USA: George Floyd death homicide, official post-mortem declares
MINNEAPOLIS (Minnesota, US), June 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death of George Floyd, an African-American man who died in police custody, has been declared a homicide following an official post-mortem.
He suffered a cardiac arrest while being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, the report found.
It listed Floyd’s cause of death as “cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression”.
The examination also recorded evidence of heart disease and recent drug use.