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"George Floyd died because of a drug overdose not because his airway was cut off by a knee to the neck for almost ten minutes." The M.E. found 4x the lethal li
by PM_me_your_math 4y ago
"George Floyd died because of a drug overdose not because his airway was cut off by a knee to the neck for almost ten minutes."
The M.E. found 4x the lethal limit of fentanyl in his blood, and he had a habit of swallowing his stash whenever he made contact with police.
Have you ever taken EMT, CPR or life-saving class? One concept learned was ABC as Airway - Breathing - Circulation
If your airway is cut off, you can't breath.
And if you can't breathe, you can't draw or expel, rather, move air. This is why there is an international sign for choking.
If you can't move air, you can't make your vocal cords vibrate.
So how can you say, "I can't breath" and yell at the top of your lungs if your airway is cut off?
That simply doesn't compute for anyone who has medical training. It is an insult to intelligence. Anybody who has been through any medical training at all knows that an obstructed airway makes little to no sound, let along screaming on top of your lungs saying "I can't breath."
Also, your windpipe is not on the back of your neck so a knee there cannot block it off; of course, if you're making sounds, your windpipe isn't cut off or kinked.
What's more likely is that Floyd was experiencing shortness of breath as his pulmonary system was being depressed and in collapse by the 4x lethal dose he ingested.
That's not to say police didn't act inappropriately. The overdose was obvious to me immediately and they should have taken lifesaving measures, but I have watched too many people overdose not to see through the bullshit.
- ttfkam 4y agohttps://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-4186 https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-4186 https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-george-floyd-overdose-death/fact-check-no-evidence-drug-overdose-was-main-cause-of-death-for-george-floyd-in-2020-idUSL1N3241XJ https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-george-floyd-overd... And we'll apparently just skip right over the part where he was cuffed and already in the police cruiser when they hauled him out and put a knee on his neck? "Don't believe your lying eyes."