Very convenient, but the Hennepin County Coroner’s Office ruled drug overdose from day #1. Republicans hold no offices in Hennepin County.
Which was also a maneuver trained by the MPD, and was in MPD instruction manuals.
He had blocked arteries, a system full of drugs, and he spent ten or more minutes before he died wrestling with about four cops who were trying to get him into the police SUV. He kicked and shoved them away and strained to get himself out of the back seat. He was a big guy; they couldn’t restrain him and he refused to cooperate. He said he couldn’t stay in the police vehicle, that he was claustrophobic. He fought them even while handcuffed and they almost fell down trying to get him in the back seat.
The footage before he was out lying on the ground showed all of this. This kind of extreme physical exertion for that length of time could easily bring on a heart attack in someone in his condition. That was the defense’s contention.
When you’re having a heart attack, one symptom is that you feel like you can’t breath; some have described it as a feeling of doom. George Floyd brought it on himself.
"The medical examiner who ruled George Floyd's death a homicide testified Friday that Floyd's heart disease and drug use contributed to his death, but police officers' restraint of his body and compression of his neck were the primary causes."
Floyd's medical examiner was Dr. Andrew Baker, who ruled and testified that his death was a homicide, not a overdose.
I don't believe they ever ruled drugs was the cause of death.