'The ambulance was the hearse,' Ben Crump, an attorney for Floyd's family, said at a news conference announcing the findings.
The autopsy, requested by George Floyd's family, said his death was"caused by asphyxia due to neck and back compression that led to a lack of blood flow to the brain."An independent autopsy ordered by George Floyd's family found his death was a"homicide caused by asphyxia due to neck and back compression that led to a lack of blood flow to the brain," according to early findings from the examination released Monday.
Later Monday, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office released its initial findings of their autopsy and also declared Floyd's death was a homicide caused by"a cardiopulmonary arrest while being restrained by law enforcement officer." Baden, who was New York's medical examiner in 1978 and 1979, had previously performed independent autopsies on Eric Garner, who was killed by a police officer in Staten Island, New York, in 2014 and Michael Brown, who was shot by officers inBaden said Floyd was in good health before his death and said the video of his death showed the compression of his neck and back very clearly.
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