HARTFORD, Conn. — A group of Central Connecticut Student University students and allies protested the screening of the documentary “The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM,” to be hosted by the Turning Point USA student chapter, which ultimately canceled the public screening on Thursday night.
One of the student protesters, Malia Hunt, said the group protested the film because they felt showing the documentary would be at the expense of many students’ comfort, safety and well-being, especially students of color and other historically marginalized groups on campus.
Hunt said that, as a young Black woman, it was “extremely triggering” for her to have Candace Owens, the Black woman who was the producer and presenter of the documentary, try to discredit and invalidate the murder of George Floyd.
