EMMYS.

COLBERT REPORT. CONGRATULATIONS, TO THEM. ALWAYS WELL DESERVED.

ONCE AGAIN. GREAT JOB. BUT FIRST, OBVIOUSLY, THE BIG NEWS

OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS, THE TOWN OF FERGUSON, MISSOURI.

WHERE THE SHOOTING BY POLICE OF TEENAGER MICHAEL BROWN HAS

SPARKED A SERIES OF PROTESTS, WHICH IN TURN SPARKED A LET'S

SAY STERN RESPONSE BY POLICE WHO APPEAR TO BE

AUDITIONING FOR ROBO COP. IT'S A, IT'S A STORY

THAT HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE OUTRAGED AND UPSET.

>> I CAME BACK FROM VACATION BECAUSE I'M FURIOUS.

>> OF COURSE YOU ARE. AN UNARMED BLACK TEENAGER GUNNED DOWN

IN THE STREETS BY POLICE UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.

WHO WOULDN'T CUT THEIR VACATION SHORT TO REGISTER THEIR FURY.

YOU'D HAVE TO BE A MONSTER OR IN MY CASE ENJOYING A PARTICULARLY

NICE VACATION.

BUT GOOD ON YOU, MR. O'REILLY, FOR COMING BACK.

UNLESS OF COURSE YOU'RE FURIOUS ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.

>> FURIOUS ABOUT HOW THE SHOOTING DEATH OF 18-YEAR-OLD

MICHAEL BROWN IS BEING REPORTED, AND HOW VARIOUS

PEOPLE ARE REACTING TO IT.

>> Jon: YES!

THAT IS THE OUTRAGE.

THE SHOOTING OF MICHAEL BROWN AND ANY LACK OF TRANSPARENCY

FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR SAID INCIDENT IS

OUTRAGEOUS IN HOW IT HAS BEEN REPORTED.

[LAUGHING] >> AND, I GUESS THAT'S NOT THE

ONLY REASON TO BE ANGRY.

>> IS HE GOING TO GET A FARE SHAKE, THIS OFFICER?

>> THERE HAS BEEN A RUSH TO JUDGMENT.

>> ERIC HOLDER FLIES INTO FERGUSON.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU KNOW, WITH HIS, WITH HIS, YOU KNOW, SUPER HERO CAPE.

>> THIS MANTRA OF THE UNARMED BLACK TEENAGER SHOT BY A WHITE

COP. YOU KNOW, THAT DESCRIPTION

IN AND OF ITSELF ACTUALLY COLORS THE WAY

IN WHICH WE LOOK AT THIS STORY.

>> Jon: YES, DESCRIBING THE ACTUAL FACTS OF THE CASE.

[LAUGHING] >> Jon: REALLY DOES COLOR THE

WAY WE LOOK AT IT.

WHITE COP, SHOOTS UNARMED BLACK TEEN.

DOES SOUND TERRIBLE.

WHERE AS SAY HERO COP KILLS ALIEN HUNTING HUMANS FOR SPORT

WOULD PUT A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SPIN ON THINGS.

WHICH THOUGH A VERY ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF THE PLOT OF

PREDATOR TWO, IS IN THIS CASE IS -- NOT WHAT HAPPENED.

AND, YOU KNOW WHAT THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER STORIES OUT THERE.

>> WHY AREN'T WE COVERING NEW YORK.

>> WHY AREN'T WE COVERING BLACK ON BLACK CRIME.

>> Jon: YES! WHY ALL THE INTEREST IN HOLDING POLICE

OFFICERS TO A HIGHER STANDARD THAN GANGS?

THEY BOTH FLASH COLORS. AND, YES ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN

SWORN TO PROTECT AND DEFEND, BUT STILL --

>> WELL, THIS WEEKEND 42 PEOPLE WERE SHOT IN CHICAGO.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE THE PROTESTS.

I DON'T SEE THE ANGER.

>> IF I WERE AFRICAN-AMERICAN I WOULD BE OUTRAGED THAT MORE

JOURNALISTS AREN'T COVERING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CHICAGO AND

MORE OUTRAGED THAT PEOPLE LIKE AL SHARPTON AND JESSE JACKSON

DON'T HEAD TO THOSE AREAS.

>> Jon: YES. WHAT COULD EXPLAIN THE LACK OF OUTRAGE ABOUT

AL SHARPTON AND HIS ILK NOT DOING ANYTHING

ABOUT BLACK ON BLACK VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO.

