The Truth about George Floyd's Death

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@wylieecoyote
1 month ago (edited)
I am a retired police officer and have been spreading the footage that was leaked through the UK (because Minneapolis PD would not release it) and pointed out the "I cant breathe" statements while Floyd was standing up. I received a huge amount of hate and civilian friends defriended me for logically pointing this out.
I also attended FLETC (Federal Law Enforcement Training Center) and local police academies and was taught the shoulder pin. I sent copies of the training materials showing the techniques to media and the general public, but no media would publish it, despite the police chief saying it was not taught. I used it and it works to keep a combative person from being hurt.
The whole trial is a sham and these officers who risked their lives every day were sent to jail due to political pressure.
If this can happen to police, how can anyone expect a fair trial.
I have risked my life for people of all skin colors (I don't believe in race) and weep for this miscarriage of justice. People have died in furtherance of the Floyd lie.
I volunteered to work poor and troubled communities not to arrest the suspects, but to help the victims. If police don't have support of the communities, death and destruction will follow.
Thank you for adding your voices, not for police or black community, but for truth, where ever it is.

As Booker T Washington once said, people are keeping racism alive because it pays.

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s a retired Former Paramedic and Trauma RN, George Floyd was dead the moment he swallowed the drugs he had on him. He was dying before he was ever restrained. The only thing that could have saved him, was the immediate administration of Naloxone, an Opioid Antagonist in sufficient quantity to prevent his overdose. Even then, he may have still required CardioRespiratory Support far beyond the capablilities of a Law Enforcement Officer in the field.
Chauvin didn't kill Floyd, Floyd himself had already done that. Do I think he maintained the restraint longer than prudence would dictate? Yes and No. It would depend on how the officer was trained, and I suspect reassessing the restraint wasn't part of, or comprehensive enough when the Minneapolis PD taught the technique.
Why did EMS take so long to get there is a question that's never been answered to my satisfaction.
Law Enforcement is generally taught Basic First Aid, and that's about the extent of it. They typically are not trained to the level of an EMT-Basic, and rarely to the level of an EMT-P or Paramedic. I don't suggest that they be trained to that level, but many municipalities have begun training Officers to recognize, assess, and treat potential Overdoses. Naloxone can be delivered by a nasal delivery system forgoing the need to train an officer how to inject the first line treatment for Opioid OD. I cannot find the information, thus strongly suspet Minneapolis PD hasn't begun this new practice.
Once a overdose patient stops breathing, even CPR is of little if any effect because of the presence of the Opioid. 3 to 4 minutes without oxygenation, and that's it. It's over.

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@BuickDoc
2 months ago
"I can't breathe!", said George Floyd. I have heard at least 20 patients say the same thing after I gave them fentanyl prior to surgery. I am an Anesthesiologist. In 1980 the standard technique for Cardiac Anesthesia, anesthesia for heart surgery, was high dose fentanyl, ie 50 mcg per Kg body weight. Advantage: did not depress the heart. Disadvantage, and reason we no longer use the technique: required 3 days on a ventilator post-op.
If given too fast, the patient would develop a STIFF CHEST, and say, "I can't breathe!" As the chest wall stiffens, the sensation of not breathing becomes overwhelming and panic sets in, as we saw with Floyd.
Current Anesthesiologists have never experienced this side effect of fentanyl. Unless you were practicing in 1980, you would have never experienced this problem because we never give high dose fentanyl today.
Remember, Floyd was talking up until his death. You cannot talk if you are not breathing. The Policemen did not suffocate Floyd. Floyd died of a stiff chest, ie a reduction cardiac of output due to constriction of chest wall muscles preventing blood flow back to the heart. That is: Floyd died of a fentanyl overdose.

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As they state, he was railroaded for fear of significantly elevated racial riots with a different verdict.

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It didn’t come soon enough.

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