Dennis Prager Show - Did the 'Knee on the Neck' Actually Kill George Floyd?
Aired: 2021-01-27
Duration: 03:50


=== George Floyd Controversy (03:42) ===

[00:00:00]  Hello, everybody.
[00:00:01]  Dennis Prager here.
[00:00:03]  Ryan in Atlanta, Georgia.
[00:00:04]  Hello.
[00:00:07]  Hi, Dennis.
[00:00:08]  First of all, I do love your show.
[00:00:11]  Very good show.
[00:00:12]  Thank you.
[00:00:12]  I listen to it dance.
[00:00:13]  Thank you.
[00:00:15]  But my question is, going back to what you were saying about George Floyd, are you saying that he didn't die from the officer's knee being on his neck?
[00:00:26]  Apparently, there were two autopsy reports, and one says he didn't, and one says he did.
[00:00:33]  I haven't heard of the two autopsy reports.
[00:00:36]  I've only heard of one that said that he died.
[00:00:39]  Right.
[00:00:41]  Well, let me say, listen, I have zero vested interest except truth.
[00:00:46]  I've been broadcasting 35 years.
[00:00:49]  I am committed to the truth more than any other single thing.
[00:00:53]  It does not appear that that common use of a way of subduing a suspect who won't enter the police car, this commonly used tactic has ever killed anybody.
[00:01:07]  It might have.
[00:01:09]  I don't know.
[00:01:10]  It'll be interesting to see what the jury recommends, but I don't believe the Minneapolis Police Department would have something that is likely to kill somebody.
[00:01:21]  Okay.
[00:01:24]  I'm not going to say that it didn't kill them.
[00:01:26]  I'm not going to say it didn't either.
[00:01:28]  I don't know.
[00:01:29]  Look, I said, because I'm committed to telling you the truth, people were saying he can't breathe, he can't breathe.
[00:01:37]  And that is a charge against the policeman.
[00:01:43]  But it is also a charge against the charge that he was killed, which is the mainstream press's charge.
[00:01:53]  I don't know if he was killed by the policeman.
[00:01:56]  And I don't know if he was killed by the policeman that it was racist.
[00:02:00]  These are two huge leaps that the country has taken, causing untold anger and damage.
[00:02:10]  Okay?
[00:02:10]  I absolutely believe that.
[00:02:12]  I can agree with the fact that the media has definitely turned America into something that I don't think it's been in quite some time.
[00:02:20]  I think it's been...
[00:02:21]  Elevated.
[00:02:22]  Of course, social media has completely reformed the entire world and the way that we operate.
[00:02:29]  That's right.
[00:02:30]  I will say, with regards to this police brutality that everyone's talking about, and more specifically with George Floyd's scenario, since that's what you're talking about this morning or this afternoon.
[00:02:47]  I do think that looking at that video, that there should be some type of reforms done to the police department.
[00:02:53]  The police department shouldn't hurt people, shouldn't kill people.
[00:02:56]  That's not their goal.
[00:02:58]  Their goal is to protect.
[00:02:59]  I am with you.
[00:03:00]  You're a good man.
[00:03:01]  I'm honored to have you as a listener.
[00:03:03]  I just want to say, I don't know.
[00:03:07]  I admit, I don't know if this thing has ever killed anybody.
[00:03:12]  I would allow myself, let me put it to you this way.
[00:03:16]  I would allow myself to have a knee on the side of my neck and see what happens.
[00:03:23]  That is how skeptical I am that that is a direct killer of human beings.

=== Thank You Again (00:21) ===

[00:03:32]  It's hard for me to believe the Minneapolis Police Department would have something routine that has a likelihood of killing.
[00:03:42]  Okay.
[00:03:43]  Anyway, I'm going to continue with Thank You Again, and I'm going to continue with Professor Hilarious.