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The cause of George Floyd's death, as determined by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner and an independent autopsy, with debates over the emphasis on restraint, asphyxia, and contributing conditions like heart disease and toxicology.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner (ME) has publicly released full autopsy reports in at least one very high-profile police killing — George Floyd — and routinely issues press releases and posts cer...
The official toxicology report for George Floyd found measurable amounts of fentanyl, its metabolite norfentanyl, methamphetamine, and THC in his system, with fentanyl at 11 ng/mL, norfentanyl at 5.6 ...
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s full autopsy concluded that George Floyd’s death was a homicide, with the official cause listed as "cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, ...
Prosecution medical experts testified that George Floyd died of cardiopulmonary arrest caused by restraint — low oxygen from prone positioning and neck compression — and walked jurors through the mome...
The independent autopsy commissioned by George Floyd’s family concluded that he died from asphyxia due to sustained pressure on his neck and back, a finding announced by the family’s forensic experts ...
Two independent autopsies and a later autopsy review concluded George Floyd’s death was a homicide, findings prosecutors made central to proving causation between Derek Chauvin’s restraint and Floyd’s...
The official Hennepin County autopsy explicitly listed underlying heart conditions — including multifocal severe arteriosclerotic heart disease and hypertensive heart disease — and noted an enlarged h...
The Hennepin County autopsy ruled George Floyd’s death a homicide due to “cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression,” and explicitly listed several “...
Two independent autopsies concluded George Floyd’s death was a homicide tied to restraint by police officers, though they described mechanisms differently and listed contributing conditions; the offic...
George Floyd did not die of a simple drug overdose; the Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled his death a homicide caused by cardiopulmonary arrest “complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, a...
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner concluded that George Floyd’s death was a homicide, listing the cause of death as “cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck...
The toxicology attached to George Floyd’s autopsy showed fentanyl (11 ng/mL), its metabolite norfentanyl (5.6 ng/mL), and methamphetamine (19 ng/mL), along with cannabinoids, and the Hennepin County r...
Two autopsies were released after George Floyd’s death: the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s official autopsy and a separate autopsy commissioned by Floyd’s family conducted by two independent foren...