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Updated 7:00 PM ET, Fri April 9, 2021
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Jurors heard testimony today from a medical examiner and forensic pathologist in former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin s trial.
Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.
Floyd died in May 2020 after Chauvin placed his knee on Floyd s neck while he pleaded, I can t breathe. His final moments, recorded on video, led to widespread protests against police brutality and racism as well as incidents of unrest.
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Activities of the law enforcement officers resulted in Mr. Floyd s death, forensic pathologist says
Dr. Lindsey Thomas. Source: Pool
Dr. Lindsey Thomas, a forensic pathologist, said the subdual, restraint and compression of law enforcement of George Floyd was ultimately the immediate cause of death. This is a death were both the heart and lung stopped working. And the point is that it s due to law enforcement subdual, restraint and compression. That is kind of what ultimately is the immediate cause of death. It s the subdual, restraint and compression, Thomas said.
Asked by the prosecution to explain what the terms subdual restraint and neck compression mean, Thomas said:
Heart disease, fentanyl contributed to George Floyd’s death but were not main cause, medical examiner says
George Floyd’s heart disease and use of fentanyl were contributing factors to his death, but they were not the direct cause, the medical examiner who performed his autopsy testified on Friday in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin.
Hennepin County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker ruled Floyd’s death last May a homicide and identified the cause as “cardiopulmonary arrest” that occurred during “law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression” all findings he stood by in court on Friday.
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