Liz Collin

Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus.

Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus.

Yeah, thanks, Charlie, for having me back on. Good to see you and Happy New Year to you guys. But yeah, there's been a lot of developments just this week in this case. This all stems actually from a defamation lawsuit that was filed against myself and Alpha News from the fall of Minneapolis. This is from the assistant police chief. Katie Blackwell is her name.

Yeah, thanks, Charlie, for having me back on. Good to see you and Happy New Year to you guys. But yeah, there's been a lot of developments just this week in this case. This all stems actually from a defamation lawsuit that was filed against myself and Alpha News from the fall of Minneapolis. This is from the assistant police chief. Katie Blackwell is her name.

She filed this defamation suit back in October against us, saying we did not depict her name. testimony correctly in the fall of Minneapolis. And also she took issue with some wording we use in their lying, the media, the left and the death of George Floyd. That is the book that I first put out that led to the documentary.

She filed this defamation suit back in October against us, saying we did not depict her name. testimony correctly in the fall of Minneapolis. And also she took issue with some wording we use in their lying, the media, the left and the death of George Floyd. That is the book that I first put out that led to the documentary.

So as part of this motion to dismiss that we filed in this case earlier this week, we have 34 current and former police officers who filed sworn declarations to say that this knee on neck restraint that she testified about in Derek Chauvin's trial was in fact a part of police training.

So as part of this motion to dismiss that we filed in this case earlier this week, we have 34 current and former police officers who filed sworn declarations to say that this knee on neck restraint that she testified about in Derek Chauvin's trial was in fact a part of police training.

14 of these officers go so far as to say that she perjured herself, that she lied on the stand in Derek Chauvin's criminal trial back in 2021. So really some bombshell court filings that have taken place. She brought this fight to us, not liking how she was depicted in the fall of Minneapolis, but this was our response to that lawsuit.

14 of these officers go so far as to say that she perjured herself, that she lied on the stand in Derek Chauvin's criminal trial back in 2021. So really some bombshell court filings that have taken place. She brought this fight to us, not liking how she was depicted in the fall of Minneapolis, but this was our response to that lawsuit.

It's a 113-page brief in all that was filed in Hennepin County Court earlier this week.

It's a 113-page brief in all that was filed in Hennepin County Court earlier this week.

Yeah, we spent quite a bit of time in the documentary itself dedicated to that, to what jurors saw, but I think really what they did not see. And that was a huge part of this. The MRT, the maximal restraint technique, which you can hear Thomas Lane actually talk about in the body camera footage. Again, the body camera footage, that's kept from the public for months in this case.

Yeah, we spent quite a bit of time in the documentary itself dedicated to that, to what jurors saw, but I think really what they did not see. And that was a huge part of this. The MRT, the maximal restraint technique, which you can hear Thomas Lane actually talk about in the body camera footage. Again, the body camera footage, that's kept from the public for months in this case.

But MRT is not allowed in Derek Chauvin's trial back in 2021. Judge Peter Cahill at the time said there was no proof that Chauvin signed his name in the last time MRT was taught to police officers in Minneapolis. So in his ruling, this is why he decided that that would not be allowed in Chauvin's trial. So this is a this is a big part.

But MRT is not allowed in Derek Chauvin's trial back in 2021. Judge Peter Cahill at the time said there was no proof that Chauvin signed his name in the last time MRT was taught to police officers in Minneapolis. So in his ruling, this is why he decided that that would not be allowed in Chauvin's trial. So this is a this is a big part.

And then you have Katie Blackwell take the stand, who says under oath that she does not recognize the technique that Derek Chauvin is using. And this is a clip that they continue to use in the trial again and again, a specific exhibit where you can see Derek Chauvin's knee near the neck of George Floyd. She says on the stand that this is not a part of training.

And then you have Katie Blackwell take the stand, who says under oath that she does not recognize the technique that Derek Chauvin is using. And this is a clip that they continue to use in the trial again and again, a specific exhibit where you can see Derek Chauvin's knee near the neck of George Floyd. She says on the stand that this is not a part of training.

However, these officers have now come forward to say that they took issue with her testimony, that the depiction was corrupt. completely correct in what we used in in the fall of Minneapolis for 30 seconds that that we used in the documentary itself. And they now want to go on the record and say that that she lied, that she committed perjury in Derek Chauvin's trial.

However, these officers have now come forward to say that they took issue with her testimony, that the depiction was corrupt. completely correct in what we used in in the fall of Minneapolis for 30 seconds that that we used in the documentary itself. And they now want to go on the record and say that that she lied, that she committed perjury in Derek Chauvin's trial.