‘I think people are tired of being lied to,’ said producer Liz Collin.
The narrative surrounding the 2020 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis provoked a wrath that led to summer riots costing billions of dollars in damage and influencing policy decisions in government, business, and education.
But what if that narrative isn’t true?
A new documentary film, “The Fall of Minneapolis,” released on Nov. 16 and produced by reporter Liz Collin with the Minnesota-based news platform Alpha News, has set out to question the narrative by shedding light on facts that were left in the dark.
“Here’s what you weren’t allowed to see,” Ms. Collin told The Epoch Times. “Question why you were not. It’s pretty clear none of this had to happen if you look at how this was orchestrated.”
Ms. Collin interviewed several retired Minneapolis police officers who were present at the riots, as well as imprisoned former officers Derek Chauvin and Alex Kueng.
The documentary—based on Ms. Collin’s book “They’re Lying: The Media, The Left, and the Death of George Floyd”—addresses multiple key facts that mainstream media left out of the narrative, in addition to evidence Judge Peter Cahill refused to allow in Mr. Chauvin’s trial.
“I think this was manipulated from the beginning, especially the way the media capitalized on a very divisive message while ignoring the fact that the arresting police officer in this case—Alex Kueng—is black, and that there was nothing to support Chauvin being a racist,” Ms. Collin said.
The documentary allows those involved to tell another story, even providing a literal new angle in that of the body camera footage that shows Mr. Chauvin’s knee on Mr. Floyd’s shoulder, differing from the viral cellphone video which appeared to show the officer’s knee on his neck.
But before it even goes there, the documentary addresses Mr. Floyd’s multiple arrests, aliases, and the drugs such as methamphetamine and fentanyl that were in his system the day he was detained by Mr. Kueng for the charge of forgery.
Body camera footage shows he was resisting arrest and refused to remain in the back of the police car. Officers also found pills containing methamphetamine and fentanyl in the back of the police car that were positive for Mr. Floyd’s saliva and DNA, the film says, suggesting he was trying to eat them to avoid being charged with possession.
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