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2023-05-26 15:43:11 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: FA3C7184D0EBF283D70BC7E4BF80A2602266BF5CA3A9568A2FF36FBAE64D2803
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This autopsy was released in 2020, the Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker testified that “subdual, restraint and neck compression” was the main cause for Floyd's death. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/arrest-videos-undercut-derek-chauvins-murder-trial-defense-pathologist-tells-2021-04-09/ Readers should also note the autopsy this page is sourced from concluded Floyd's death was a homicide. https://www.npr.org/2020/06/01/867219130/george-floyd-independent-autopsy-homicide-by-asphyxia
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