Trevor Noah on Uvalde cops: ‘What were they waiting for? The invincible star from Mario?’

Trevor Noah: ‘What we have learned is that cops in America basically use the same principle as toddlers: they’ll tell the truth, but only if it doesn’t get them in trouble.’ Photograph: YouTube

Trevor Noah

In the month since the shooting at Robb elementary in Uvalde, Texas, killed 19 children and two adults, revelations about the police response to the crisis have led to public outcry and a Texas safety chief to call the operation an “abject failure”. “This story keeps getting worse and worse,” said Trevor Noah on Tuesday’s Daily Show. “Every single time we learn something, it gets worse and worse.”