Floyd was pronounced dead about 1 hour after he got to the hospital. Attempting to deny the official time of death is dishonest.That was when the coroner declared him dead following 30 minutes of CPR which failed to revive him. While Chauvin knelt on his neck, Floyd went into cardiac arrest. He stopped breathing and had no pulse. The restraint Chauvin used required him to check Floyd's pulse and he didn't.