in his system, according to the ME and autopsy report. He also had high levels of methamphetamine, and an underlying heart condition.
(2) Floyd was yelling "I can't breathe" long before Chauvin placed a knee on him, indicating that he was already in the process of dying from an OD. He exhibited all the telltale signs.
(3) The medical examiner concluded that there was "no evidence Floyd died from asphyxiation" and that it would be "ruled as a fentanyl overdose [under normal circumstances]"...
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The facts clearly show that Floyd would have died of an overdose whether Chauvin's knee was there or not. And the timing of it isn't coincidental. Floyd took an (unknowingly lethal) dose of fentanyl so cops wouldn't find it, then suffered a textbook OD in terms of symptoms and duration.
Unfortunately for officer Chauvin, who was following procedure according to his department's training manual, it *looks* like his knee on the neck is what caused it. The jury was intimidated by the mob, and the medical examiners were pressured to rule the death a homicide instead of overdose. Chauvin had no chance of a fair trial and everyone knows it.