What Killed George Floyd?

[Khandro]

After all that "Knee" business, it seems that may not be the cause of his demise:

https://www.takimag.com/article/who-and-what-killed-george-floyd/

[Peter Pedant]

um no not really - the knee
When he was arrested - hulk like - he was upright and talking
then when he had put his weight on his neck by the car
he was like dead

I go for the knee. - I am not sure if the egg shell skull rule applies here, you take the victim as you find him -

[Mamyalynne]

Your link includes what the Autopsy found, I doubt we can answer your question any better than they can.

[Hopkirk]

Whether or not it was the cause of death, it is still appalling that a policeman puts his knee on someone's neck for nine minutes.

[Peter Pedant]

Be OK for any death in Hospital innit?
chrissakes they were gonna die anyway

[Sunk]

Not heard of Taki Theodoracopulos for decades.
He used to be man about town in London 30 years ago.

[Mozz71]

Surely even if he died because of a heart defect, the fact that he was being pinned down rather than getting the medical help he clearly needed, is a huge factor in his death.

[Peter Pedant]

taki does a bit in the oldie
I wdnt take a diagnosis from thim tho

[woofgang]

and such an unbiased website too

[royfromaus]

Paracetamols?

[ToraToraTora]

you can't have that, khandro! Nasty white copper did it, end of!

[andy-hughes]

Who killed George Floyd?

I have as much real idea as this attention seeking gossip muppet, i.e. none.

Why are you giving this fool credence?

[Mozz71]

//Why are you giving this fool credence?//

Because it fits with Tora's usual way of thinking. End of.

[ToraToraTora]

he was pumped full of steam tugs, clogged arteries, no sign of asphyxiation, choking etc. Isn't it just a teensy wheensy bit possible that the guy wasn't entirely healthy anyway? This will be the approach the defence will take anyway.

[Togo]

//Because it fits with Tora's usual way of thinking. End of.//

Err Tora didn't post the thread.

[ToraToraTora]

yeah wondered what I was getting blamed for there!

[Mozz71]

Apologies Tora, my mistake.

[douglas9401]

In a civilised society we must blah blah blah...

cont. until wee small hours.

Hope this helps. :-)

[Togo]

In the link.

//George Floyd was not choked to death. He was not asphyxiated. He was not killed by Chauvin’s knee on the side of his neck. An autopsy showed Floyd’s neck muscles were not even bruised.
Floyd died when his heart stopped. Yet, he was already suffering from an enlarged heart with constricted arteries, one of five of which was 90% blocked and two others were 75% blocked.
An autopsy found heavy concentrations of fentanyl in Floyd’s system and traces of methamphetamines. If Floyd had collapsed and died in the street while being wrested into the squad car, his death would have been attributed to a drug overdose and a bad heart.//

And.

//How could Chauvin, who arrived late to the scene, know Floyd was a drug addict with a serious heart condition and a large amount of fentanyl in his system, before using the restraint technique of sitting on him and putting a knee on the side of his neck?
What was Chauvin trying to do when he arrived to see two rookie cops trying to cope with a powerfully built, six-foot-four-inch, 220-pound man violently resisting arrest?//

I don't know ... but some on here say they do. They, however, prefer to keep it secret.

[burlyshirley]

I hope Chauvin has a good defence lawyer and gets off, but I fear his life is ruined anyway, poor man.

[Sunk]

How inconsiderate.
A ticking time bomb who was going to croak it any second, and he only goes and waits until a a fat copper buries a fat knee in his throat.
Some black people go out of their way to die at awkward times, just to make law enforcement officers look bad.