Re: Murder by Police - George Floyd
I've been looking around the forum for a suitable place to post this but haven't found anywhere, hence the new thread.
An American friend of mine send me an email last Friday that included an attachment that purported to be the Autopsy Report into St. George's death. I have read it through several times, checked as many of the facts as is humanely possible to check, even run it against a few fact checkers like Snopes, all to try to prove it's "fake news". As far as I'm concerned, the autopsy report is genuine.
Quoting verbatim from my friend's email:
"The actual autopsy results are in the link below.
found comment this with his autopsy. Interesting on page 1-2 of his actual autopsy below, (click on the link) George Floyd died of basically a heart attack from an overdose of Fentanyl and the actual autopsy says he has NO life threatening injuries. Why isn’t this being brought out in the news????
Floyd died of cardio pulmonary arrest caused by his fentanyl overdose.
Floyd's legal team will argue death was caused by "mechanical asphyxiation". They base that solely on the video. There is no physical evidence for it. The knee didn't leave any bruising. His hyoid bone was not broken and his throat tissue was undamaged with no petechial haemorrhages. As the report put it, "the neck discloses no areas of contusion or haemorrhage within the musculature." He fainted while he was still standing which indicates he had a problem related to blood flow to his brain. He also complained of breathing difficulties prior to application of restraint (which is intended to keep the perp from hurting himself). They will be eviscerated on cross.
Floyd's fentanyl level was 11 ng/mL. The average overdosage is 10 ng/mL (it varies based on the tolerance built up by the individual). Symptoms of fentanyl overdose displayed by Floyd included foaming at the mouth, difficulty walking (he had to be supported by two officers), confusion, respiratory depression, and respiratory arrest. Fentanyl is so potent that law enforcement officers and first responders are warned to wear protective clothing during known raids to prevent inhalation or skin absorption of the drug. This is probably why the officer wouldn’t stop kneeling on Floyd. The ambulance was called after these symptoms were observed because they knew they had a medical emergency due to a drug overdose.
Further, this was complicated by his severe heart disease. Several of his key arteries were 75% blocked and one was 90% blocked. That alone was sufficient to cause death.
The officer's knee was not on Floyd's carotid. He was on the jaw bone and then backed off to the back of the neck when Floyd said he couldn't breathe. The knee was on the head, ear, and jaw … but not throat. This is the technique taught at the FBI.
He died from cardio pulmonary arrest as the autopsy states. Murder 2* won't stick." End of quote.
https://www.hennepin.us/-/media/henn...3700_Floyd.pdf
* I think Murder 2 is what we call manslaughter in the UK.