Another projection of your own limited brain power. Too tough a question for ya, huh?
You have to be a f'ing moron to think that kneeling on a guy's neck was not the cause of death. Anyway, Chauvin was convicted of HOMICIDE.
The medical examiner who ruled George Floyd's death a homicide testified Friday that Floyd's heart disease and drug use contributed to his death, but police officers' restraint of his body and compression of his neck were the primary causes.
Dr. Andrew Baker, who has been the chief medical examiner in Hennepin County since 2004, said Floyd had severe underlying heart disease and an enlarged heart that needed more oxygen than normal to function, as well as narrowing of his coronary arteries.
Baker did not include a lack of oxygen, or asphyxia, as a cause of Floyd's death. Baker said that before he conducted the autopsy, he was aware that Floyd had become unconscious while he was in police custody and had died at a hospital.
He said he did not look at videos of Floyd's death, including the bystander video that went viral, until after the autopsy was complete, so as not to be biased in his findings.
Baker's findings were at odds with those of other prosecution expert witnesses who were explicit in their assessments that Floyd died from asphyxia.
"In this case, I believe the primary mechanism of death is asphyxia, or low oxygen," said Dr. Lindsey Thomas, who retired in 2017 from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office in Minneapolis.
She said she reached that conclusion mostly from video that showed Floyd struggling to breathe.
Under redirect by prosecutor Blackwell, who asked Baker what his opinion is as to Floyd's cause of death, Baker affirmed his findings that Floyd's death was a homicide.
"My opinion remains unchanged," Baker said as his testimony concluded. "It's what I put on the death certificate last June. That's cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint and neck compression."
"That was my top line then," he added. "It would stay my top line now."
Blackwell asked him whether he considered the other contributing conditions as direct causes of Floyd's death, and Baker said, "They are not direct causes of Mr. Floyd's death, that's true. They are contributing causes."
In earlier testimony, other medical experts doubted Floyd's physical condition and his use of illegal drugs played a role in his death.
Dr. Martin Tobin, a pulmonologist and critical care doctor in Chicago, also rejected the defense's claims Thursday that Floyd's drug use and underlying health conditions killed him. Tobin said a lack of oxygen resulted in brain damage and caused Floyd's heart to stop.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/medical-...s-n1263670
You have to be a f'ing moron to think that kneeling on a guy's neck was not the cause of death. Anyway, Chauvin was convicted of HOMICIDE.
The medical examiner who ruled George Floyd's death a homicide testified Friday that Floyd's heart disease and drug use contributed to his death, but police officers' restraint of his body and compression of his neck were the primary causes.
Dr. Andrew Baker, who has been the chief medical examiner in Hennepin County since 2004, said Floyd had severe underlying heart disease and an enlarged heart that needed more oxygen than normal to function, as well as narrowing of his coronary arteries.
Baker did not include a lack of oxygen, or asphyxia, as a cause of Floyd's death. Baker said that before he conducted the autopsy, he was aware that Floyd had become unconscious while he was in police custody and had died at a hospital.
He said he did not look at videos of Floyd's death, including the bystander video that went viral, until after the autopsy was complete, so as not to be biased in his findings.
Baker's findings were at odds with those of other prosecution expert witnesses who were explicit in their assessments that Floyd died from asphyxia.
"In this case, I believe the primary mechanism of death is asphyxia, or low oxygen," said Dr. Lindsey Thomas, who retired in 2017 from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office in Minneapolis.
She said she reached that conclusion mostly from video that showed Floyd struggling to breathe.
Under redirect by prosecutor Blackwell, who asked Baker what his opinion is as to Floyd's cause of death, Baker affirmed his findings that Floyd's death was a homicide.
"My opinion remains unchanged," Baker said as his testimony concluded. "It's what I put on the death certificate last June. That's cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint and neck compression."
"That was my top line then," he added. "It would stay my top line now."
Blackwell asked him whether he considered the other contributing conditions as direct causes of Floyd's death, and Baker said, "They are not direct causes of Mr. Floyd's death, that's true. They are contributing causes."
In earlier testimony, other medical experts doubted Floyd's physical condition and his use of illegal drugs played a role in his death.
Dr. Martin Tobin, a pulmonologist and critical care doctor in Chicago, also rejected the defense's claims Thursday that Floyd's drug use and underlying health conditions killed him. Tobin said a lack of oxygen resulted in brain damage and caused Floyd's heart to stop.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/medical-...s-n1263670
