Derek Chauvin trial: medical examiner stops short of backing fellow experts’ testimony
by Chris McGreal from on (#5GCSZ)
Dr Andrew Baker does not support evidence of other specialists who said Floyd was suffocated under Chauvin's knee
The medical examiner who conducted the state's autopsy on George Floyd stopped short on Friday of backing other expert witnesses at Derek Chauvin's murder trial who testified that Floyd was asphyxiated under the knee of the accused former police officer.
Dr Andrew Baker told the court that the police pinning the 46-year-old Black man to the ground was just more than Mr Floyd could take" by making it hard for him to breathe, causing stress hormones that worsened a heart condition and led to his death.
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