Okay, let's clear up a bunch of the confusion here.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner on Monday declared the death of George Floyd a homicide, saying he died of "cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual restraint, and neck compression," according to a Minneapolis television station.
www.reuters.com
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner on Monday declared the death of George Floyd a homicide, saying he died of “cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual restraint, and neck compression,” according to a Minneapolis television station.
The updated report from the examiner states that Floyd died from a loss of blood flow due to compression on his neck while being restrained by Minneapolis police, local Fox television affiliate Fox 9 reported.
The medical examiner's finding that Floyd's death was a homicide by asphyxiation confirms the same conclusion of the independent autopsy, but there are key differences over the cause.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Coroner confirms George Floyd's death WAS a homicide as officials walk back initial reports he wasn't strangled after family's autopsy found cop's knee on his neck caused asphyxia
- The Hennepin County Medical Examiner on Monday ruled that George's Floyd's death was a homicide and that he died by asphyxiation
- The finding confirms the same conclusion of the independent autopsy that was also released on Monday, but there are key differences over the cause
- The medical examiner said underlying health conditions and drug use were possible contributing factors to Floyd's death
- But two doctors who carried out that independent autopsy at the family's request said he had no underlying conditions that may have contributed
- They argued that Floyd was killed by police action alone when Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck during an arrest on Memorial Day
- Monday's medical examiner press release appeared to show authorities walked back their conclusions on what killed Floyd
- The original criminal complaint against Chauvin cited the medical examiner's office when it said it found no findings of strangulation
- A spokeswoman for Hennepin County did not confirm any reversal, saying only that Monday's release were the 'final findings'
So no "dueling medical examiners", no more confident assertions of "XYZ didn't happen, so the cop can't be at fault." The MEs are on the same page, and the cop is culpable, and now we move on to building a case and prosecuting it.