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Judge: Police brass deceived jury in Derek Chauvin trial
'The case is collapsing. Here is a quick summary of what these public servants should know'https://www.wnd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/jcashill2020a-150x150.jpg
By Jack Cashill
May 15, 2025
Assistant Minneapolis Police Chief Katie Blackwell made the classic mistake of suing a truth teller for defamation, namely the intrepid Liz Collin of Alpha News. In her book,
"They're Lying: The Media, The Left, And The Death of George Floyd," and in her documentary, "The Fall of Minneapolis," Collin claimed Blackwell may have lied on the witness stand by stating that Derek Chauvin's use of force on George Floyd in 2020 was improvised and unauthorized.
In Minneapolis, Blackwell had every reason to expect a stacked deck, but Collin held all the cards. The court filings of her and her co-defendants, as reported by the Minnesota Star Tribune, "included sworn declarations from 33 former MPD officers who served with Blackwell and an officer still on staff. Those officers alleged that the restraint used by Chauvin on Floyd was part of department training." Fourteen of those went so far as to allege "Blackwell committed perjury when she testified at Chauvin's criminal trial."
In a stinging 58-page order, Hennepin County Judge Edward Wahl soundly rejected Blackwell's suit. Collin and her co-defendants, he wrote, "hit every legal standard necessary to avoid the lawsuit going to trial – including that their questioning of whether Blackwell lied on the witness stand met the legal standard of 'substantial truth.'"
Last month, Wahl dismissed Blackwell's lawsuit and ordered her to pay the defendants $75,000 in attorney fees. This past week, Blackwell accepted the dismissal of her defamation suit and agreed to pay the $75,000. This story has not gotten nearly the attention it deserves.
More here: https://www.wnd.com/2025/05/judge-police-brass-deceived-jury-in-derek-chauvin-trial/