[Bubba Ho-Tep]

According to the EMTs, he was unresponsive and had no pulse when they arrived. Despite that, they went through the motions of trying to save him, bringing him to the hospital, until they gave up and officially pronounced him dead. It's not uncommon for a person to be declared dead only at the hospital, even if it was clear he was dead before.

"By the time George Floyd was en route to the hospital Monday evening, he was unresponsive and without a pulse. But for nearly an hour, first responders and ER staff refused to give up on the 46-year-old St. Louis Park man in their care.

“He still had an outside chance,” said Hennepin Healthcare EMS Chief Marty Scheerer. “Even if it’s a super long shot, you’ve got to try your best.”

But 90 minutes after his initial encounter with Minneapolis police, Floyd was pronounced dead at HCMC.--George Floyd showed no signs of life from time EMS arrived, fire department report says

[TexasGator]

“According to the EMTs, he was unresponsive and had no pulse when they arrived.”

The two observed were from the MFD. Ambulance medic apparently never got out to tend to the his needs.

MFD personal checked his pulse, casually prepared the stretcher all the while the cop still was kneeing him.

Cops called in as a mouth injury. No one seemed concerned that they found a dead guy.