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MINNEAPOLIS A medical expert in the physiology of breathing testified in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin that the way George Floyd was restrained handcuffed behind his back, face-down on the ground, with a knee on his neck prevented him from breathing properly.
Dr. Martin Tobin, called as an expert witness by the prosecution, said the cause of Floyd s death was hypoxia, or a low level of oxygen that led to asphyxia, or suffocation. The overall effect of the restraint was almost as if a surgeon had gone in and removed the lung, he said, referring to Floyd s left lung.