Cause of death is listed as CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST COMPLICATING LAW ENFORCEMENT SUBDUAL, RESTRAINT, AND NECK COMPRESSION
“In my opinion, the law enforcement, subdual restraint, and the neck compression was just more than Mr. Floyd could take by virtue of those heart conditions,” Baker said.
All the armchair medical examiners who claim Floyd overdosed are simply a Greek chorus. I think the overdose fake news was started by Tucker Carlson to provide support for law enforcement incompetence, erm, Chauvin’s innocence.
All the armchair toxicology experts have never read Nikki Sixx’s book or heard of Keith Moon. There are LOTS of people who take incredible amounts of drugs and booze and live for another day.
Floyd was no saint. He was your average loser, in some ways a below average loser with multiple run-ins with the law. But, if Floyd took a fatal hit of fentanyl, all Chauvin had to do was exercise some competence and Floyd would have died without becoming a martyr.
Floyd's death wasn't intentional. I am fine with manslaghter - more in that later - but that's still a killing.
Further, I don't believe Chauvin was some bloodthirsty klansman. He was just another LEO who was too big for his britches. The result was a death while in custody.
My review and commentary from LEOs etc on FR was that Chauvin didn't apply the move correctly. Further his demeanor and attitude on tape speaks volumes to his character.
A competent cop, especially one who was in control of his emotions, would have neutralized Floyd - drugged up etc - without the theatrics. It happens daily in America, with competent LEOs dealing with drugged out citizens and people with cameras watching and filming. I suspect PLENTY of addicts die in custody without accompanying riots and destruction of property, because the cops Do Their Jobs.
While it's clear to me that Chauvin was guilty of manslaughter, I don't think he could get a fair trial in MN. Many of the charges were basically a dog piling. Indeed, Attorney General Ellison's amended charge (to include unintentional second-degree murder under the felony murder doctrine, alleging that Chauvin killed Floyd in the course of committing assault in the third degree) is strained at best, if not overtly political.
LEOs have a tough job. There are scores of respectable men and women who keep the scum and villainy in check. Chauvin was incompetent - his inability to subdue Floy without killing him is the LEO equivalent of Pete Carrol calling for the slant pass in the Super Bowl.
Chauvin is a disgrace to law enforcement. Floyd was a loser whose death was likely hastened by incompetence.
The REAL issue in 2024 how Governor Stolen Valor mishandled the riots. Stay on point.