The coroner claims that George Floyd did not die from asphyxiation. Cop Derek Chauvin had his knee on Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes 46 seconds, including three minutes after Floyd quit talking or moving. Floyd’s family have hired the country’s foremost pathologist, former NYC Medical Examiner Michael Baden to run an independent autopsy to determine the cause of death. The Minneapolis coroner says that Floyd died from a combination of underlying health issue, being restrained by the police and the presence of intoxicants.
Floyd’s death has been used as an excuse for rioting and looting in cities all across the nation. I should point out that the riots are occurring in liberal cities run by Democrats. The same holds true for those cities where police have shot Black men for no apparent reason. Yet the protesters insist it’s Republicans are the racists. Chauvin has been arrested and charged with third degree murder.
George Floyd died from the combined effects of being restrained by police, potential intoxicants and his underlying health issues, including heart disease, according to preliminary findings from an autopsy.
It revealed nothing to support strangulation as the cause of death, the Associated Press reported.
“Mr. Floyd had underlying health conditions including coronary artery disease and hypertensive heart disease,” said the complaint from the Hennepin County Attorney, the Washington Times reported.
The complaint offered no other details about intoxicants, and toxicology results can take weeks, the AP noted.
In the 911 call on Memorial Day that drew police, the caller describes a man suspected of paying with counterfeit money as “awfully drunk and he’s not in control of himself.”
The complaint charged that arresting officer Derek Chauvin, in arresting Floyd in the incident, had his knee on the unarmed black man’s neck for 8 minutes, 46 seconds, including nearly three minutes after Floyd stopped moving and talking.
The Minneapolis police officer was charged Friday with third-degree murder and manslaughter.
“Police are trained that this type of restraint with a subject in a prone position is inherently dangerous,” the complaint said, the Washington Times reported.