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In reply to the discussion: Darnella Frazier's last words on the stand were heartbreaking: [View all]AverageOldGuy
(1,510 posts)The defense is likely to make the argument that coroners' reports did not find evidence that Floyd was strangled.
Irrelevant and misleading and wrong.
Most of us equate strangulation with the act of putting both hands around someone's throat and squeezing, with thumbs pressed against the Adam's apple. This act results in the fracture of the tiny cricoid bone in the throat. Pathologists look for that fracture to determine if a person has been strangled. Floyd's cricoid bone was intact, therefore, he was not strangled.
Bullshit.
This is irrelevant to the Floyd murder.
Blood is supplied to the brain through two arteries -- the carotid arteries that run up the right and left sides of the neck. Because these arteries flow almost directly from the heart and carry a lot of blood, they create an easily-found pulse on both sides of your neck.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/fitness/multimedia/checking-pulse-over-the-carotid-artery/img-20006075#:~:text=To%20check%20your%20pulse%20over,your%20heart%20rate%20per%20minute.
The choke hold that the cop used on Floyd is NOT a "choke hold" -- it is a hold that is intended to put pressure on the carotids, thereby shutting off blood supply to the brain. The brain will live only a few minutes without blood and that is what killed George Floyd.
This type of hold is safe for cops to use because IT CANNOT BE DISCOVERED IN AN AUTOPSY. And that's why it is taught in police training and that's why it should be outlawed. It's murder.