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Heart attack and a bunch of drugs in the body of the convicted armed robber. Free Chauvin. All these protests have been for nothing. Just like the covid lockdown.
George Floyd tested positive for coronavirus, but it had nothing to do with his death, autopsy shows
In a week when the attention of Americans abruptly shifted from a paralyzing coronavirus pandemic to outrage over the deaths of black people in police custody, they learned that while George Floyd survived one threat, he was unable to live through the other.www.cnn.com
june 4 2020
Floyd's death was due to cardiopulmonary arrest -- or the stopping of his heart -- according to the final autopsy results released by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner.
His neck was compressed when the officer's knee was on it for more than eight minutes, the report says, but does not conclude that it directly caused his death.
The final report from the medical examiner says Floyd had bruises and cuts on his head, face, mouth, shoulders, arms and legs from when the officer forced him to the ground and knelt on his neck. But it finds no evidence that any of those injuries directly would have killed him.
It found no evidence of major neck injuries, skull or brain injuries. There was no damage to internal organs, it said. "The thyroid cartilage and hyoid bone are intact," it reads. The hyoid bone can be broken during strangulation.
The final autopsy says Floyd had heart disease and a history of high blood pressure. It includes a more complete toxicology report that said Floyd had evidence of several drugs in his blood and urine, including morphine, fentanyl, cannabis and methamphetamine, although not all of the tests were reliable.
Experts hired by Floyd's family and the Hennepin County Medical Examiner have concluded his death was a homicide, but they differ on what caused it.
An independent autopsy commissioned by the Floyd family disagreed with the county's conclusion, saying he died of "asphyxiation from sustained pressure." It also said there was no evidence of heart disease, but added that pathologists didn't have access to all of the samples from his body.