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Minnesota Residents of St Paul & Minneapolis went through some really tough times during the last week of May after Memorial Day 2020, from May 25th to the second week of June. Business owners and non-profit organizations lost their businesses and their offices. Residents were afraid to leave their homes. We watched organized attacks at police stations, dumpster fires that blocked streets from the Minneapolis Fire Department to get to the next deliberately set fire. Police & TV Helicopters orbited over the mayhem and destruction. A Police Station was not the only building torched, there were several small businesses, a new low income housing building, a post office and the business owners next to Allianz Field in St Paul.
Liz Collin an anchor at WCCO TV and her husband Bob Kroll a Police Lieutenant in the Minneapolis Police Department and the Union President of the Police Union had a different experience than most of us. They had a front row seat starting from the first report of a counterfeit suspect who died in police custody, George Floyd, to the beginning of the narrative being spun by the Minneapolis Police Chief, Mayor of Minneapolis, Governor, and MN Attorney General. This couple would go through hell without a chance to catch their breath. They were made to be targets for the media, and the radicals who seemed to be supported by the City, State, Congressional Leaders, and even Presidential Candidate Joe Biden.
The biggest casualty was the Truth.
“They’re Lying,” Book Contents
The book is split up into 6 parts that chronicle the personal experiences and what was happening in the City & State Government. The suspension of Due Process of Law, a Kangaroo Court case for Political Reasons, and the Aftermath.
Parts:
Introduction
- Assumptions & Accusations
- Outrage & Riots
- The Autopsy & Point of No Return
- The Protests Hit Home
- The Trial of Derek Chauvin
- The Right Side of History
Afterword
Assumptions & Accusations
This part starts out with a call that Bob Kroll got about a suspect’s death during an arrest. Usually in a case where a suspect dies in custody, or there is an officer involved shooting; the routine is the officers involved are put on administrative leave pending an investigation conducted by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) is called in to do the investigation. 72 hours after a shooting officers will be asked about what happened as it can take that long for a human to comprehend what transpired during a high stress action. This goes for all humans, officers are no different than anyone else.
Yet this didn’t happen in this case. There was no chance for the Police Union to protect the officers involved while the investigation was starting up. The 4 officers were fired. Probably because a phone video of Officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on the upper body of George Floyd and the infamous words, “I can’t breathe,” were uttered. There was no video posted that showed what came before this tragic moment in time. Yet there was plenty of evidence of what did transpire in the form of the 4 Body Camera Videos from the 4 Minneapolis Police Officers and store cameras.
Liz Collin’s book goes on to talk about an official narrative being fabricated when instead of the Internal Affairs, or the BCA being called in to investigate, Police Chief Arradondo said the FBI was called instead. At that point in time there was no evidence except for the Body Camera footage and the store cameras from CUP Foods and other businesses from around 38th & Chicago Ave. An autopsy wasn’t even set up yet.
Outrage and Riots
It depends when and what media outlet you saw or heard about this case. I, Publius Jr, first heard about it on Garage Logic, a local podcast by Joe Soucheray. He had on Pastor Tim Christopher and they were talking about this. I didn’t see the “knee on the neck” video until mid-week from the observed Memorial Day of Monday May 25th. Then towards the weekend protests turned violent and destructive.
The book covers the vacuum of leadership where the top Minneapolis Police leaders were completely AWOL and were not supporting officers on the front lines. A number of officers talked about not being supported or getting the proper gear to handle what was going on.
The Mayor of Minneapolis Jacob Frey was completely not in control, nor capable of dealing with anything his handlers hadn’t crafted for him to say or do. The Governor, Tim Walz was not helpful either.
She talks about what transpired at the 3rd Precinct Police Station and the incredible decision to give it up to the rioters.
The Autopsy & Point of No Return
So the 4 officers had been fired and a case was being set up to charge them, and yet there hadn’t been an autopsy yet. She lists the details from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner which is corroborated from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner. Yet the 2 “experts” who were hired by the George Floyd Family Lawyer supported exactly what they were paid to say, to support the viral video.
She talks about a strange condition that may have been George Floyd’s medical problem called “Wooden Chest Syndrome.” It is associated with fentanyl use and the person will have a hard time breathing.
George Floyd was probably the only COVID patient that year that had an autopsy. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner found that Mr Floyd had a heavy heart condition, and one of his arteries was 75% blocked. His heart disease would make it hard for him to breathe.
There was no evidence of strangulation or bruising around George Floyd’s neck.
What is telling is the toxicology report on Mr Floyd. You can read it in the book. That alone should have exonerated the 4 officers involved.
The Protests Hit Home
Maybe I’m misremembering but I could’ve sworn there was only one protest outside the home of Liz Collin & Bob Kroll in Hugo, Minnesota, but then again, the local #NewsMafia isn’t so vocal about the truth. To get any sort of truth on this case one has to go to the New York Post, or some newspaper in London, England.
