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AverageOldGuy

(1,510 posts)
39. What killed George Floyd
Wed Mar 31, 2021, 09:20 AM
Mar 2021

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.


K&R for visibility Blue Owl Mar 2021 #1
Off to the greatest page Hekate Mar 2021 #2
It was heartbreaking and incredibly powerful... Spazito Mar 2021 #3
It was a disgusting insinuation. demmiblue Mar 2021 #4
Absolutely agree... Spazito Mar 2021 #8
I hope you're right. I hope they damaged their case BIGTIME. calimary Mar 2021 #41
Vile people easily believe everyone is vile, soldierant Mar 2021 #34
Conservatives love their myths gratuitous Mar 2021 #5
And as is usual with conservatives, it's 100% projection. Grokenstein Mar 2021 #7
Empathy is definitely lacking in far too many conservatives of the trump variety, imo... Spazito Mar 2021 #10
I didn't hear the defense's question that way. Ms. Toad Mar 2021 #9
There is no question by letting it dangle and not asking her... Spazito Mar 2021 #11
+1 It was completely obvious. demmiblue Mar 2021 #16
Letting it dangle gained them nothng - Ms. Toad Mar 2021 #18
I didn't read the question, together with the lack of follow-up, as neutral in it's intent... Spazito Mar 2021 #19
It may have been deliberate, but if so it was stupid Ms. Toad Mar 2021 #26
I agree, a competent attorney would not have gone there... Spazito Mar 2021 #27
It was, no doubt, meant as you say. Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2021 #38
The defense lawyer asking that question... appmanga Mar 2021 #40
Between this and the defense's equally stupid handling of the MMA fighter's testimony.... RussellCattle Mar 2021 #6
Oops - shouldn't have asked that lame54 Mar 2021 #12
Yeah, that defense attorney dropped the ball big time on that one. joshcryer Mar 2021 #15
I swear that these right wingers live in Bizarro world. world wide wally Mar 2021 #13
So heartbreaking, so sincere mcar Mar 2021 #14
Video/Audio: demmiblue Mar 2021 #17
interesting what happened right after this quote ... sarchasm Mar 2021 #22
Just heart wrenching. This young woman will suffer trauma from witnessing the murder of iluvtennis Mar 2021 #20
One of the first rules of trial law: don't ask a question to which you don't know the answer. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2021 #21
what did she mean "it's what he should have done."? LymphocyteLover Mar 2021 #23
Meaning Chauvin should have taken his knee off of Floyd's neck. n/t demmiblue Mar 2021 #24
that's all I could figure but in the short excerpt the context was missing LymphocyteLover Mar 2021 #35
I'm speculating that she meant Spazito Mar 2021 #25
That's how I heard it wryter2000 Mar 2021 #30
The testimony today has been both heartbreaking and powerful... Spazito Mar 2021 #31
Right, that makes sense LymphocyteLover Mar 2021 #36
President Obama expressed similar sentiments in the past as has Mayor DiBlasio. George II Mar 2021 #28
So glad she said that wryter2000 Mar 2021 #29
She had the presence of mind to send her cousin into the store before... demmiblue Mar 2021 #32
Reminds me of what Obama said about Trayvon Martin nuxvomica Mar 2021 #33
If anyone out there still thinks Aussie105 Mar 2021 #37
What killed George Floyd AverageOldGuy Mar 2021 #39
It's taught in police training???????!?!?!?! calimary Mar 2021 #42
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