OMG. This drunk/high bastard was yelling out “I can’t breathe” while he WAS STANDING UP!!!. He was claiming that he was “claustrophobic” and that’s why he was refusing to get in a police car—this was 5 minutes after he was pulled from the driver’s seat of another car. THIS IS WHY YOU WAIT FOR ALL OF THE FACTS TO COME OUT. He did die from being strangled or asphyxiated. He died because he was high on some undisclosed drug. This case against this officer is WEAK beyond belief. Again, two things can be true: Officer Chauvin used excessive force (he did), but his excessive force was NOT the cause of George Floyd’s death.
It looks like it wasn't the PRIMARY cause. But they are all going to get it for realizing his pulse and breathing had stopped, but doing nothing about it. Even something as simple as removing the knee and rolling him on his side... something that showed they were concerned enough to address the issue... would have helped the situation.
How long, in your recent experience, does it take for toxicology tests to come in?
well bort sounds like he needed an ambulance at that point.