Julia Stiles Addresses Police Violence on ‘Daily Show’

Julia Stiles had to take a moment before starting her interview on The Daily Show to say something to Trevor Noah and his audience. In light of the recent police shootings in Minnesota and Louisiana, Julia felt the need to share some of her feelings on the excessive police violence in America.

The 35-year-old actress, who appeared on the show to promote her new movie Jason Bourne, started off by saying, “I’m truly, like, astonished. I’m not going to say anything new, but I can’t not address what has happened.” Julia was clearly shaken up by the recent events, saying, “I just don’t understand how many more people — husbands and fathers and sons — have to die before something changes.”

Julia’s interview was taped before the shootings in Dallas occurred Thursday evening, so she was not commenting on that, but she did acknowledge that police officers have a very dangerous job. Still, Stiles said that without some sort of systemic change, the cycle of violence will continue. “If [something] doesn’t change within the police department,” she concluded, “citizens are going to lose respect for the authority of the police, and violence will continue.”

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