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.
Can you imagine what would happen if the cop was let off because some jury decided GF died of natural causes?
exactly- unfortunately people will still refuse to accept it- they saw a ‘knee on a neck’ and have concluded he suffocated- and nothing will change their mind
Floyd had to know that he had two serious heart conditions, and blocked arteries- yet he still chose to risk his own life by taking drugs (possibly, it hasn’t been determined yet) and by engaging the police in a struggle for 10 minutes- The police can’t know that his heart was bad- all they know is that they have a powerful large man resisting them, refusing to get into the car- and who has to be subdued and held down until the ambulance gets there- The police even told a bystander that that is what they had to do because floyd refused to get in the car-
Heart attacks can cause one to pass out, and feel like they are ‘losing their breath’, but again- almost every perp taken down lies about ‘not being able to breath’ and about ‘police brutality’- and floyd had thrown himself to the ground in a fit claiming that he had’ claustrophobia’ and claiming he ‘couldn’t breath’ which is a common tactic of perps to try to prevent themselves being arrested and put in back of car-
Sadly many folks are claiming this cop was a white racist who gleefully murdered a black man-