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Hasan Minhaj On Police Brutality, COVID-19 And The 6th Season Of 'Patriot Act'

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with comedian Hasan Minhaj about the topics he's been tackling on the latest season of his show, Patriot Act, on Netflix.
Hasan Minhaj discusses his show <em>Patriot Act</em> at Build Studio on Dec. 2, 2019. Minhaj talked with NPR about talking with Keith Ellison, who is prosecuting former police in the George Floyd case.

Hasan Minhaj tackles police brutality, the student debt crisis, U.S. elections, the demise of local journalism and so much more on the sixth season of his show, Patriot Act, on Netflix.

One of Minhaj's episodes featured an , the person in charge of the case against the four police officers involved in the death of George that the interview felt necessary.

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