Derek Chauvin guilty in death of George Floyd: Live updates

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[–]EuropeanAwakening14 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

He had a large amount of fentanyl in his system, whether or not it was lethal can not be determined but it is not outside of reason to assume that it played a large part in his death. People die every day from small amounts of fentanyl.

[–]AngryBannedRedditor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

He had a large amount of fentanyl in his system,

That's a lie.

fentanyl isn't what killed Floyd, and the amount in his system was similar to that found in people who took the drug and were arrested for DUI, but didn't die.

Blood tests conducted as part of Floyd's post-mortem autopsy revealed 11 nanograms per milliliter, or ng/ml, of fentanyl present. According to expert witnesses, this wasn't enough to be considered fatal.

He stated because fentanyl typically slows down a person's breathing, the drug was not a contributing factor based on his calculations of Floyd's breathing rate based on witness video, which at the time appeared about the same as a healthy individual.

While Floyd's toxicology report did reveal fentanyl present, expert witnesses at his murder trial have stated there was not enough to be considered fatal or impact his breathing and oxygen levels. Floyd died due to lack of oxygen from the force of Chauvin's knee on his neck.

[–][deleted] 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Your biggest mistake is relying on USAToday to "fact check" for you. 11 nanograms per milliliter is definitely enough to kill people. Here are some fentanyl overdose deaths recorded at the UCSF, two of which were measured at 11 ng/ml. Patients hospitalized for OD typically had 0.5–9.5 ng/mL. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6604a4.htm

[–]AngryBannedRedditor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

lol! Take a second look on that chart, those who died of fentanyl overdoses in the link you provided also had other drugs in their system when they overdosed and died.

Your very own link shows that the person who died from 9.5 ng/mL of fentalyl in their system, that very same person had BE, cocaine, levamisole, naloxone, norfentanyl, THC-COOH in their system.

The person who died at the .5 range you referenced, well, that person did not only have fentalyn in their system. That person also had BE, cocaethylene, cocaine, cotinine, EME, levamisole, lidocaine, naloxone, nicotine and norcocaine in their system.

[–]EuropeanAwakening14 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Right, like George Floyd who had meth in his system, a bad heart and probably nicotine and THC.