I tend to believe autopsy results over expert witnesses. Dr Baker was very clear that being restrained was the main factor that led to his heart and lungs stopping.
I completely agree. Dr Baker said that his heart gave out because of the stress of the encounter due to its predisposition to illness (having three independent issues which could cause sudden death on their own). Dr Baker did not agree with the other expert witnesses.
Also, the very same pulmonologist who testified about the 98% hemoglobin concentration also made it very clear that his opinion was that George had died from a lack of oxygen, and he only brought up hemoglobin concentration in order to refute the possibility of carbon monoxide poisoning from car exhaust that another expert had theorized about, so.... not exactly the clincher you think it is.
Listen man. I know youre probably not trying hard to understand this, youre just typing some stuff up for fun one afternoon which is why I keep repeating the same thing. Listen to me ok, actually read this.
-That witness spent his entire testimony claiming he died from lack of oxygen, asphyxiation
-He claimed to know from looking at the video the exact second that "George Floyd did not have one ounce of oxygen left in his body", exact quote.
-He came back to refute another expert who said carbon monoxide could play a role
-He said it couldn't have, because George Floyds blood oxygen saturation was at 98% when he died.
-Asphyxia, or hypoxia, death caused by lack of oxygen causes the blood oxygen saturation to deplete to 30%, in a matter of minutes, which causes death.
-He refuted his entire testimony and the case of the prosecution, because they wanted him to testify about some other results, but the judge wouldnt allow it. Last minute, thats what he said. It refuted the one point about CO, but also completely undermined the case of the prosecution.He did not die from lack of oxygen, but a cardiac arrhythmia. Hence his heart was affected and not his blood O2, and there was no signs in the brain of lack of oxygen, the first organ to show these signs
It corroberated with the rest of the medical findings. There were no symptoms of hypoxic changes in the brain, no evidence of death by lack of oxygen. He died with blood completely saturated with oxygen, which supports doctor bakers finding that his heart gave out due to being medically capable of surviving the encoutter.
This is why it is medically impossible that george floyd died due to the reason the prosecution claimed, lack of oxygen and asphyxiation. They needed to make this the cause because it was the only way to say Chauvin was liable. However, it is medically impossibel due to the findings. Dr bakers findings and testimony were true and derek chauvin was not guilty for the charges of murder. Of course, this not so subtle nuace makes no difference to a jury who are listening to loudspeakers outside saying vote guilty or we burn this city down. Its a lot easier to side with the emotion.
So again, the emotion is what has accusatory strength for the future. If you want to argue this with others somewhere else, thats where you should focus, given that I know that facts wont change your mind. Just stick to emotions, namecalling, grandstanding, that works really well for this case. The medical findings, not at all