Private autopsy indicates George Floyd was MURDERED

A medical examiner's office on Monday ruled that George Floyd's death was a homicide as they appeared to walk back initial reports that he wasn't strangled when a Minneapolis cop knelt on his neck during an arrest last week.  

The medical examiner's finding that the death was a homicide by asphyxiation confirms the same conclusion of the independent autopsy that was also released on Monday, but there are key differences over the cause.

A press release from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner said that Floyd, who cried out that he couldn't breathe as Officer Derek Chauvin pinned him down by kneeling on his neck, had 'recent methamphetamine use' and 'fentanyl intoxication' - along with hypertension and coronary artery disease - all of which were possible contributing factors to his death.

But two doctors who carried out that independent autopsy of the 46-year-old and two attorneys for his family said that he had no underlying health conditions that may have contributed to his death. 

They argued that not only the officer who was kneeing Floyd's neck killed him, but also two officers who were pressing their weight onto Floyd's back while he was on the ground.

They added that they did not have information on toxicology and any drug or alcohol use by Floyd.