Here's my question: how many other people have died from the knee on the neck procedure that Chauvin used on Floyd?
Here's my question: what medical qualifications do you hold to argue that the medical examiner is wrong?
I hold no medical degrees, but others do:
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office ruled Floyd's cause of death "cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression." It also listed hardening and thickening of the artery walls, heart disease and drug use as "other significant conditions." Fentanyl and methamphetamine were also found in Floyd's system.
At the outset of his testimony, Fowler said Floyd had a cardiac arrhythmia due to his heart disease. The doctor listed Floyd's drug use and paraganglioma, tumors that can secrete adrenaline into the body and raise blood pressure and heart rate, as factors that played a significant role.
"All of those combined to cause Mr. Floyd's death," Fowler said.
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[ Dr. David Fowler recently retired after 17 years as the chief medical examiner for the state of Maryland]
Fowler testified that Chauvin was likely transferring about 30 to 35 pounds of his 140-pound body weight onto Floyd, and that it was not enough pressure to leave any bruises on Floyd's neck or upper back, according to Baker's autopsy.
"All of [Floyd's] injuries were in the areas where [Chauvin's] knee was not," Fowler said.
Fowler testified that prone restraint was not as dangerous as prosecution witnesses have claimed, and that one study called it an "interesting hypothesis" unsupported by data.
A pathologist for the defense said Floyd's manner of death was "undetermined."
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So, do you think it is possible that the Hennepin County medical examiner might have been pressured by political forces to issue the ruling he did? Doctors differ on diagnoses and prognoses, do they not? I do not claim that anyone deliberately lied or misled anyone, but when you're going to convict somebody of a serious crime then it should be beyond a reasonable doubt that the crime was committed. In this case, I question whether that is the case and I don't need a medical or law degree to do that.