Dec 2023. Blues Vol 39 No. 12

AROUND THE COUNTRY
TUCSON, AZ.
Derek Chauvin stabbed in prison days after a
documentary dropped revealing The Lies Told!
By The Law Officer
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis
police officer convicted
of murdering George Floyd, was
stabbed Friday at a federal prison in
Arizona, sources tell The Associated
Press.
The attack happened Friday, November
24th, at around 12:30 p.m. at
the Federal Correctional Institution
in Tucson.
In a statement obtained by the
AP, the Bureau of Prisons said that
employees who responded to the
incident contained the area and
performed “life-saving measures”
prior to the inmate being taken to
the hospital.
The inmate was not named.
The incident comes just days after
the documentary, “The Fall of Minneapolis,”
was released showing
Chauvin following police department
policy and training during the
encounter with George Floyd.
The documentary, by former reporter
Liz Collin, also revealed that
the medical examiner was pressured
to change the autopsy report
that said Floyd did not die from
asphyxia and had a lethal amount
of fentanyl in his system
THE FALL OF MINNEAPOLIS
The George Floyd case is tragic
and interesting on a legal, political,
and sociological level. There is
no other case in the 25 years that I
have been studying/working in law
enforcement that has had this much
systematic impact.
It is easy to get stuck on the “knee
on the neck” theory.
It is equally as easy to get stuck
on the “no sympathy for junkies”
theory.
The truth of the matter is often
lost in the complex grey matter
here. Some segment of that is
telling the story of what happened
to the City of Minneapolis and the
honorable men and women who
have sworn to protect it.
When the Floyd incident occurred
- Liz Collin was an anchor/journalist
at WCCO in Minneapolis. Her husband
(Bob Kroll) was the president
of the Minneapolis Police Union.
They became the target of anti-police
maniacs who were looking for
anyone to blame. Bob retired and
Liz was forced out of the television
station that she had worked at for
fourteen years. Instead of going
away - Liz has fought back in an
impressive manner.
Liz has written a book called,
“They’re Lying” and recently released
a movie called, “The Fall
of Minneapolis”. Over the last two
weeks I have read and watched
both. I highly recommend both.
Entertaining, informative, and they
capture the madness that was the
city of Minneapolis post-George
Floyd.
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