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5. The second cop was kneeling on his chest

Fri May 29, 2020, 05:36 PM

May 2020

Wouldn't the combination of compression on both chest and neck make it difficult to breathe?

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It would depend on how much force was on the neck, The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #1

Yes. Sienna86 May 2020 #2

The Prelimonary Statement Said No Sign Of 'Traumatic Asphyxia' The Magistrate May 2020 #3

Heart failure? RandySF May 2020 #4

The second cop was kneeling on his chest leftieNanner May 2020 #5

Maybe this ME needs a new seeing-eye dog... abqtommy May 2020 #6

Pressure on the neck can kill in a number of different ways unblock May 2020 #7

Also compression to the spinal cord 2naSalit May 2020 #12

Who pays? Cop union? Gofundme? bobbieinok May 2020 #13

much less, kozar May 2020 #10

Earlier on the news spinbaby May 2020 #11

If RW can't make him out a crook, then blame him for his health bobbieinok May 2020 #16

Second opinion is needed here. 2naSalit May 2020 #14

Maybe a second medical examiner marlakay May 2020 #18

That's what I meant. ...nt 2naSalit May 2020 #20

He died at their hands. roamer65 May 2020 #19

No, the ME did not say there was no sign of being asphyxiated. Mariana May 2020 #21

Thanks still_one May 2020 #22

Yup. Intentional brain damage. Lethal brain damage. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #23

Private autopsy may say differently. The whole thing is suspect. gibraltar72 May 2020 #24

That poor man had 3 on him&couldn't expand his lungs! donkeypoofed May 2020 #25