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Medical Examiner Concluded George Floyd Likely Died Of Fentanyl Overdose, Court Docs Reveal

“The autopsy revealed no physical evidence suggesting that Mr. Floyd died of asphyxiation.”

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New court documents have uncovered two memorandums, dated May 26 and June 1, that suggest Chief Hennepin County Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker concluded George Floyd likely died from a fentanyl overdose and found “no physical evidence suggesting” that he died of asphyxiation.

“AB (Andrew Baker) said that if Mr. Floyd had been found dead in his home (or anywhere else) and there were no other contributing factors he would conclude that it was an overdose death,” says a memo dated June 1, outlining a May 31 virtual with Dr. Baker.

  

The memos seemingly run contrary to the Armed Forces medical examiner and Hennepin County medical examiner’s final conclusion that Floyd’s death was a homicide.

“His death was caused by the police subdual and restraint in the setting of severe hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and methamphetamine and fentanyl intoxication,” the Armed Forces medical examiner found, according to FOX 9.

Floyd died on May 25 following an arrest during which an officer knelt on the 46-year-old’s neck for several minutes. Video clips of the incident circulated online and quickly went viral, sparking destructive and deadly riots across the nation.

 

 

However, earlier this month, body camera footage of the arrest was leaked by the Daily Mail, offering more context to the incident.

As reported by FOX 9, one memorandum filed May 26 regarding a virtual meeting with Dr. Baker said that the medical examiner concluded that “the autopsy revealed no physical evidence suggesting that Mr. Floyd died of asphyxiation.”

“Baker told the attorney his investigation was incomplete pending a toxicology report, however,” the report added.

 

The other memorandum, filed June 1, showed that Baker said “Floyd’s level of fentanyl was ‘pretty high,’ and a potentially ‘fatal level,'” FOX 9 reported.

The June 1 memo added: “AB (Andrew Baker) said that if Mr. Floyd had been found dead in his home (or anywhere else) and there were no other contributing factors he would conclude that it was an overdose death.”

Independent medical examiners hired by the Floyd family list the 46-year-old’s death as “traumatic asphyxia due to the compression of his neck and back during restraint by police,” the court filings show.

 

The memo “admits the findings could be incomplete because they were awaiting microscopic slides, pictures and other evidence from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s report,” FOX 9 noted.

As The Daily Wire reported this month, Earl Gray, an attorney for Thomas Lane, one of the four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of Floyd, said charges should be dropped against his client because Floyd died from a fentanyl overdose.

“All he had to do is sit in the police car, like every other defendant who is initially arrested. While attempting to avoid his arrest, all by himself, Mr. Floyd overdosed on Fentanyl,” Gray wrote in a motion. “Given his intoxication level, breathing would have been difficult at best. Mr. Floyd’s intentional failure to obey commands, coupled with his overdosing, contributed to his own death.”

Related: Attorney For Ex-Minneapolis Police Officer: George Floyd ‘Overdosed On Fentanyl’

https://www.dailywire.com/news...utm_source=housefile

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I did watch it...the NBC video...from the time the cop talked to all the people in Floyd's car...another man and a woman...they left...then the cop went around to the driver's side...talked to Floyd...got Floyd out of his car...no violence...handcuffed him....walked him to the sidewalk...sat him down and talked to him....looks like very politely...another  cop coming up...the cops talking to each other....the cop helping Floyd up...apparently at this point Floyd complained about the cuffs so the cop checked them and looks like adjusted them...other cops leave...the two cops walk Floyd across the street to the cruiser...nothing going on...and then when they tried to get him into the cruiser is when it started. Up until then it was all pretty routine with no scuffles.

Floyd was full of drugs and the examiner said if he had been found dead in his apartment his cause of death would have been listed as fentanyl. The left is only using the death of this career criminal to 'justify' their rioting and looting and killing spree. The rioters intention is to cause as much damage as possible...and the left is making sure they are protected while they do it.

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