I've watched the entire video and a video shot from another angle. In the first video, Floyd sat down on the ground and started complaining that he couldn't breathe some thirty minutes before the cops rolled him over on his stomach and restrained him. In the second video, it appears that Chauvin was kneeling on his shoulder and not his neck. I also read the autopsy report. There were no injuries to his neck, spine or shoulder. There was, however, enough fentanyl in his system to kill him.
I wouldn't bring up the knee location except that I don't buy that it's that high up. At best it's unclear, and Mercil (MPD defensive tactics instructor) opined on cross that it is on shoulder blade, with shin also contacting shoulder which suggests knee isn't pressing down much https://www.youtube.com/live/RNBjkQ5x_p8?si=w9nxhXfj9SpNjO3D&t=8296
And, trapezius, neck, none of it is going to arrest blood-flow from just one side. Humans have some unfortunate evolutionary flaws but this isn't one of them.
*eta: Let's be clear, the state did not even claim that Floyd died because of blood-flow restriction. They brought in a quack to invent a totally imaginary theory of how someone can be asphyxiated from this type of one-sided pressure to the neck. Then they accidentally asked the same expert if there were actually any studies that supported this claim. Any reader can see for themselves what the conviction was actually based on https://www.youtube.com/live/S0GVL8omNB8?si=ikp5udJUJLdWcFO2&t=5328
Again. I have seen the video. Knee was not on the shoulder blade. It was not on the trapezius. It was right below the ear, which puts it in the general vicinity of the carotid artery, with some lateral pressure potentially being exerted on the jugular.
Press the carotid artery, which Derek Chauvin did do (the video footage leaves no real doubt on this point), and blood flow to the brain does get disrupted.
Which makes Floyd's death third degree murder at the very least, under Minnesota law.
The technical term would be positional asphyxia, and can occur when a combination of compressive pressure on the chest and torso as well as compression of the neck combine to restrict oxygen flow to the brain.
Pressure on the carotid/neck while being manacled face down in the prone position with hands behind the back would produce all the necessary compressive forces to produce positional asphyxia.
You should have already skimmed my response regarding the autopsies. No bruising, no basis for "asphyxia." Human bodies do not have changelogs, either there is a *physical basis* for what an autopsy claims or the claim is bogus. No physical basis for "asphyxia" or "homicide" existed. The rest of your comment does not address my edit regarding the state's use of a witness who acknowledged no research basis for his claims. And now look, you're saying it's oxygen restriction?! This is so obviously soviet at this point. "Don't you understand? He's an enemy of the people, shut up and agree!"
Really, what projection. "You don't AGREE??? that merely TOUCHING a neck with a knee magically kills giant men!? You must be INSULTING me to prove your point!" No, your point is obviously idiotic, fat-brained, and retarded.
I've seen the video footage. Chauvin's knee was right below Floyd's ear. Not on the trapezius.
I've watched the entire video and a video shot from another angle. In the first video, Floyd sat down on the ground and started complaining that he couldn't breathe some thirty minutes before the cops rolled him over on his stomach and restrained him. In the second video, it appears that Chauvin was kneeling on his shoulder and not his neck. I also read the autopsy report. There were no injuries to his neck, spine or shoulder. There was, however, enough fentanyl in his system to kill him.
I wouldn't bring up the knee location except that I don't buy that it's that high up. At best it's unclear, and Mercil (MPD defensive tactics instructor) opined on cross that it is on shoulder blade, with shin also contacting shoulder which suggests knee isn't pressing down much https://www.youtube.com/live/RNBjkQ5x_p8?si=w9nxhXfj9SpNjO3D&t=8296
And, trapezius, neck, none of it is going to arrest blood-flow from just one side. Humans have some unfortunate evolutionary flaws but this isn't one of them.
*eta: Let's be clear, the state did not even claim that Floyd died because of blood-flow restriction. They brought in a quack to invent a totally imaginary theory of how someone can be asphyxiated from this type of one-sided pressure to the neck. Then they accidentally asked the same expert if there were actually any studies that supported this claim. Any reader can see for themselves what the conviction was actually based on https://www.youtube.com/live/S0GVL8omNB8?si=ikp5udJUJLdWcFO2&t=5328
Again. I have seen the video. Knee was not on the shoulder blade. It was not on the trapezius. It was right below the ear, which puts it in the general vicinity of the carotid artery, with some lateral pressure potentially being exerted on the jugular.
Press the carotid artery, which Derek Chauvin did do (the video footage leaves no real doubt on this point), and blood flow to the brain does get disrupted.
Which makes Floyd's death third degree murder at the very least, under Minnesota law.
Answered in my edit regarding blood-flow not even being claimed as cause of death by state
The autopsy finding was death by asphyxia.
The technical term would be positional asphyxia, and can occur when a combination of compressive pressure on the chest and torso as well as compression of the neck combine to restrict oxygen flow to the brain.
Pressure on the carotid/neck while being manacled face down in the prone position with hands behind the back would produce all the necessary compressive forces to produce positional asphyxia.
You should have already skimmed my response regarding the autopsies. No bruising, no basis for "asphyxia." Human bodies do not have changelogs, either there is a *physical basis* for what an autopsy claims or the claim is bogus. No physical basis for "asphyxia" or "homicide" existed. The rest of your comment does not address my edit regarding the state's use of a witness who acknowledged no research basis for his claims. And now look, you're saying it's oxygen restriction?! This is so obviously soviet at this point. "Don't you understand? He's an enemy of the people, shut up and agree!"
Soviet? No.
I've answered your points with facts. If you wish to disregard those facts you are at liberty to do so.
Here endeth the discussion.
Seems like you feel seen
Baiting and ad hominems are beneath you. You're better than this. We both know that.
But if this is how you want to be I have no further time to waste on you.
It's not an ad hominem to imply you are prevaricating and retreating in light of making wrong points.
Really, what projection. "You don't AGREE??? that merely TOUCHING a neck with a knee magically kills giant men!? You must be INSULTING me to prove your point!" No, your point is obviously idiotic, fat-brained, and retarded.