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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
See here for actual information fact-checked:
Did George Floyd and Then-Officer Derek Chauvin Work Together in Minneapolis?
As for the Daily Wire - they are not a reliable source of information. The "potential intoxicants" phrase was taken out of context, and included intentionally to muddy the facts of the murder with supposition and doubt. There is no evidence at this point that George Floyd was intoxicated at the time of his murder. |
Where is your contention coming from re: "taken out of context, and included intentionally to muddy the facts of the murder with supposition and doubt"?
Here's the exact quote, taken directly from the State of Minnesota complaint against the officer:
"The Hennepin County Medical Examiner (ME) conducted Mr. Floyd’s autopsy on May 26, 2020. The full report of the ME is pending but the ME has made the following preliminary findings. The autopsy revealed no physical findings that support a diagnosis of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation. Mr. Floyd had underlying health conditions including coronary artery disease and hypertensive heart disease. The combined effects of Mr. Floyd being restrained by the police, his underlying health conditions and any potential intoxicants in his system likely contributed to his death."
If you read the complaint, you'll see there are the body cam accounts of what happened. All of the "Floyd didn't resist..." comments we can all read in this forum are countered directly by the body cam footage - according to the complaint.
Apparently the officers involved tried several times to get Floyd into their squad car. Floyd resisted. He actively resisted being handcuffed, according to the complaint. He apparently started saying he couldn't breathe
while still standing.
Continuing from the official complaint:
"The officers made several attempts to get Mr. Floyd in the backseat of squad 320 from the driver’s side. Mr. Floyd did not voluntarily get in the car and struggled with the officers by
intentionally falling down, saying he was not going in the car, and refusing to stand still. Mr. Floyd is over six feet tall and weighs more than 200 pounds."
The defendant (officer) put him down on the ground and held him in place with the knee, as we all know.
If this complaint is reflecting actual audio as well as video, it's quite clear there is much more to this event than has been portrayed.
That said, does that exonerate the officer who restrained Floyd for many minutes - even after, apparently, no pulse could be determined?
Absolutely not. And you won't find me making that case. But this is seemingly another event where first impressions aren't telling the whole story.
Here is the official Minnesota complaint with amplifying information about this incident:
https://assets.documentcloud.org/doc...-Complaint.pdf