John McWhorter and Keith Ellison – Prosecuting Derek Chauvin
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0:00 Why Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison wanted to come on TGS
4:42 Keith’s defense of the George Floyd trials’ verdicts
9:54 John: We weren’t wrong to ask the questions we asked, even if our answers came up short at first
13:00: Keith: Liz Collin doesn’t seem to believe that police misconduct actually exists
16:40 How Keith accounts for racial disparities in criminal behavior
21:36 The emotional dimension of prosecution
27:15 Keith’s argument for integration and against charter schools
35:19 The redlining debate
40:00 The burning of Minneapolis’s 3rd Precinct
44:45 Keith: “‘Defund the police’ is dumb”
46:38 What’s causing low police morale?
50:25 Keith’s argument for a two-state solution and re-electing Biden
55:41 Keith: Glenn and John play an important role in political discourse today
Recorded March 30, 2024
Links and Readings
Keith Ellison’s book, Break the Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police Violence
Glenn and John’s first conversation about The Fall of Minneapolis
Glenn and John talk to Fall of Minneapolis filmmakers Liz Collin and JC Chaix
Glenn and John talk George Floyd after Radley Balko’s first post on the documentary
Radley Balko’s Substack post, “The Retconning of George Floyd, Part One”
Radley Balko’s Substack post, “The Retconning of George Floyd, Part Two”
Radley Balko’s Substack post, “The Retconning of George Floyd, Part Three”
Radley Balko’s response to Coleman Hughes
John’s NYT piece, “What’s Missing from the Conversation about Systemic Racism”
Equal Justice Initiative website
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