Emmy award winning journalist Liz Collin stopped by the Palmer House Sunday afternoon for the latest installment of her tour to publicize her 2022 book, They’re Lying: The Media, The Left, and The Death of George Floyd.

Collin is a former WCCO TV News anchor who has worked across America as a producer, anchor and investigative reporter. The Worthington, MN, native now works for the nonprofit media organization Alpha News.

Collin spent a considerable amount of time explaining the highlights of her book and shared a powerpoint presentation with the crowd. She billed her work as a behind the scenes look at many of the unreported things that were happening during the Minneapolis riots of 2020.

“People still do believe in the truth,” Collin told the crowd, noting that many libraries across the country have started to carry her book. “Too many times, the media doesn’t go back and correct the record at all.”

As an extension of her book, Collin reported that Alpha News has teamed up with the Defend The Heroes organization to produce a documentary that will feature dozens of interviews with witnesses, experts and police officers who were there during the riots.

She encouraged people to check out her blog at TheLieExposed.com for more information about her book or the upcoming crowdfunded documentary that will be released free of charge.

As Collin was finishing her presentation, she was joined by her husband Bob Kroll, a retired 32 year veteran of law enforcement who was the President of the Minneapolis Police Federation during the riots.

Kroll spoke about some of the decisions that were made at the time in regards to the delayed deployment of the MN National Guard, as well as the take over of the Third Precinct. Other topics included body camera footage, the FBI’s involvement in the investigation, and police officer morale.

He also spoke about the differences between what was happening on the ground versus what was being reported on television.

“The media turned on me for pointing out that they weren’t doing a balanced job,” Kroll asserted.  

The couple then fielded questions from the audience, which ranged from the Minneapolis Mayor’s involvement in the response to the riots to the current state of the Minneapolis Police Department.  

Kroll responded, in part, that in 1988 he was one of nearly 1,000 applicants for 35 jobs at the department and now the MPD has 400 open positions and just 80 applicants.

The Q and A session ended with the couple thanking people for coming to the event and encouraging “everyone in the crowd to support law enforcement wherever you live. We need to thank the men and women who are willing to do this job.”

Palmer House owner Paul Braun noted that he has had many requests for Collin to return to the area since her first visit several months ago, and he is considering having her back for a third time since the turnout was so strong.