Floyd Tests Positive For Covid-19

[dales]

Autopsy report shows Floyd had tested positive for COVID-19

ASSociated PressJune 3, 2020, 6:37 PM PDT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A full autopsy of George Floyd, the handcuffed black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police, was released Wednesday and provides several clinical details, including that Floyd had previously tested positive for COVID-19.

The 20-page report released by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office came with the family's permission and after the coroner's office released summary findings Monday that Floyd had a heart attack while being restrained by officers, and classified his May 25 death as a homicide.

Bystander video showing Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pressing his knee on Floyd's neck, ignoring Floyd's “I can't breathe” cries until he eventually stopped moving, has sparked nationwide protests, some violent.

The report by Chief Medical Examiner Andrew Baker spelled out clinical details, including that Floyd had tested positive for COVID-19 on April 3 but appeared asymptomatic. The report also noted Floyd's lungs appeared healthy but he had some narrowing of arteries in the heart.

The county's earlier summary report had listed fentanyl intoxication and recent methamphetamine use under “other significant conditions” but not under “cause of death.” The full report’s footnotes noted that signs of fentanyl toxicity can include “severe respiratory depression” and seizures.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Wednesday upgraded charges against Chauvin to 2nd-degree murder, and also charged the three other officers on the scene with aiding and abetting.

Floyd family attorney, Ben Crump, earlier decried the official autopsy — as described in the original complaint against Chauvin — for ruling out asphyxia. An autopsy commissioned by the Floyd family concluded that he died of asphyxiation due to neck and back compression.

[BoSoxGal]

Utterly irrelevant and hardly worthy of a separate thread.

[Big RR]

I guess the point is that only bad people get the virus. I am headed out to turn myself in to my local police.

[dales]

Utterly irrelevant and hardly worthy of a separate thread.

Relax, Karla.

I posted this just for YOU!

[dales]

I guess the point is that only bad people get the virus. I am headed out to turn myself in to my local police.

No I just thought it sad that Floyd not only died a violent death but also had a deadly virus within.

And turning yourself into the local PD is not necessary.

They're watching your every move.

[Big RR]

Since the test went back to April 3, it is unlikely ha had any virus within, but who knows.

And you're right, the police track everyone.

[RayThom]

HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE AUTOPSY REPORT: GEORGE FLOYD

https://www.hennepin.us/-/media/hennepi ... _Floyd.pdf

[RayThom]

Barr on Floyd:
Attorney General William P. Barr’s Remarks on Mr. George Floyd and Civil Unrest
Washington, DC ~ Thursday, June 4, 2020
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/atto ... vil-unrest

[Long Run]

And you're right, the police track everyone.

Keep up, that's a tired (tyred) subject.