Witness faults police for not doing chest compressions on Floyd
A paramedic who testified at the trial of Derek Chauvin on Thursday criticized Minneapolis police officers for not doing chest compressions on George Floyd at the scene, saying “any layperson can do chest compressions.â€
The criticism came during defense attorney Eric Nelson's cross examination of Derek Smith, the paramedic.
“Any layperson can do chest compressions. There’s no reason Minneapolis couldn’t have started chest compressions,†Smith told Nelson as the defense attorney questioned him over treatment offered to Floyd in the back of an ambulance after paramedics arrived on the scene.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/546063-witness-faults-police-for-not-doing-chest-compressions-on-floyd
FROM ANNE COUTURE, below. Do not believe that crumpet, aka New Al Sharpton. ALL LIARS. ALL OF THEM.
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“No life-threatening injuries identified —
“A. No facial, oral mucosal, or conjunctival petechiae
“B. No injuries of anterior muscles of neck or laryngeal structures
“C. No scalp soft tissue, skull, or brain injuries
“D. No chest wall soft tissue injuries, rib fractures
(other than a single rib fracture from CPR), vertebral column injuries, or visceral injuries
“E. Incision and subcutaneous dissection of posterior and lateral neck, shoulders, back, flanks, and buttocks negative for occult traumaâ€
In short: No bloodshot eyes and no trauma to any part of Floyd’s neck.
And yet, day after day, prosecutors, witnesses and the media tell us that Chauvin “squeezed the life out of†Floyd. The medical evidence establishes that whatever else caused his death, it was
NOT asphyxiation.
That’s the entire case against Officer Chauvin! But the howling mob isn’t giving up its holy religious observance because of one dork in a lab coat. The sun might not rise! The city of Minneapolis could be wiped out! Wait — that might actually happen.
The medical examiner also found that Floyd had enough
fentanyl in his system — I don’t want to say “to kill a horse,†because that would be a cliche. But it would be enough to bump off an entire team of Budweiser Clydesdales. In technical medical jargon:
“A. Blood drug and novel psychoactive substances screens:
“1. Fentanyl 11 ng/mLâ€
That’s just the first few words of the “Toxicology†section. Also listed are norfentanyl, 4-ANPP, methamphetamine, cannabinoids, amphetamines, morphine and so on.
But the 11 nanograms per milliliter of fentanyl is rather important, inasmuch as the chief medical examiner called this
“a fatal level of fentanyl under normal circumstances,†saying, “deaths have been certified with levels of 3.â€
Three. But George Floyd went up to 11.