Comedy Central to Explore Racism and Excessive Force with ‘Police Roast’

Comedy Central to Explore Racism and Excessive Force with ‘Police Roast’

by Daniel Nussbaum 31 Mar 2016

http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2016/03/31/comedy-central-explore-racism-excessive-force-police-roast/

Comedy Central has ordered a new one-hour special “roast” of police officers that will explore law enforcement’s alleged use of excessive force and racial profiling, and examine the risks police take every day to keep communities safe. The special will be hosted by “America’s Roastmaster General” and progressive Democrat Jeff Ross.

In Jeff Ross Roasts the Police, the 50-year-old comedian will explore “burning national issues and ride along in the hottest seat in town” as he uses his unique brand of insult comedy to rib police officers.

Here’s the new special’s official synopsis from Comedy Central:

“This special finds Jeff looking at the complicated national issues surrounding policing; from race, profiling and excessive force to the risks officers take every day and the effect that police work has on their lives, families and health. To understand what it means to be a cop in America today, Ross steps behind the thin blue line for a ride-along/Roast-along with a cross section of officers from a major, metropolitan police force. Along the way, Jeff meets with perps, anti-police activists, newly-minted cadets and seasoned top brass.”

A premiere date for the special has not yet been announced.

The police-oriented program follows last year’s Jeff Ross Roasts Criminals: Live at the Brazos County Jail special from last year, in which the comedian “roasted” inmates at the Texas jail.

Ross has made a name for himself in recent years as the lead “roaster” on Comedy Central’s popular series, having roasted everyone from Justin Bieber and David Hasselhoff to Charlie Sheen and Donald Trump. He’s also the star of his own Comedy Central show called The Burn with Jeff Ross, which has run for two seasons thus far.

As is his style, Ross has courted controversy with some of his jokes in recent years. In a promo for his show from 2012, Ross posted a meme saying he was “glad” that actor Charlton Heston died. At the roast of Roseanne Barr that year, Ross made a controversial joke about the Aurora movie theater massacre that was subsequently cut from Comedy Central’s broadcast.

In 2011, Ross performed a roughly 15-minute “roast” of big banks and Wall Street in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street protestors in Los Angeles.

“We might all be here for different reasons, but we have one thing in common. We’re angry, right? We’re angry because the banks are getting bailed out. We’re angry because the elections are being bought out. And we’re angry because Michelle Bachman’s husband won’t come out,” he joked then in his typical roast style.

Comedy Central has also ordered a roast competition special from Ross titled Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle that the network describes as a kind of “Thunderdome” of insult comedy.

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Michele Ganeless is the president of Comedy Central, and a director at the Posse Foundation.

Note: Jeffrey W. Ubben is the chairman for the Posse Foundation, and was a managing partner at Blum Capital Partners, LP.

Richard C. Blum is the chairman & president for Blum Capital Partners, LP, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and married to Senator Dianne Feinstein.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the Harlem Children's Zone.  

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.

Lee H. Hamilton is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.  

Kenneth Canterbury is a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, and the president of the Fraternal Order of Police.

William J. Bratton is a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, the commissioner for the New York City Police Department, was the police commissioner for Boston (MA), a superintendent for the Boston Metropolitan Police, and the chief for the Los Angeles (CA) Police Department.

Los Angeles (CA) Police Department is a Los Angeles (CA) department.

Eric Garcetti is the Los Angeles (CA) mayor, and a trustee at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.

Ari Emanuel is a trustee at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and the co-CEO & director for William Morris Endeavor Entertainment.

Jeff Ross is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, and was a director at the Phoenix House Foundation.

Douglas E. Schoen was a director at the Phoenix House Foundation, and Michael R. Bloomberg’s adviser.

Michael R. Bloomberg’s adviser was Douglas E. Schoen, and a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.

Starr Foundation was a funder for the Harlem Children's Zone, and the Posse Foundation.

Lone Pine Foundation was a funder for the Harlem Children's Zone, and the Posse Foundation.

Michele Ganeless is a director at the Posse Foundation, and the president of Comedy Central.