Judge allows testing of tissue from George Floyd as officer convicted of killing him seeks new trial
Judge allows testing of tissue from George Floyd as officer convicted of killing him seeks new trial
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A judge has granted permission to lawyers for Derek Chauvin to have samples from George Floyd examined as part of the former Minneapolis police officer’s efforts to challenge his conviction on a federal civil rights charge stemming from Floyd’s death in 2020.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/23752434
Schaetzel suggested that Floyd died of high levels of catecholamines, a neurohormone associated with the flight-or-fight response, or Takotsubo myocarditis, a heart condition caused by intense emotional or physical experiences.