Trevor Noah on police shootings: 'Why is video never enough?'

On Thursday night, from behind his Daily Show desk, Trevor Noah addressed the recent shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.

"Did you guys see that shooting that happened two days ago?" Noah asked. "Because don't worry if you missed it. There was another one yesterday... Two videos in two days of police fatally shooting two black men who, when you watch the video, did nothing to warrant them losing their lives."

The talk show host also articulated his frustrations with discussing police brutality in the public sphere.

"And you know the hardest part of a having a conversation surrounding police shootings in America? It always feels like in America, it's like if you take a stand for something, you automatically are against something else," Noah said. "With police shootings, it shouldn't have to work that way. For instance, if you're pro Black Lives Matter you're assumed to be anti-police. And, if you're pro-police then you surely hate black people ... when in reality you can be pro-cop and pro-black, which is what we should all be."

Noah confessed he finds it painful that some people still deny an issue within the police force exists despite video footage. Offering an example from his own life, he admitted he didn't understand how prominent the problem of catcalling was until he saw 10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman  featuring Shoshana Roberts.

"But after I watched the video, I realized that there was a problem because seeing is believing and yet, for some strange reason, when it comes to videos of police shootings, seeing isn't believing... Why is the video never enough? Tamir Rice, there was a video. Eric Garner, there was a video. Laquan McDonald, there was a video and yet, still, skepticism."

Noah said what angers him is the fact that "some people say, 'I don't think there's a problem with the police. You know, black people are surely doing something. Maybe the black guy did something wrong.' You can't deny the racism. At some point you have to acknowledge it," he said.

The host then spoke of the outrage and changes officials said would be made when a gorilla was killed at the Cincinnati Zoo after a 3-year-old fell into its enclosure.

"They're making changes for a gorilla," Noah exclaimed. "One gorilla! One!"

Toward the end of his statement, Noah made a plea for all Americans to get involved and for police to acknowledge the racial bias recently addressed by President Obama.

Watch the full clip below.