we got all four! reporter: the autopsy commissioned by floyd s family found it was a homicide, and that the other officers seen in this video restraining floyd may have contributed to his death. the weight of the other two police officers on his back, who not only prevented blood flow into his brain, but also air flow into his lungs. reporter: the official medical examiner s autopsy also found it was a homicide, but pointing to cardiopulmonary arrest that was complicated by law enforcement restraint and neck compression. but family experts say it wasn t his heart, it was the pressure applied by officers. the day started with floyd s son quincy visiting the site. how important is change? what do you want to see happen? we need change. this can t happen to anybody else. reporter: quincy kneeling and praying where his 46-year-old father took his last breaths. tonight, applauding the arrests. my father should not have been killed like this. we deserve justice.
or paramedic. the pulse. talking a little bit as if conscious. he wasn t conscious. he was already gone. to me, i felt like at that moment was already gone. touched the stomach and didn t move. didn t move at all. where was your partner? we talked, his stomach was moving. the final cause of death was homicide as a result of neck compression and chest compression. chest compression. how did he get that? because somebody applied pressure. jonathan, in terms of where this goes now, obviously, the federal government is now investigating. is that where your focus is? i assume there will be also a civil case as well. there will be both of those. we re hoping that there s a quick and thorough federal investigation. i think attorney general holder has promised that. we ll hold him to his word on that. is that case a lot harder?
hang on. the way you do, you got to lock in and go for the carotid artery way too macho. it s not just technical. because i will bet you that when we get to see the evidence what the grand jury heard, i bet you they heard a lot about chokehold versus headlocks. dr. baden, you got to examine. first of all i agree that it s silly to go after somebody for selling single cigarettes to a community of people who can t afford to buy a whole pack of cigarettes. $6 in taxes for one pack in new york city. i think the autopsy itself, the medical examiner did a great job on this, 27 pages in the report. and the female she found that there were ten hemorrhages on the inside of the neck, in the muscles of the neck. pe tick yal hemorrhages in the eye, hemorrhage on the tongue. and those are all evidence of neck compression. you re right, chokehold has many
what they can and can t do when they subdue someone. ceo of global security group and former nypd group and former secret service agent, dan bongi bongino. you don t believe this was a choke hold, correct? it was called a ka carotid restraint. this this case, you say this was a carotid restraint? it was the neck compression as well as the back compression. you wouldn t say, i can t
cigarettes. $6 in taxes for one pack in new york city. i think the autopsy itself, the medical examiner did a great job on this, 27 pages in the report. and the female she found that there were ten hemorrhages on the inside of the neck, in the muscles of the neck. pe tick yal hemorrhages in the eye, hemorrhage on the tongue. and those are all evidence of neck compression. you re right, chokehold has many different meanings. what we re concerned at autopsy is the pressure on the neck. there were pressure on the neck and pressure on the chest. i don t doubt it. this is a big guy. and pressure on the chest that interferes with the lungs expanding. but and hands on the face and nose. so he couldn t breathe. he s still talking does that impact the ability to talk if he can t breathe? you can say i can t breathe. okay. but they also mention the fact he was asthmatic, had heart