Faith Likewater

George Floyd

Regarding your edit here: The reason why we say "X died after Y pressed his knee on his neck..." instead of "X was killed as a result of Y" is because what we have so far are autopsy reports where the medical examiner determined that the manner of death was homicide, and not who caused the death. Per the autopsy report, "Manner of death classification is a statutory function of the medical examiner, as part of death certification for purposes of vital statistics and public health. Manner of death is not a legal determination of culpability or intent, and should not be used to usurp the judicial process." So, in this case, maybe it was Chauvin on the neck. Maybe it was the other two officers on his back. Maybe it was all of them, or maybe it was none of them. That's for a court to decide, which may convict some, all, or none of them as the case may be. We'll update the lead accordingly after that happens. Regards, AzureCitizen (talk) 16:35, 5 June 2020 (UTC)