Floyd said he couldn’t breathe BEFORE he was restrained. Therefore the restraint could not have been the cause. We now know he had a serious heart condition, was extremely drunk, was on fentanyl, and possibly also meth. And that he died of a heart attack. The restraint may have been a factor in that, but ANY restraint would have had the same result. The fact that Chauvin chose this method, which is standard and approved by the Minneapolis Police Department, was not a factor. And the protocol for excited delirium, which the cops’ conversation shows they thought was happening, is that the patient must be restrained even when he is not struggling, because he can start again at any moment.
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