- See second post mortem Archived Message
Posted by Keith-264
on June 20, 2020, 4:30 pm, in reply to "Paul Craig Roberts on George Floyd. Autopsy Results"
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_George_Floyd#Autopsies A criminal complaint against Chauvin, issued May 29, cited preliminary results of an autopsy conducted by the Hennepin County medical examiner, which found "no physical findings that support a diagnosis of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation", but found that Floyd suffered from coronary artery disease and hypertensive heart disease.[63][64] The complaint cited the preliminary opinion that the "combined effects of Mr. Floyd being restrained by the police, his underlying health conditions and any potential intoxicants in his system likely contributed to his death".[63][64] The medical examiner's final findings, issued June 1,[65] classified Floyd's death as a homicide caused by "a cardiopulmonary arrest while being restrained" by officers who had subjected Floyd to "neck compression".[66][67] Other significant conditions were arteriosclerotic heart disease, hypertensive heart disease, fentanyl intoxication, and recent methamphetamine use.[63][66] The report states that on April 3 Floyd had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, but does not list it as a fatal or other significant condition.[68][69] Floyd's family commissioned a second autopsy, carried out by Michael Baden, a pathologist and former New York City chief medical examiner who had autopsied Eric Garner,[70][71] and attended by Allecia Wilson, director of autopsy and forensic services at the University of Michigan Medical School.[72][73] He found that the "evidence is consistent with mechanical asphyxia as the cause of Floyd's death", and that the death was a homicide.[74][75][72] He said Floyd died from "asphyxia due to compression of the neck", affecting "blood flow and oxygen going into the brain", and also from "compression of the back, which interferes with breathing".[63] He said Floyd had no underlying medical problem that caused or contributed to his death, and that being able to speak does not mean that someone is able to breathe.[76] Neither examiner mentioned excited delirium,[77][78] a condition which concerned Lane and that he discussed with Chauvin while he had Floyd pinned down.[79][80] |