Doctor Who Treated George Floyd Says He Believed Cause Of Death 'Likely' Asphyxia

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Doctor Who Treated George Floyd Says He Believed Cause Of Death ‘Likely’ Asphyxia
Dr. Bradford Langenfeld testified during Derek Chauvin's trial that Floyd was already in cardiac arrest when he arrived to the hospital.
An emergency medicine doctor who treated George Floyd the night he died testified in court Monday that he believed Floyd had died of “asphyxia,” the common term for oxygen deprivation.
Dr. Bradford Langenfeld made the statement during his testimony in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering Floyd on May 25, 2020.
Bystander video showed Chauvin, who is white, kneeling on Floyd’s neck as Floyd, who is Black, repeatedly stated that he couldn’t breathe. Chauvin continued to kneel on Floyd’s neck for several minutes even after Floyd become motionless and ceased breathing.

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