Thursday, 4 June 2020

Photos: Final autopsy report says George Floyd tested positive for coronavirus

George Floyd's final autopsy report has revealed the 46-year-old had tested positive for coronavirus, but died from 'cardiopulmonary arrest' following his altercation with a Minneapolis police officer last Monday.
Heartache: It comes after George Floyd, 46, (pictured) an African-American man, died on May 25 after a white police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes in Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office released its official findings on Wednesday which showed Floyd was diagnosed with Covid-19 on April 3.
The report notes that the positive result is likely from an old infection and it is believed the father-of-two was asymptomatic at the time of his death. It does not suggest the disease contributed to his death in any way. It also notes he had a history of heart disease and had fentanyl and metamphetamine in his system - which were listed as 'other significant conditions'.
It states Floyd suffered cardiopulmonary arrest after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin compressed his neck for more than eight minutes while he was being restrained.
It found Floyd's lungs appeared healthy but he had some narrowing of arteries in the heart.
The footnotes also noted that signs of fentanyl toxicity can include 'severe respiratory depression' and seizures.
'The cause of death was that he was starving for air. It was lack of oxygen. And so everything else is a red herring to try to throw us off,' Floyd family attorney, Ben Crump said Tuesday. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office released its official findings on Wednesday
Report found Floyd had tested positive for coronavirus in April
Bystander video showed Floyd pleading to be let up and saying repeatedly that he couldn't breathe as Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pinned him to the ground for nearly nine minutes. The medical examiner's finding that the death was a homicide by asphyxiation confirms the same conclusion of the independent autopsy that was also released on Monday, but there are key differences over the cause

3 comments:

  1. Boluwatife Adeosun17:24

    RIP to him, very sad indeed

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  2. Denrele Yusuf17:27

    THE BASTARDS KILLED HIM, DAZALL.

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  3. rip GF!!!!!!!!

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