The defense attorney for the Minneapolis Police Officer presents a case with video evidence showing George Floyd had Fentanyl in his mouth and that he died from an overdose.
I suppose it could also be gum in his mouth. The video isn’t clear enough. But, according to his autopsy, Floyd did have Fentanyl in his system at the time of death.
A lawyer for one of the former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death said he planned to argue in court that Floyd “killed himself” by dying of a fentanyl overdose and an underlying heart condition.
After a judge last month lifted a gag order on the case against the four officers, Earl Gray, an attorney for Thomas Lane, spoke with the Los Angeles Times about his defense plans.
“None of these guys — even Chauvin — actually killed him,” Gray said, referring to Derek Chauvin, the officer who knelt on Floyd’s neck for nine minutes on May 25. “He killed himself.”
Gray told the Times that he’d base his argument on toxicology and autopsy reports that determined Floyd had a heart condition and opioids in his body, as well as on body-camera footage.
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