[[cutting off the blood flow to the carotid artery will cause brain hypoxia and death.]]
Just curious- where did anyone say he died of brain hypoxia, or that his carotoid artery was cut off?
Heart attacks cause brain hypoxia too if we’re going down the road that he died of hypoxia- a failed or failing heart cuts off blood to brain too-
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.
Not only were no physical findings to support traumatic asphyxia or strangulation found, but the report finds clogged coronary arteries, and high blood pressure, and potential intoxicants, and the police restraint action likely contributed to Floyd's death. Were death caused by pressure to the carotids cutting off blood supply to the brain, it does not seem that clogged coronary arteries or high blood pressure would likely contribute to the cause of death. All of the cited factors could well contribute to the cause of death if it were a heart attack.
If the cause was heart attack, then officer Chauvin's actions may not have been what rendered Floyd unconscious, and there would be a lack of evidence of incorrect applied pressure or blocking off the carotids. Also, Floyd may have been dead very shortly after he became unresponsive from a heart attack or arrythmia. One cannot kill a dead person, so any act after the time of death cannot be murder or homicide. Much of the time that the restraint continued after Floyd became non-responsive may have involved a dead person.
The final report with cause of death is needed to assess criminality.