14 whistleblowers in law enforcement are speaking out against alleged perjury committed by Minneapolis Police Department Assistant Chief Katie Blackwell during the trial of Derek Chauvin over the death of fentanyl-addicted thug George Floyd.
Blackwell stated during the infamous the court proceeding that the maneuver Chauvin used to restrain Floyd was not part of the MPD officer training. In part due to her testimony, Chauvin was found guilty of third-degree murder, second-degree unintentional murder, second-degree manslaughter, and sentenced to 22 years in prison.
The 14 whistleblowers have come forward as part of a defamation lawsuit initiated by Blackwell against Alpha News over their reporting against the established narrative on the Chauvin case. Alpha News filed a 113-page notion in defense of their reporting with testimony from the brave officers.
“With this motion, 33 former MPD officers who served with Blackwell, and one who currently serves with her, have sworn that MPD trained this restraint as part of the ‘maximal-restraint technique’ (‘MRT’) and otherwise. Indeed, 14 of these officers have sworn—under oath—their belief that Blackwell perjured herself,” attorney Chris Madel wrote in this week’s motion.
The motion states that the officers “swore that this training was well known—indeed, common knowledge—and omnipresent.”
“Specifically, we were trained that when two officers were trying to handcuff a person that was resisting arrest, one officer should use his or her knee to employ a knee-to-neck/upper shoulder restraint to control the subject’s head, and the other knee should be used to control one of the subject’s arms during handcuffing,” said former MPD officer Ken Tidgwell.
“I know that other current Minneapolis Police Officers would agree with everything I have said in this declaration but are worried that if they sign a similar declaration, MPD senior leadership would retaliate against them—even for telling the truth. I weighed that possibility with respect to my participation in this lawsuit and signing this declaration. I decided to sign this declaration because (a) I am retiring soon, and I asked myself, ‘What can they do to me anymore?’; and (b) it is the right thing to do. I have just told the truth,” wrote Mark Kaspszak, a current MPD officer who has served the department for nearly 30 years.
This is even more evidence that the court proceedings against Chauvin were a show trial, led by low IQ Black Lives Matter scum who wanted to crucify a white cop for the color of his skin. Chauvin deserves to be let out of prison and be given a heroes’ welcome for the injustices he has had to endure.