Then why was he arrested for murder?
Posted on 05/29/2020 1:55:38 PM PDT by Zhang Fei
George Floyd died Monday from a combination of preexisting health conditions exacerbated by being held down by Minneapolis officers, not from strangulation or asphyxiation, based on the medical examiner’s initial report.
Preliminary findings from a Tuesday autopsy conducted by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner found “no physical findings that support a diagnosis of traumatic asphyxiation or strangulation,” according to the criminal complaint filed Friday against former officer Derek Michael Chauvin.
“Mr. Floyd had underlying health conditions including coronary artery disease and hypertensive heart disease,” said the complaint from the Hennepin County Attorney. “The combined effects of Mr. Floyd being restrained by police, his underlying health conditions and any potential intoxicants in his system likely contributed to his death.”
The Minneapolis police officer fired earlier this week was charged Friday with third-degree murder and manslaughter after kneeling on Mr. Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. Video showed he was unresponsive for the last 2 minutes and 53 seconds.
“Police are trained that this type of restraint with a subject in a prone position is inherently dangerous,” the complaint said.
According to the filing, officers confronted Mr. Floyd after receiving a 911 call saying that he had paid for merchandise at Cup Foods with a phony $20 bill. They found him nearby in his vehicle with an adult male and female.
Mr. Floyd, who was six feet tall and weighed over 200 pounds, was handcuffed and led to the squad car, but resisted getting inside, saying he was claustrophobic.
While standing, he said repeatedly he couldn’t breathe. Mr. Floyd struggled as officers tried to force him into the car and fell to the ground. Two officers held him down while Officer Chauvin pressed his knee on the suspect’s neck.
Mr. Floyd said “I can’t breathe” multiple times, as well as
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But that’s not how he died we have the medical report now no need to keep on spreading lies about asphyxiation because it didn’t happen.
You DO NOT KNOW THAT, tool. If he had a ehart attack while sitting in his car, it is impossible for you to know he was not going to die from that heart attack. Your god-like powers are impressive, tool.
CHAUVIN Derek, COMPLAINT
STATEMENT OF PROBABLE CAUSE (excerpt)
The defendant pulled Mr. Floyd out of the passenger side of the squad car at 8:19:38 p.m. and Mr. Floyd went to the ground face down and still handcuffed. Kueng held Mr. Floyd’s back and Lane held his legs. The defendant placed his left knee in the area of Mr. Floyd’s head and neck. Mr. Floyd said, “I can’t breathe” multiple times and repeatedly said, “Mama” and “please,” as well. The defendant and the other two officers stayed in their positions.The officers said, “You are talking fine” to Mr. Floyd as he continued to move back and forth. Lane asked, “should we roll him on his side?” and the defendant said, “No, staying put where we got him.” Officer Lane said, “I am worried about excited delirium or whatever.” The defendant said, “That’s why we have him on his stomach.” None of the three officers moved from their positions.
BWC video shows Mr. Floyd continue to move and breathe. At 8:24:24, Mr. Floyd stopped moving. At 8:25:31 the video appears to show Mr. Floyd ceasing to breathe or speak. Lane said, “want to roll him on his side.” Kueng checked Mr. Floyd’s right wrist for a pulse and said, “I couldn’t find one.” None of the officers moved from their positions.
At 8:27:24, the defendant removed his knee from Mr. Floyd’s neck. An ambulance and emergency medical personnel arrived, the officers placed Mr. Floyd on a gurney, and the ambulance left the scene. Mr. Floyd was pronounced dead at Hennepin County Medical Center.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner (ME) conducted Mr. Floyd’s autopsy on May 26, 2020. The full report of the ME is pending but the ME has made the following preliminary findings. The autopsy revealed no physical findings that support a diagnosis of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation. Mr. Floyd had underlying health conditions including coronary artery disease and hypertensive heart disease. The combined effects of Mr. Floyd being restrained by the police, his underlying health conditions and any potential intoxicants in his system likely contributed to his death.
The defendant had his knee on Mr. Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in total. Two minutes and 53 seconds of this was after Mr. Floyd was non-responsive. Police are trained that this type of restraint with a subject in a prone position is inherently dangerous.
5-300 Use of Force5-301 PURPOSE (10/16/02) (08/17/07) (07/28/16)
A. Sanctity of life and the protection of the public shall be the cornerstones of the MPD’s use of force policy.
B. The purpose of this chapter is to provide all sworn MPD employees with clear and consistent policies and procedures regarding the use of force while engaged in the discharge of their official duties.
(Note: MPD Training Unit Lesson Plans – Use of Force, are used as a reference throughout this chapter.)
5-301.01 POLICY (10/16/02) (08/17/07)
Based on the Fourth Amendment’s “reasonableness” standard, sworn MPD employees shall only use the amount of force that is objectively reasonable in light of the facts and circumstances known to that employee at the time force is used. The force used shall be consistent with current MPD training.
[...]
5-311 USE OF NECK RESTRAINTS AND CHOKE HOLDS (10/16/02) (08/17/07) (10/01/10) (04/16/12)
DEFINITIONS I.
