Stephen Colbert condemned violence against Asian-Americans and addressed the mass shootings in Georgia on Wednesday’s “The Late Show.” And he used to opportunity to specifically call into question the idea the shooter isn’t a racist.
On Tuesday, police say Robert Aaron Long killed eight people, including six Asian women at three massage parlors in the Atlanta area, before being arrested Tuesday night. According to The Chosun Ilbo, South Korea’s leading newspaper, witnesses say Long shouted “I’m going to kill all the Asians” at one of the locations. But in a press conference Wednesday, Capt. Jay Baker of Georgia’s Cherokee County Sheriff’s office downplayed the possibility of racist intent, instead presenting Long’s claims that he isn’t racist and that he was attempting to “take out that temptation (for) sexual addiction issues” as factual.