John McWhorter and Keith Ellison – Prosecuting Derek Chauvin

PREORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349 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 Alpha News Rucker Johnson’s working paper, “Long-Run Impacts of School Desegregation & School Quality on Adult Attainments” John’s NYT piece, “What’s Missing from the Conversation about Systemic Racism” Equal Justice Initiative website

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