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Dave Chappelle dropped a surprise special Thursday evening where the decorated comedian spoke out on police brutality and the renewed racial unrest across the country.
In the Netflix special 8:46, aptly named to recognize the 8 minutes and 46 seconds that a police officer kneeled on the neck of George Floyd killing him, Chappelle somberly recounted the tragic stories of Black people killed by police or vigilantes in recent decades.
Chappelle criticized Lemon’s assertion that the public wanted to hear from celebrities during the civil unrest, which captured the attention of the country and the world for nearly two weeks since Floyd’s death on Memorial Day in Minneapolis.
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Lemon addressed being name-dropped by Chappelle, saying on CNN that he was in fact “honored” to be mentioned and that he actually agreed with Chappelle’s statement.
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Chappelle, though, really laid into Owens, who has been critical of Floyd and the demonstrations that followed his death.
