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I watched all of it. The defense attorney asked for clarification of restraint techniques and established that Chauvin was using a technique appropriate for the circumstances. The video showing "positional bias" of camera angle was sufficient to get the police chief to admit Chauvin's knee was on Floyd's shoulder, not his neck.

The other piece of the puzzle is the medical examiner theorized that Floyd's heart stopped due to lack of oxygen, but admitted that could be due to the illegal drugs in his system. A written transcript reviewing the drug tox screen shows 11 ng of fentanyl in the blood sample taken at the ER. That was published AFTER the initial autopsy reported out. A value of 3 ng/ml is considered lethal. At the concentration measured, their is edema in the lungs (filling with fluid) that cuts off the oxygen. That accounts for Floyd stating, "I can't breath" even before he was placed on the ground. At autopsy, his lungs weighed 2x to 3x times heavier than normal due to the edema. He drowned in his own body fluids.