Medical examiner who performed George Floyd’s autopsy says he died from having his neck compressed because of underlying heart disease and that Chauvin’s knee would NOT cut off his oxygen
- Hennepin County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker took the stand Friday in the tenth day of Derek Chauvin’s murder trial
- Dr. Baker, one of the state’s most significant witnesses, did not echo the testimonies of other state experts
- Asked if, in his opinion, the positioning of Chauvin’s knee would cut off Floyd’s oxygen supply, Dr. Baker said, ‘In my opinion it would not’
- Dr. Baker stated that he did not find the cause of death to be asphyxia or low oxygen levels
- ‘In my impression from the video it would appear that Chauvin’s knee was primarily on the back, on the side or the area in between Floyd’s neck,’ he said
- His testimony is in stark contrast to the earlier experts’, pathologist Dr. Lindsey Thomas and expert pulmonologist Dr. Martin Tobin
- Dr. Thomas claimed that George Floyd died as a result of ‘low oxygen’ or ‘asphyxia’
- Dr. Tobin told jurors Floyd died from a ‘low level of oxygen’ after he was pinned to the ground
Laura Collins and Kayla Brantley – Daily Mail.com April 9, 2021
The Chief Medical Examiner who carried out George Floyd‘s autopsy has stated that he did not find the cause of death to be asphyxia or low oxygen levels and that he did not believe that Chauvin’s knee was on Floyd’s neck for ‘the majority’ of the time.
In a massive departure from the prosecution’s contention Hennepin County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker said, ‘In my impression from the video it would appear that Mr. Chauvin’s knee was primarily on the back, on the side or the area in between Mr. Floyd’s neck (and back).’
Under cross examination Friday afternoon Dr. Baker told the court that asphyxia was ‘a very common cause’ of the deaths that he had seen across 2,900 to 3,000 autopsies but it was not the conclusion that he came to before, or after, having seen the videos of the incident on May 25, 2020.
In a startlingly brief direct questioning by Jerry Blackwell, Dr. Baker told the court that Floyd died because being pinned down on the ground with his neck compressed was, ‘just more than he could take,’ given his severe underlying heart disease.
Asked if, in his opinion, the positioning of Chauvin’s knee would cut off Floyd’s oxygen supply, Dr. Baker said, ‘In my opinion it would not.’
In his view, he said, ‘It was the stress of that interaction that tipped him over the edge given his underlying heart disease and his toxicological status.
The doctor told the court that he had deliberately avoided all video footage until after he conducted the autopsy because he did not want to introduce any ‘bias’ that might, ‘lead [his] examination down any particular path.’
In his conclusion Floyd’s death occurred ‘in the context’ of law enforcement subdual, restraint and neck compression but he did not give the cause of death as set out by others.
Dr. Baker, one of the state’s most significant witnesses, took the stand immediately after lunch on the tenth day of Derek Chauvin’s murder trial.
The one bsic point missed is that no one should ever kneel ona mans neck there was no need for this cops have all kinds of weapons
this is what jews do in palestine
i have even seen them do it to kids
if th child dies
the partents get snt the bill to pay
but never get the body back
the IDF are training cops here and in the USA
You are right Taylor But that POIS was NOT and never would havew been a MAN it was a racist CRIMINAL I hope IT rots in HELL and I say that as a Black man
I don’t believe ex military People should be allowed to become Police officers. They are after all trained to kill, not to save lives.
Just LOOK at that mongoloid street ape and try to tell me his intelligence quotient isn’t bordering retardation, and I mean south of that border, and that he looked to be fit for civilized society. Yet, deranged woke morons, sniveling apologists, and those with stunningly warped values (i.e. the majority of American blacks) made a martyr out of that lumbering sack of sh*t. Of course, that cop was an epic idiot as well.
I say the way to get to the bottom of this and prove or disprove the cause of death is to have someone kneel on Chauvin’s neck and back as he’s face-planted into the blacktop for 9 minutes and see how it goes. If Chauvin lives, then it was the fentanyl the street ape ingested and his bad ticker., and thus an acquittal for the cop. If Chauvin dies, then it proves that’s what killed the street ape and Chauvin would then get what he had coming to him for being a stupid dick.
Yupp Ellis.. You are correct !
I have watched most of this trial live on you tube and it seems to me that the prosecution witnesses have been very weak and could almost be witnesses for the defence. Some of the commentators on here have probably not bothered to follow the trial because they are not interested in evidence just the narrative that has been created.
Was this ever going to be a fair trial given all the circumstances plus the fact that Floyd`s family have already been awarded civil damages ( pointing at guilt straight away ) of $27 million ? No way . The future looks very grim in the US for any future trials of this nature with riots , looting and destruction loom in the background .
Look .. It could be resolved easily ..
Ask the Pope Francis to de-canonise Saint George who was a white privileged man & canonise George Floyd as Saint George which isn’t a white privileged saint ..
Problem Solved ..
The ape-men do not even wait for a verdict before they start their looting.