Liz Collin writes that there was a protest outside of the WCCO TV studios in downtown Minneapolis. She had been “benched” from being the anchor at this time for fears of a favorable police bias as she was too close to the case.
BLM & Black Trans Lives Matter protested outside Liz Collin & Bob Kroll’s house on June 14, 2020 in Hugo MN.
Then there was the August 15, 2020 protest outside her home in Hugo Minnesota featuring Civil Rights Lawyer Nekima Levy Armstrong and House District 67A DFL Candidate John Thompson. Liz & Bob were not home but their neighbors got an earful. The transcript of what John Thompson said is in it’s entirety (strong & vulgar language throughout), a link to the article with video is posted here.
John Thompson should have never been allowed to run for office, but the MN Secretary of State’s office is not required to determine residency of candidates when they file for office.
The Trial of Derek Chauvin
There are many examples of prosecutorial misconduct.
The book tells the way Officer Creighton went from being a witness for the prosecution to being one for the defense. Apparently MN Attorney General Keith Ellison didn’t like the responses from Officer Creighton who has arrested George Floyd a year before for selling 1000 oxycodone pills. The body camera footage in 2019 went very much similar to the arrest the year later and after Mr Floyd had exited the vehicle in 2019 he had put something in his mouth, possibly to hide evidence and when he had arrived at the Police Station, he had a medical emergency and the EMTs took care of him.
MN AG Keith Ellison also had a difference of opinion with Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman. Freeman probably from looking at the evidence and from the body camera footage thought to not charge the officers as convicting police is very difficult to do even though he had convicted a rookie cop Officer Noor.
Judge Cahill had allowed a lot of things that should have declared it a mistrial. Jury tampering by Congresswoman Maxine Waters. Jurors who were biased against Derek Chauvin. Pre-trial publicity by Keith Ellison went against protocol. Saying No to having the trial in a different locale. Just to name a few.
She gives a background on Keith Ellison’s tie to local gangsters who had murdered a cop. The gangsters were into all sorts of things to include selling drugs. Ellison had been their defense attorney. Perhaps this is why the long serving Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman had issues working together.
The saddest part of the case is Officer Thomas Lane who had just graduated weeks before this case and was looking forward to a career serving as Police Officer. He originally wanted to fight the case as he knew he was innocent of all charges, but because his wife had just given birth to a newborn baby, Officer Lane pled guilty so he could be out of prison prior to the first memories of his child.
In the end this trial had a verdict before it had started.
The Right Side of History
Liz Collin’s book talks about how the aftermath of the trial. She indicates that Chief Arradondo took himself out of the running for Police Chief in San Jose California in January 2021. He retired a year later. He had admitted because of the riots the criminals were encouraged. He had promised to change the department but police officers were leaving after not being supported by the City leaders on the City Council nor the Mayor’s Office.
Crime has gone off the charts. From taking office as the Chief in 2019 to 2021, robberies almost doubled, and the number of people wounded by gunfire has almost tripled.
Jeremiah Ellison, the son of Keith Ellison, who is a City Councilman in a Ward with nonstop violence and crime is out of touch with reality. He had made sure his father wasn’t investigated by the Minneapolis Police for the alleged battery of Keith Ellison’s girlfriend in 2018. He follows in his father’s footsteps in his support of antifa.
She talks about other city leaders, Governor Walz, MN Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Joe Biden.
Afterword by Avery Severson
White Bear Lake High School Student Avery Severson was accused of writing a racist social media post. She was castigated by teachers and students and was even investigated by Merrick Garland’s FBI in April 2021.
It was later determined to be a hoax by another student. Yet the news kept reporting about it without correcting the story or apologizing.
Avery Severson could relate to the treatment Liz Collin & Bob Kroll received.
The book is being made into a Documentary Movie using crowdfunding and it will be released this Fall for free.
If you would like to help out go to this link and follow directions there, the donations are tax deductible. theyrelyingthemovie.com
I, Publius Jr, received the book from a dear friend of mine that I helped with his website when he ran for office in 2022. He even got it signed for me. I found the book to be easy to read and gave insight that the #NewsMafia never thought to publish. I know local reporters in print journalism and when I send them tips, they don’t respond all the time. They do have their moments when they pick up something I’ve already spent a great deal of my free time researching and writing. The big difference is I’m not paid and they are. Some of what is produced has to go through their editor who are more biased than the reporters.
I notice that Minnesota Attorney General has published a book talking about the Derek Chauvin trial. It should be interesting whether the library picks it up, because MELSA did not get Liz Collin’s book, at least not that I have seen, and I read a lot.
I have posted this content as a courtesy to Liz Collin. I’m a big supporter of the Truth as it has no political stripe, and truth will separate those with character and those without in how they accept the Truth…some people can’t handle the Truth. I do not get any compensation from posting this. ~~ Publius Jr.