>> WITH CHICAGO'S VIOLENCE MAKING NATIONAL HEADLINES, A

GROUP LED BY THE REVEREND AL SHARPTON PLANS TO CONVENE AN

ANTI-VIOLENCE SUMMIT OF NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS HERE.

>> Jon: OH, THAT'S RIGHT BECAUSE AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERS DID

HOLD A SUMMIT ABOUT THAT IN NOVEMBER. AND HAVE MET AT

LEAST THREE TIMES IN THE CITY IN JUST THE LAST 13 MONTHS.

WHICH IS NOT TO SAY THAT IT'S BEEN EFFECTIVE. BUT TAKEN ALONG

WITH THE PRESIDENT'S MY BROTHER'S KEEPER INITIATIVE

WHICH ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THIS VIOLENCE, ALONG WITH THE

COUNTLESS VIGILS AND MARCHES WITHIN THESE VIOLENCE TORN

COMMUNITIES MEANS THEY ARE TRYING ACTUALLY TO DO SOMETHING.

YOU SEE, YOU BEING IGNORANT OF THOSE ATTEMPTS DOESN'T MEAN

THE ISSUE ITSELF IS BEING IGNORED IN THE SAME WAY THAT

WHEN IT SNOWS WHERE YOU LIVE DOESN'T MEAN THE WORLD

ISN'T GETTING HOTTER. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> Jon: [BLEEP]. OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE

BOTHERING YOU, ISN'T THERE?

>> WHEN A COP PULLS ME OVER I SAY, I PUT MY HANDS OUTSIDE OF

THE CAR. IF I'M CARRYING A WEAPON, WHICH I'M LICENSED TO

CARRY IN NEW YORK, THE FIRST THING I TELL THE POLICE OFFICER

IS "OFFICER I WANT YOU TO KNOW I HAVE A LEGAL FAREARM IN THE

CAR."

>> Jon: AND THEN I BRACE MYSELF FOR THE TASER.

WELL, WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE FACT YOU GET PULLED OVER SO MUCH

BY THE COPS THAT SOMETIMES YOU'RE CARRYING A WEAPON.

SOMETIMES YOU'RE NOT. I DON'T KNOW.

DEPENDS ON HOW I'M FEELING THAT DAY.

BUT, CONTINUE.

>> I OFTEN WOULD EVEN TAKE MY -- STEP OUT OF THE CAR, LIFT MY

SHIRT UP SO HE COULD SEE WHERE THE GUN IS.

[LAUGHING] >> Jon: YOU REALLY DO HAVE NO

[BEEP] IDEA, DO YOU?

YOU REALLY DON'T. BASICALLY,

BASICALLY YOU'RE SAYING... [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

IF ONLY MICHAEL BROWN INSTEAD OF HOLDING

HIS HANDS OVER HIS HEAD HAD REACHED DOWN TO HIS WAIST ND

LIFTED UP HIS SHIRT TO SHOW THE GUN HE DID NOT ACTUALLY HAVE,

WELL, THIS WHOLE TRAGEDY COULD OF BEEN AVOIDED.

DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THAT LIFE IN THIS COUNTRY IS INHERENTLY

DIFFERENT FOR WHITE PEOPLE AND BLACK PEOPLE?

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TRYING MAKE THIS, DANA, ABOUT BLACK AND

WHITE. AND TRYING TO MAKE THIS ABOUT RACE.

>> THIS IS PART OF THIS EFFORT TO MAKE IT EVERYTHING ABOUT

RACE.

>> IS THIS A STORY ABOUT RACE? DO WE KNOW THAT?

>> I THINK IT'S PLACING THE RACE CARD.

AND I THINK IT'S DISGRACEFUL.

>> THE ONLY RACIAL DIVIDE THAT IS BEING CREATED HERE IS

BEING CREATED BY THE RACE HATERS.

>> YOU KNOW WHO TALKS ABOUT RACE, RACISTS.

[LAUGHING] >> Jon: DID YOU JUST -- HE WHO

SMELT IT DEALT IT RACISM.

DID YOU REALLY? YOU SMELT IT DEALT IT RACISM?

