The case for "Reasonable Doubt" ... came across it on reddit.
>he had severe heart disease
>he had an enlarged heart
>he had 75% to 90% occlusion of his three major coronary arteries
>he had untreated severe hypertension
>he had a previously recorded BP of 216/160
>he had a tumor (extra-adrenal paraganglioma) associated
with hypertension/heart attacks
>his lungs were 2-3x heavier than normal (pulmonary edema)
>he had COVID
>he was a smoker
>he was nodding off/passed out when police arrived at his SUV
>he had to be physically nudged to be awoken
>he was in the SUV with his personal drug dealer(s)
>he had a white substance in his mouth
>he was saying he couldn't breathe before restraint
>the knee on the back of the neck is a technique used by the MPD and nearly every other law enforcement agency in the world
>it is used to prevent them thrashing about and harming others (and themselves)
>it is an extremely common method of restraining an individual's range of motion and view
>it did not occlude both (or even one) of the carotid arteries or restrict the airway
>it is well documented to be generally very safe
>EMS was called early but arrived late
>the hobble was not used to avoid further delaying medical care
>the hostile crowd distracted the police and the EMS didn't want to give on-scene medical care because it was not secure for their safety
>he had an oxygen saturation of 98% at the hospital
>the autopsy revealed no abrasions, bruising, hematomas, or fractured bones in the shoulder/neck area
>he had a number of drugs in his system, including fentanyl (depressant) and methamphetamine (stimulant/vasoconstrictor)
>he had a fatal amount of fentanyl in his system
>he swallowed drugs during his 2019 arrest
>fentanyl/methamphetamine pills were found in the back of
> the squad car, containing Floyd's DNA, also in the SUV
>he had severe heart disease
>he had an enlarged heart
>he had 75% to 90% occlusion of his three major coronary arteries
>he had untreated severe hypertension
>he had a previously recorded BP of 216/160
>he had a tumor (extra-adrenal paraganglioma) associated with hypertension/heart attacks
>his lungs were 2-3x heavier than normal (pulmonary edema)
>he had COVID
>he was a smoker
>he was nodding off/passed out when police arrived at his SUV
>he had to be physically nudged to be awoken
>he was in the SUV with his personal drug dealer(s)
>he had a white substance in his mouth
>he was saying he couldn't breathe before restraint
>the knee on the back of the neck is a technique used by the MPD and nearly every other law enforcement agency in the world
>it is used to prevent them thrashing about and harming others (and themselves)
>it is an extremely common method of restraining an individual's range of motion and view
>it did not occlude both (or even one) of the carotid arteries or restrict the airway
>it is well documented to be generally very safe
>EMS was called early but arrived late
>the hobble was not used to avoid further delaying medical care
>the hostile crowd distracted the police and the EMS didn't want to give on-scene medical care because it was not secure for their safety
>he had an oxygen saturation of 98% at the hospital >the autopsy revealed no abrasions, bruising, hematomas, or fractured bones in the shoulder/neck area
>he had a number of drugs in his system, including fentanyl (depressant) and methamphetamine (stimulant/vasoconstrictor)
>he had a fatal amount of fentanyl in his system
>he swallowed drugs during his 2019 arrest
>fentanyl/methamphetamine pills were found in the back of > the squad car, containing Floyd's DNA, also in the SUV