Ep. 2160 - The Case For Derek Chauvin | Episode 1: The Background
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What is the purpose of the series on Derek Chauvin's case?
What if everything you were told about the trial of Derek Chauvin was a lie? Today, we're launching one of the most important multi-part series we've ever produced at this company. We're examining the terrible miscarriage of justice that took place in the case of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. This will be a comprehensive multi-episode breakdown of the case. All the facts, all the evidence, all the political context. We're going to tear this case apart piece by piece. By the end, I think you'll agree with me that President Trump should immediately pardon Derek Chauvin for his federal convictions. New episodes of this series will be dropping every Tuesday and Thursday. Watch them, share them, join the discussion with Daily Wire members and Ben Shapiro Show producers inside the Daily Wire Plus app. The truth matters and justice matters, and you're not going to hear this anywhere else. This is The Case for Derek Chauvin, Episode 1, The Background.
Like everyone else in America, I first saw the tape of Derek Chauvin and George Floyd on May 25th, what appeared at the time to be nine minutes of a police officer's knee on George Floyd's neck. Given the tape alone, I drew the same conclusions most Americans drew. I tweeted that the police officer's behavior was abhorrent. I called for his prosecution. I stated that nobody is defending the actions we all witnessed. So it's not as though I was initially a believer in Derek Chauvin's innocence. And then over time, new evidence emerged, a lot of new evidence. And I realized I had done something absolutely wrong. I had rushed to judgment. As new information was released, the full body camera footage, the complete autopsy findings, the Minneapolis Police Department training materials, my viewpoint changed and it changed dramatically. But for most Americans, their only opinion on the case was formed in the hours after the original tape broke. They didn't know about the new evidence or they didn't care.
The legacy media were deeply complicit in this. They didn't cover the details of the autopsy, the details of the complete body camera footage, the defense presentation at trial. They let that original impression sit in the minds of the American people forever. for years, and they did that for a reason. They had a predetermined narrative of the race-based guilt of Derek Chauvin, and according to the left, of white people everywhere. Taking stock of these larger forces at play helps to make sense of the bias that continues to this day. The George Floyd narrative was set. A racist white police officer murdered a black man in cold blood, case closed. Evidence to the contrary, irrelevant. MPD, training protocols, dismissed. Toxicology report, ignored. Medical examiner's findings about contributing factors, conspiracy theories. Consider, for example, ESPN's Stephen A. Smith, who last week dismissed my call to revisit the Chauvin trial by declaring on his show that he, quote, doesn't care about the autopsy, effectively admitting he doesn't care about the facts or the truth.
This cavalier dismissal of medical evidence perfectly encapsulates how much of America approaches this case.
See, you're trying to go down the lane I wasn't trying to go down. I'm not going to let you take me there, which is why I turned down your invitation to appear on your show. We're not getting into all of the science and what the doctor said and an autopsy report, even though I just read it to you to some degree.
We don't have to go there. A proper analysis of any case requires examining all the available evidence, not just the parts that confirm preexisting narratives based on the first available information. The media, the politicians, the prosecutors, they had no interest in presenting the complete picture, judging by their reaction to the announcement of this series. They still don't. You're not going to hear it from CNN. You're not going to hear it from MSNBC. You certainly won't hear it from politicians who built their careers on the back of this case. But you'll hear it here because unlike those who rendered judgment and moved on, I believe truth emerges when we're willing to revise our positions in light of new information.
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