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/97803938813490:00 Why Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison wanted to come on TGS4:42 Keith’s defense of the George Floyd trials’ verdicts9:54 John: We weren’t wrong to ask the questions we asked, even if our answers came up short at first13:00: Keith: Liz Collin doesn’t seem to believe that police misconduct actually exists16:40 How Keith accounts for racial disparities in criminal behavior21:36 The emotional dimension of prosecution27:15 Keith’s argument for integration and against charter schools35:19 The redlining debate40:00 The burning of Minneapolis’s 3rd Precinct44:45 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 Biden55:41 Keith: Glenn and John play an important role in political discourse todayRecorded March 30, 2024Links and ReadingsKeith Ellison’s book, Break the Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police ViolenceGlenn and John’s first conversation about The Fall of MinneapolisGlenn and John talk to Fall of Minneapolis filmmakers Liz Collin and JC ChaixGlenn and John talk George Floyd after Radley Balko’s first post on the documentaryRadley 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 HughesAlpha NewsRucker 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 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe