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Originally Posted by Justus
Not what the post mortem said...
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A private post mortem performed by Dr. Michael Baden, former New York City medical examiner, said that the cause of death was asphyxia, due to compression to the neck-which can interfere with oxygen going to the brain - and compression to the back, which interferes with breathing.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner final post mortem said the manner of death was a
homicide, and cause of death was cardiopulmonary arrest arising from law enforcement restraint, and neck compression.
Both post mortems agree that death was a homicide. The police knew what they were doing could cause death, and they continued even past the time that they couldn't find a pulse. How could they continue kneeling on him 2 minutes after he didn't have a pulse, when he was handcuffed? If you watch the video, you hear him pleading, saying he can't breathe. His voice gets weaker, and weaker, until he is no longer capable of speaking. There is no way this cop is getting off without jail time. What he did was criminal.