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Reflections of a George Floyd wall memorial; a woman holds a sign near the Hennepin County Government Center; Mr. Floyd’s brother Philonise Floyd arrives for the trial; flowers and pictures on the corner near Cup Foods; the courthouse reflected in a puddle.
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Floyd’s Cause of Death Was Homicide, Medical Examiner Says
Dr. Andrew Baker, the Hennepin County medical examiner who performed the initial autopsy of George Floyd, said that there were contributing factors to Mr. Floyd’s death but that ultimately it was homicide.
Medical examiner identifies young couple killed in Burnsville crash
The 22-year-olds were boyfriend and girlfriend.
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The victims of a double-fatal crash in Burnsville on April 4 were identified Thursday by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner s Office.
The crash happened on County Road 42 at Newton Ave. around 10:30 a.m. Sunday. The victims killed in the crash were both 22 years old: Tayler Nicole Garza, of River Falls, Wisconsin, and Dalton Lee Ford, of Prescott, Wisconsin.
Ford was driving the vehicle when the crash occurred, according to the medical examiner. According to the Department of Public Safety, Ford was making a turn when their SUV was struck on the passenger side by one of two racing cars in the east-bound lanes of the divided highway.
Print article MINNEAPOLIS The chief medical examiner who ruled George Floyd’s death a homicide testified Friday that the way police held him down and compressed his neck “was just more than Mr. Floyd could take,” given the condition of his heart. Dr. Andrew Baker, the Hennepin County medical examiner, took the stand at the murder trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin for pressing his knee on or close to Floyd’s neck for what prosecutors say was as much as 9 1/2 minutes as the 46-year-old Black man lay on the pavement last May. Asked about his finding that police “subdual, restraint and neck compression” caused Floyd’s heart to stop, Baker said that Floyd had severe underlying heart disease and an enlarged heart that needed more oxygen than normal to function, as well as narrowing of two heart arteries.
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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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Day 22 of Derek Chauvin trial: Medical examiner who did autopsy did not include a lack of oxygen Dr. Andrew Baker stood by his initial findings despite differing analysis by other medical experts. April 9, 2021 4:09pm
Video (00:17) : Warning: Video may contain graphic content that some viewers may find disturbing. Warning: Video may contain graphic content that some viewers may find disturbing. Hennepin County Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker, who performed the autopsy on George Floyd, testified Friday that that Floyd s cause of death was cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression. Text size Copy shortlink:
The medical examiner who did the autopsy on George Floyd testified Friday that because of underlying heart conditions, his restraint by police was just more than Mr. Floyd could take, resulting in his death while held down on the street at a Minneapolis inte