The state's case against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd is falling apart.

But the media continue to promote the lie that it's a slam dunk and riots may follow.

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So the Derek Chalvin trial continues in Minneapolis.

And if you watch the media, the takeaway that you're going to get from the media is that this trial is over, that the trial shouldn't even be taking place. And in fact, if you watch members of sort of the glitterati talk about the Chauvin trial, they're saying things like, why is there even a trial? There's a tape. We've all seen the tape. And if you look at the headlines from the media, the headlines from the media only feature the stuff the prosecution is saying. It's kind of amazing, actually. The media are not featuring any of the headlines that are being made on cross, which is the stuff that's actually the news. Instead, they are only focusing in on what the prosecution is claiming so that you would think that the outcome in this case is a foregone conclusion. And the reason they are doing that is because if you think that this case is a foregone conclusion, that means there's only one reason and one reason alone that Derek Chauvin might be acquitted in this particular case. And that, of course, is the media's favorite narrative, systemic American racism. If Chauvin is acquitted, say, the media, the only reason that could happen is systemic American racism because this case is absolutely clear cut. There are no questions to be

asked about it. There is no reason

that you would be worried about it. For example, here's a Washington Post headline from yesterday.

Quote, trial to resume after training officer says an unauthorized neck restraint was used on George Floyd.

So, sounds like an unauthorized neck restraint was used on George Floyd, according sounds like an unauthorized neck restraint was used on

George Floyd, according to uncontroverted testimony from the prosecution witness. This means it was an

unauthorized neck restraint, which means that this looks a lot like felony assault, except what we

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