AUTOPSY REPORT

Dostoyevsky said: "the degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons." The same can be said of how its lowest criminals are judged.

Floyd was one of the lowest criminals. He was a drug-addicted violent felon who had previously impersonated a city official so he could break into a woman's house, then pointed a gun at her stomach and said he'd kill her and her unborn baby if she didn't give him her money. He only got 5 years for that and served only 4.

That being said, it was criminal to *continue* to restrain Floyd (using an approved technique, and no it wasn't on his neck, but that makes little difference) after there was no physical reason to restrain him. They had called an ambulance and were waiting for it to arrive, but after he became unconscious the police had a duty to perform basic medical aid, which involved rolling him into recovery position, checking his pulse, and performing CPR.

The other cops even suggested to Chauvin that they stop the restraint, but he continued. He didn't appear to care about the wellbeing of someone apparently undergoing a medical crisis in his custody. However, giving him 22.5 years for it is insanity. Floyd died from his own actions, including swallowing a lethal amount of Fentanyl to avoid additional drug charges. He had previously done the same thing in 2019 but survived after being taken to the hospital. There's only a small chance that the cops could've prevented it this time.