I didn't want to post this in the "George—My Sweet Lord" thread and interrup that discussion, plus my comment here is off topic. But wow, in that Far Out article you linked, nimrod, the following statement jumped out like a clarion call: "Floyd, a black man from Minnesota, was murdered by white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin when knelt [sic] on Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds during an arrest."
That right there would have been the basis for a successful libel suit. This article is dated June 25, 2020, with no updates noted. Chauvin was not officially found guilty until April 20, 2021.