CNN Panelists Accuse Fmr. Vance Staffer of ‘Inventing’ the Ferguson and Floyd Effect When It’s Literally on CNN Website

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GIRDUSLY: “The post-George Floyd riots resulted in excess of over 15,000 black male deaths in this country.”
SELLERS: “How?”
GIRDUSKY: “How? The surge of violent crime -- it was like Ferguson, the Ferguson effect and the Floyd effect.”
SELLERS: “Respectfully, you got to explain to me how George Floyd's death.”
GIRDUSKY: “Yes.”
SELLERS: “So, I need a causation here because you really are messing me up.”
GIRDUSKY: “Because what happened is after the Ferguson riot and after the Floyd riot, policemen, in fear of their jobs many times and political coverage, pull back from your jobs resulting in an increased level of publicized --“
PHILLIP: “Ryan, listen, I got to stop you there. Hold on. Hold on.”
GIRDUSKY: “You can look at ‘The Washington Post’ numbers on this.”
PHILLIP: “Ryan, we got to stop you there because you're literally making a connection out of your own conjecture. You cannot just do that.”
GIRDUSKY: “It's a real thing. Look up the Ferguson effect. Look up the Floyd effect. It is a real term.
PHILLIP: “You cannot just --“
GIRDUSKY: “It's a real term. I didn't make this up.”
PHILLIP: “You cannot just invent a connection between two things just because you want that connection to be there.”
GIRDUSKY: “It's like a name. It's a real thing. You can look it up.”