George Floyd's family disputes drug allegations
The family of George Floyd pushed back against accusations levied against him in court on Friday after lawyers claimed he had taken drugs prior to his fatal encounter with Minneapolis police in May.
Defense attorneys for the four officers charged in Floyd's death claimed he had swallowed fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opioid, before his arrest, but the slain man's lawyers disputed that.
Ben Crump, a lawyer for Floyd's family, accused the defense team of blaming the dead, a legal maneuver that "flies in the face of what we see with our own eyes on the video," he added, referring to viral cellphone footage of an officer with his knee on Floyd's neck before his death.
"The only overdose that killed George Floyd was an overdose of excessive force and racism by the Minneapolis Police Department. George was lucid, cooperative, obeyed commands and had situational awareness when he died," Crump said in a statement. "The world witnessed his asphyxiation on video, and now defense counsel is asking us to disbelieve our own eyes. Multiple autopsies determined that he died of asphyxiation because of the officers kneeling on his back and neck."
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