Choke Hold: Deadly force option. Defined as applying direct pressure on a person’s trachea or airway (front of the neck), blocking or obstructing the airway (04/16/12)
Neck Restraint: Non-deadly force option. Defined as compressing one or both sides of a person’s neck with an arm or leg, without applying direct pressure to the trachea or airway (front of the neck). Only sworn employees who have received training from the MPD Training Unit are authorized to use neck restraints. The MPD authorizes two types of neck restraints: Conscious Neck Restraint and Unconscious Neck Restraint. (04/16/12)
Conscious Neck Restraint: The subject is placed in a neck restraint with intent to control, and not to render the subject unconscious, by only applying light to moderate pressure. (04/16/12)
Unconscious Neck Restraint: The subject is placed in a neck restraint with the intention of rendering the person unconscious by applying adequate pressure. (04/16/12)
PROCEDURES/REGULATIONS II.
A. The Conscious Neck Restraint may be used against a subject who is actively resisting. (04/16/12)
B. The Unconscious Neck Restraint shall only be applied in the following circumstances: (04/16/12)
1. On a subject who is exhibiting active aggression, or;
2. For life saving purposes, or;
3. On a subject who is exhibiting active resistance in order to gain control of the subject; and if lesser attempts at control have been or would likely be ineffective.
C. Neck restraints shall not be used against subjects who are passively resisting as defined by policy. (04/16/12)
D. After Care Guidelines (04/16/12)
1. After a neck restraint or choke hold has been used on a subject, sworn MPD employees shall keep them under close observation until they are released to medical or other law enforcement personnel.
2. An officer who has used a neck restraint or choke hold shall inform individuals accepting custody of the subject, that the technique was used on the subject.
“There is a medically well-recognized syndrome of sudden cardiac arrest. A common pattern is that someone who is young or middle-aged and apparently healthy has an unrecognized cardiac defect or disease that suddenly combines with illegal drug use to lethal effect. Cocaine and amphetamine are the most frequent culprits. This may be what the ME suspects.”
Yes.
I’m saying he jumped the gun in saying more than he did not die of asphyxiation. It’s the way he said it about the drugs.
Traumatic asphyxia, or Perthes’s syndrome, is a medical emergency caused by an intense compression of the thoracic cavity, causing venous back-flow from the right side of the heart into the veins of the neck and the brain.
Complete, humble obeisance because he is a man with a badge and a gun. You're his until he lets you go.
Its a power thing holding you up by a guy with a gun with the presumed objectivity in court over your "story" and a GED, maybe.
Both times I won. Complete dismissal. Expensive though.
Most instructive was seeing and watching LEOS lie through their reports, depositions and on the stand.
How can I help you officer? That's your first line for any occasion. Remember that.
Sigh.
I’m sure the defense will be making that case.
Decades ago, I attended college in Minnesota when Al Quie was the governor. The DFL usually dominated the Independent Republicans. In order for the GOP to win, the DFL would have to make mistakes which caused some voters to put them out of office for a single term as a corrective measure.
The wildly liberal social welfare benefits in Minnesota also attracted lots of out of state riff raff elements to the Twin Cities.
If not asphyxiation, then the most likely cause of death would be sudden cardiac arrest syndrome. For the ME, this is less a conjecture than a simp!e deduction, pending the toxicology results.
I think what the Chattanooga PC said bears repeating, especially here on FR ---
"There is no need to see more video,” Chattanooga Police Chief David Roddy tweeted Wednesday. “There no need to wait to see how ‘it plays out’. There is no need to put a knee on someone’s neck for NINE minutes. There IS a need to DO something. If you wear a badge and you don’t have an issue with this ... turn it in."
Or another Chief, who said:
"Not going to hide behind ‘not being there,’" tweeted San Jose Police, California, Chief Eddie Garcia. ..... "The act of one, impacts us all."
Unfortunately to some Freepers, those words are "the words of a lynch mob".
I don’t agree with that, I still believe LEOs are the good guys. I used to live about 3 miles west of that spot. I can’t imagine all the crap these guys put up with everyday. If you want to say this cop was a bad apple OK. If you want to say these 4 cops are bad apples OK. But the cops are still the good guys doing a tough job.
Only happened once for me, facing off against an LEO in court, but I won too. And yes, he was a big truth-shaver as well, which is why I fought it, since I wasn't guilty of anything.
Cost was absolutely free, though, since I represented myself.
It was kind of intimidating, seeing the judge, the deputy and the prosecutor all up there, all knowing each other on a first name basis, and here I am the total stranger, the outsider to the system, without a clue what's going to happen.
But I was happy to go away from there on friendly terms with the deputy. He approached me after to ask if I was a lawyer. I said, Nope, a computer programmer. That surprised him. He said "You won't believe how many people who defend themselves make a total mess of it and flail around. That's why I thought you must be a lawyer".
Of course, I would've been forced to hire a lawyer if it was a really serious charge.
If you would have read the paragraph in the complaint about the autopsy, you’ll see the medical examiner specifically said he saw no signs of asphyxia. Also google Ray Tensing Cincinnati. This was a cop that looked even more guilty than this one, he eventually had all charges dropped.
That’s not what happened, you are just like a lot of liberals.
I agree with you. I can’t believe how many people here have watched the video, yet still defend the cops’ behavior. smh
You are a ignorant hick. You don’t even recognize plain ole sarcasm. Be gone, idiot.
Turns out that procedure is completely legal in Minneapolis, it's in their training manual! AJ had a former cop on his show today and showed the Minneapolis restraining rule book concerning leg restraint applied to neck. I'm starting to wonder if they can convict that cop for anything.
Add to that the Officers history and it really becomes disheartening. Far be it from me to label anyone with “R” word but it seems the “ism” is alive and well here.
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