George Floyd was Covid-19 positive, autopsy shows
LOSANGELES: George Floyd, whose fatal encounter with Minneapolis police stirred a global outcry over racial bias by US law enforcement, tested positive for the coronavirus, his autopsy showed, but the infection was not listed as a factor in his death. The official cause of death, according to the full 20-page report made public on Wednesday by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office, was cardiopulmonary arrest while Floyd was being restrained by police taking him into custody.
MINNEAPOLIS: George Floyd, whose fatal encounter with Minneapolis cops has stirred a global outcry, tested positive for the coronavirus, his autopsy showed, but the infection was not listed as a factor in his death.
The cause of death, according to a report made public by the Hennepin County medical examiner’s office, was cardiopulmonary arrest while Floyd was being restrained by police taking him into custody on May 25.
The coroner ruled the manner of death to be a homicide. Four policemen are being held on criminal charges. The third-degree murder charge against main accused Derek Chauvin was upgraded to second-degree. Police charged three additional cops at the scene with aiding and abetting second-degree murder.
The autopsy noted that a nasal swab sample collected from Floyd’s body came back positive for Covid-19, and that Floyd had also tested positive on April 3.
‘AHMUD ARBERY KILLER USED RACIST SLUR’
BRUNSWICK:One of the three white men charged in the murder of Ahmud Arbery was heard saying a racist slur as he stood over the black jogger’s body, moments after killing him with three shots on February 23, a court was told.