Maryland's former chief medical examiner, subject of lawsuit, testifies in Chauvin's defense

[Beaverhausen]

https://wtop.com/maryland/2021/04/marylands-former-chief-medical-examiner-subject-of-lawsuit-to-testify-in-chauvins-defense/?fbclid=IwAR0dpOcH4KQKzN4Mp9v55WXXoiqnc1TKRI29H9Y7UdbqdkENjNRi8RBAjBw

Maryland’s former chief medical examiner testified for the defense in the Minneapolis murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged with killing George Floyd. Dr. David Fowler’s testimony came at the same time he’s being accused of helping to cover up the police’s role in the 2018 in-custody death of Anton Black, a Black 19-year-old from the Eastern Shore.

Anton Black’s family told WTOP ahead of Fowler’s testimony the two cases are eerily similar.

“It’s surreal that you have two men on the opposite sides of the country that experienced almost the same treatment by two different police officers,” said LaToya Holley, Black’s sister. “The medical examiner, in my opinion, was egregious in the way he finalized Anton’s autopsy results. Now, he’s being called to be an expert witness for another police officer.”

Fowler, Maryland’s chief medical examiner from 2002-2019, was called to the stand Wednesday morning during Chauvin’s trial.

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[Claire Oh Nette]

1. He ruled Anton Black's death an accident

Three cops-one of them lying on a young man who is prone and cuffed for six minutes. The officer accidentally sat on a kid for kid minutes.

This really was the best the defense could do.

A product of a racist society and eduction system in Apartheid South Africa sides with white cops killing young unarmed Black men, who used to be a medical examiner....

wow.