The fake news keeps saying this and even many conservatives are parroting this claim without much evidence.
Floyd was not murdered, if you want to stay safe you need to move out of the cities before Chauvin is acquitted
The facts are
A) Floyd was middle aged, a heavy drug user (more on that in a minute), and a generally unhealthy
B) Floyd’s autopsy shows no asphyxiation (ignore the Baden exam it’s a lie) he Was able to breathe the entire time. He was intoxicated on fentanyl at the time of his death
County Officials Rule George Floyd Death Was A Homicide : NPR
According to addictionhope.com, febtanyl is very dangerous and even small amounts can cause overdoses even through skin absorption. Cardiac arrest is common. Another effect of fentanyl is decreasing the ability of the lungs to absorb oxygen meaning that it’s likely Floyd was never able to effectively breath even before being restrained.
Fentanyl Deaths: What Happens Physically to Cause Death?
C) there is no evidence Chauvin intended Floyd’s death nor acted recklessly in causing it.
The neck restraint technique has been used 237 times with no fatalities in the last 5 years. The fatality rate was 0.00 when Chauvin used it, meaning he was using a technique with a perfect non lethal record in Minneapolis and which was permitted by MPDs manual. If you’re going to claim Floyd was murdered you need to show officers Chauvin’s actions would have been believed to be deadly by a reasonable person. The MPD manual permitting this as a non lethal technique combined with no known deaths from it in that department would be an argument against that.
D) the detention and arrest of Chauvin was justified
He was clearly intoxicated and in control of a motor vehicle when contacted. This cannot be allowed to continue.
In the event that the specific restraint technique was not justified this would at most be civil wrongful death
E) there is zero evidence of racism in the contact
We need to stop taking black lives matter at their word. They literally have lied about all of their cases. These lies are why we are facing our worst riots since 1968. People in the media should be held accountable