Re:Google postpones Android 11 beta
by magicalhippo on Saturday May 30, 2020 @06:11AM
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As in most things technical, the words are important.
> the initial autopsy found no evidence that Floyd died of strangulation and traumatic asphyxia
Strangulation: "Forensics The act of suffocating a person by constricting the trachea or upper airways"[1]
Traumatic asphyxia: "Cyanotic asphyxia due to trauma; the extravasation of blood into the skin and conjunctivae, produced by a sudden mechanical increase in venous pressure, analogous to the Rumpel-Leede test; common in those who have been hanged and seen occasionally in crush injuries."[2]
So what that initial statement says is that the knee did not directly suffocate him by blocking blood or air flow, nor was Flody's chest crushed.
Keep in mind that breathing when you're face down on the ground can be difficult in itself, especially if you're not thin. And it is made a lot harder by having the upper part of your chest pinned to the ground.
But even if the officer did not pin him to the ground with the knee, and just left him on the ground facing down, they should have checked on him when he said he couldn't breathe and that he was dying. Not doing so would be highly negligent.
> the initial autopsy found no evidence that Floyd died of strangulation and traumatic asphyxia
Strangulation: "Forensics The act of suffocating a person by constricting the trachea or upper airways"[1]
Traumatic asphyxia: "Cyanotic asphyxia due to trauma; the extravasation of blood into the skin and conjunctivae, produced by a sudden mechanical increase in venous pressure, analogous to the Rumpel-Leede test; common in those who have been hanged and seen occasionally in crush injuries."[2]
So what that initial statement says is that the knee did not directly suffocate him by blocking blood or air flow, nor was Flody's chest crushed.
Keep in mind that breathing when you're face down on the ground can be difficult in itself, especially if you're not thin. And it is made a lot harder by having the upper part of your chest pinned to the ground.
But even if the officer did not pin him to the ground with the knee, and just left him on the ground facing down, they should have checked on him when he said he couldn't breathe and that he was dying. Not doing so would be highly negligent.
[1]: https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/strangulati...
[2]: https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/traumatic+a...