I know it because I read so much. Floyd OD’ed, asked to lie down, the hold Chauvin used is used all over the world safely, etcetc. YMMV. OD’ing on opiods stops breathing. I did not read anything about previous complaints against Chauvin, so I could be wrong.
I seem to recall Floyd & Chauvin likely knew each other from some shady nightclub where they both worked or hung out.
Gotta ping Steven W. into this. Nobody knows more about it.
Didn’t Floyd have Fentanyl in his system? Of course, that doesn’t exonerate Chauvin.
Not all cops are good cops.