Key & Peele Solves Problem of Racist Police with ‘Negrotown’

The new season of Comedy Central’s Key & Peele does not premiere until July 8, but Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele evidently felt this ambitious new sketch was just too relevant to keep off the internet until then.

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In the piece, the unfortunately routine-seeming arrest of a black man for allegedly talking back to a cop leads to a Wizard of Oz-like awakening in a place called “Negrotown” where you can “walk the street, without getting stopped, harassed or beat.”

Of course, like most fantasies, it’s ultimately too good to be true.

Watch video below, via Comedy Central:

[Photo via screengrab]

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