The medical examiner said the manner of Floyd’s death was homicide. However, further details in the official report clash with some of the results released earlier Monday by experts who conducted their own autopsy at the request of Floyd’s family.
The Hennepin County, Minn. Medical Examiner’s Office on Monday released official autopsy results in the death George Floyd. The medical examiner said the manner of Floyd’s death was homicide. However, further details in the official report clash with some of the results released earlier Monday by experts who conducted their own autopsy at the request of Floyd’s family.
The Medical Examiner said Floyd died from “cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression.” That was the official cause.
Critically, the report says Floyd “experienced a cardiopulmonary arrest while being restrained by law enforcement officer(s).” The use of parentheses to marginally, but not completely, suggest that more than one officer may be to blame leaves open many questions about whether additional officers will be charged in the case. So far, only one officer, Derek Chauvin, has been arrested and charged. He faces one count of third-degree murder and one count of manslaughter.