ALRIGHT.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> Jon: FORGET THAT IN

FERGUSON, 94% OF THE POLICE ARE WHITE AND 63% OF THE PEOPLE ARE

BLACK, FORGET THAT 92% OF POLICE SEARCHES AND 86% OF CAR

STOPS ARE FOR BLACK PEOPLE. FORGET THAT THE WHITE MUNICIPAL

GOVERNMENT FINANCES NEARLY A QUARTER OF ITS ANNUAL BUDGET

THROUGH THE FINES DISPROPORTIONATELY LEVELED

AGAINST THE BLACK POPULATION. FORGET THAT THE HISTORY OF THIS

TOWN INCLUDES THIS TASTY NUGGET.

>> A 52-YEAR-OLD MAN NAMED HENRY DAVIS SAID THAT FOUR FERGUSON

POLICE OFFICERS BEAT HIM AND THEN CHARGED HIM WITH DAMAGING

GOVERNMENT PROPERTY BECAUSE HIS BLOOD HAD GOTTEN ON THE

OFFICERS' UNIFORMS.

>> Jon: SO, LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. YOU GUYS

HAVE GOT TANKS BUT YOU CAN'T KEEP A COUPLE OF TIDE STICKS

AROUND. BECAUSE HERE'S...

HERE IS THE PROBLEM WITH EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON IN

THIS CONVERSATION.

THIS ISN'T ALL ABOUT JUS ONE MAN KILLED IN ONE TOWN.

IT'S ABOUT HOW PEOPLE OF COLOR, NO MATTER THEIR SOCIOECONOMIC

STANDING FACE OBSTACLES IN THIS COUNTRY WITH SURPRISING GRACE.

LOOK AT, LOOK AT HOW UPSET YOU ALL GET ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS.

>> TONIGHT CHRISTMAS UNDER ATTACK.

>> Jon: WHY ARE WE ALLOWING ANTI- CHRISTMAS MADNESS?

>> WHY DO I HAVE TO DRIVE AROUND WITH MY KIDS TO LOOK FOR

NATIVITY SCENES AND BE LIKE,

OH YA, KIDS, LOOK THERE BABY JESUS BEHIND THE FESTIVUS POLE

MADE OUT OF BEER CANS.

IT'S NUTS! >> REMEMBER...

>> Jon: REMEMBER, YOU WERE FURIOUS THAT AMERICA'S

11 MONTH LONG CELEBRATION OF CHRISTMAS WASN'T ENOUGH. BUT

NOW IF YOU CAN, JUST IMAGINE THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING TO SUFFER

THE INDIGNITY OF A FESTIVUS POLE BLOCKING SOMETHING YOU COULD

HAVE JUST SET UP IN YOUR OWN YARD ANYWAY -- IMAGINE THAT

INSTEAD OF THAT ON A PRETTY CONSISTENT BASIS YOU CAN'T GET A

[BEEP] CAB EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE A NEURO SURGEON,

CAUSE YOU'RE BLACK. I GUARANTEE YOU.

I GUARANTEE YOU THAT EVERY, I GUARANTEE YOU THAT EVERY, THAT

EVERY PERSON OF COLOR IN THIS COUNTRY HAS FACED AM INDIGNITY

FROM THE RIDICULOUS, TO THE GROTESQUE, TO THE SOMETIMES

FATAL AT SOME POINT IN THEIR -- I'M GONNA SAY

LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. BECAUSE OF THEIR SKIN COLOR.

QUICK STORY.

SO WE LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY.

A LIBERAL BASTION.

RECENTLY -- LET ME FINISH.

RECENTLY WE SENT A CORRESPONDENT AND A PRODUCER TO A BUILDING

IN THIS LIBERAL BASTION WHERE WE WERE GOING TO TAPE AN INTERVIEW.

THE PRODUCER, WHITE, DRESSED IN WHAT COULD ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS

HOMELESS ELF ATTIRE, AND A PRETTY STRONG 5:00 O'CLOCK FROM

THE PREVIOUS WEEK SHADOW.

STRODE CONFIDENTIALLY INTO THE BUILDING PROCEEDING OUR HUMBLE

CORRESPONDENT, A GENTLEMAN OF COLOR, DRESSED RESPLENDENTLY IN

A TAILORED SUIT. WHO DO YOU THINK WAS STOPPED?

LET ME GIVE YOU A HINT: THE BLACK GUY.

AND THAT [BLEEP] HAPPENS ALL OF THE TIME.

ALL OF IT.

RACE IS THERE.

AND IT IS A CONSTANT.

YOU'RE TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT IT?

IMAGE HOW [BEEP] EXHAUSTING IT IS LIVING IT.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.