Here's SNL's uncomfortable unaired Ferguson sketch

Here&#039;s SNL&#039;s uncomfortable unaired Ferguson sketch — (Image credit: YouTube.com/Screenshot)

How do you joke about the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, following a grand jury's decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson? Saturday Night Live decided to tackle the issue by lampooning the fact that pretty much everyone would rather talk about anything but the incident. The true irony here, however, is the fact that SNL cut the sketch entirely due to time constraints. --Samantha Rollins

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Samantha Rollins is TheWeek.com's news editor. She has previously worked for The New York Times and TIME and is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.