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Watching the Gilbert Police Chief's Press Conference

from Den Of Snakes | The Tim Dillon Show #378 · #378

5 min

Tim plays and reacts to a clip of the Gilbert police chief denying a cover-up in the goons case, while continuing to insist the IP rights to the story are his.

In this bit10 moments
  • Tim speculates about a major arrest coming down in Gilbert based on inside sources.
  • Police chief of Gilbert, Arizona holds a press conference about ongoing violent attacks in the city.
  • Tim casts the Gilbert police chief story as a Netflix series in his head, already envisioning the whole production.
  • He pitches walking into Netflix with a pro-Israel sect of the Nation of Islam as co-writers to develop a show about the case.
  • Tim settles on calling the show 'The Desert Goons' or similar, threatening to cancel the whole thing if he can't make it happen.
  • Police chief admits the department could have released the suspect video to the public sooner.
  • Community members ask the police chief if there's a cover-up regarding which suspects have and haven't been arrested.
  • Chief denies allegations of a cover-up but Tim interrupts to claim ownership of the story as his own film and series project.
  • Tim shifts the narrative: this is his moment and his story, combining justice for the victim with his own shot at getting a check from a network.
  • He warns Adam McKay and other filmmakers that this project belongs to him and he will protect his claim to it.
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