Crime & Justice

Pulmonologist: Chauvin’s Knee on Floyd Was Akin to Having ‘a Lung Removed’

EXCRUCIATING DEATH

A perfectly healthy person would not have survived what George Floyd was subjected to, a renowned medical expert testified Thursday.

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As former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin and his colleagues pinned George Floyd on the ground for over nine minutes, the 46-year-old Black man’s airflow was so restricted it was “as if a surgeon had gone in and removed” his lung, a renowned pulmonologist testified Thursday.

“A healthy person subjected to what...

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