Hennepin County Chief Medical Examiner Says He Still Classifies George Floyd’s Death as a Homicide But Other Experts Believe It Was an Overdose

Hennepin County Chief Medical Examiner said on Friday that he still believes George Floyd died from homicide.

According to the Weekend Today Show:

Hennepin County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker told jurors on Friday that he still classifies the death of Georgie Floyd as a homicide. He testified during the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin that Chauvin’s actions and lack of oxygen, not drugs or a preexisting condition, caused Floyd’s death.

This is consistent with what the Medical Examiner said last summer but it also conflicts with the evidence that Floyd was high as a kite at the time of his death:

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However, another forensic pathologist said at the hearing on Friday that absent the struggle with police, Floyd's death would have been ruled an overdose:

Forensic pathologist Dr. Lindsey Thomas testified Friday at the trial of former Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officer Derek Chauvin that absent a struggle with police, the death of a person with the drugs George Floyd had in his system would have been ruled an overdose.

Clearly, Floyd was high as a kite the day he died.  The question is whether that is what killed him.