George Floyd's family to release results of own autopsy

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The attorney for George Floyd's family planned to announce the findings Monday of an independent autopsy into his death after a Minneapolis police officer held his knee on Floyd’s neck for several minutes.

Floyd, a black man who was in handcuffs at the time, died after the white officer ignored bystander shouts to get off him and Floyd's cries that he couldn't breathe. His death, captured on citizen video, sparked days of protests in Minneapolis that have spread to cities around America.

According to prosecutors, preliminary findings from an official autopsy last week said the combined effects of being restrained, potential intoxicants in Floyd’s system and his underlying health issues, including heart disease, likely contributed to his death. There were no other details about intoxicants, and toxicology results can take weeks. In the 911 call that drew police, the caller described the man suspected of paying with counterfeit money as “awfully drunk and he’s not in control of himself.”

The criminal complaint said the autopsy “revealed no physical findings that support a diagnosis of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/george-floyd-family-release-results-131914413.html

[still_one]

1. Putting your leg against someone's throat, stops blood flow to the brain. Sitting on someone's

chest impress breathing

This is all on video, and doesn’t take rocket science how George Floyd died

He was murdered

[Crunchy Frog]

2. Interesting how they try to blame him for his own death.

I'd like every officer involved to be put through the exact same thing, and see how they stand up to it. They should be willing, since it's so benign.

[2naSalit]

4. +1

[no_hypocrisy]

3. I wouldn't call a crushed trachea an "underlying health issue".

Or tracheal stenosis.

[2naSalit]

5. Severed brain stem.

[no_hypocrisy]

7. Thanks for the correction.

[2naSalit]

8. I don't know if that's the determination...

But having some experience with spinal cord injuries, that would be my first guess after looking at the videos.

[SharonClark]

6. It's damning evidence.