John McWhorter, Liz Collin & JC Chaix – Filmmakers Reveal the Truth about George Floyd

0:00 How Liz and JC came to collaborate on their doc, The Fall of Minneapolis

4:18 JC: No, the footage in the doc is not AI-manipulated

6:08 How much of the body cam footage is previously unseen?

8:18 Who lied about George Floyd, what did they lie about, and why?

13:30 The relevance of Floyd’s behavior during the incident

17:30 JC: Minneapolis Chief of Police Arradondo perjured himself

22:30 Minnesota DA Keith Ellison’s email to Glenn

24:11 The expert testimony from Dr. Martin Tobin on Floyd’s cause of death

26:12 Adjudicating disputes about the cause of death

34:36 Were racial justice tropes part of the Floyd incident?

38:20 Why Liz and JC think Derek Chauvin didn’t get a fair trial

41:28 Why JC didn’t include the entire viral video of Floyd in the doc

44:30 What Chauvin told JC about the incident

47:40 Humanizing the Minnesota police

50:41 The aftermath of the Minneapolis riots

55:32 The lawsuits that followed the Floyd family’s settlement

56:34 The drugs that “complicated” Floyd’s restraint

Recorded December 16, 2023.

Links and Readings

Glenn and John’s episode about The Fall of Minneapolis

Liz and JC’s documentary, The Fall of Minneapolis

Liz’s book, They're Lying: The Media, The Left, and The Death of George Floyd

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