Defense expert in Derek Chauvin trial faces Maryland lawsuit

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The defense expert in the Derek Chauvin trial faces a federal lawsuit over the death of a man who died under circumstances similar to George Floyd.

He served as a key defense witness for Officer Derek Chauvin. Fowler testified that he would have ruled Floyd's cause of death as “undetermined” rather than homicide. He also testified that Floyd's heart disease contributed to his death, contradicting prosecution experts who cited asphyxiation as a result of Chauvin's knee being pressed into Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes.

The case bears similarities to that of 19-year-old Anton Black, who died in 2018 while in police custody on Maryland's Eastern Shore. A federal lawsuit filed in Baltimore alleges that officers with the Greensboro police department and nearby agencies kept their weight on Black for several minutes even after he was prone and handcuffed.

The lawsuit alleges that the officers' actions caused Black to die of asphyxiation. It alleges that Fowler and the medical examiner who conducted Black's autopsy intentionally covered up for police by ignoring evidence of asphyxiation and playing up other factors that supported the police narrative. The Maryland Attorney General's Office is representing Fowler and filed a motion earlier this month seeking to have the lawsuit against him dismissed. A hearing has not yet been scheduled.

 

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He sure looked kinda sketchy while testifying. Kinda like the expert blonde witness that Giuliani brought forth to question the 2020 election results

American Dream: when and how will my parents/wife/husband/sons/daught be killed by police?27 million USD is waving at me.

Kind of a hard sale to have your expert witness be accused of the act that he has himself committed. I suppose that would make him an expert.

do you want ch

Doesn't really say much about the defence!

🎪 No wonder we N E V E R get answers.

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George Floyd wasn’t murdered. Look at everybody getting ready for the upset liberals to burn their cities down 🤡

This can not go un-noticed VP POTUS TheJusticeDept

He was sooo Pro Cop, he couldn't hide it.🙄

Evidence allegations. What actual evidence that the coroner conspired with cops to lie about a cause of death exists? The allegations are literally a conspriacy theory. Thought ABC wouldn't need to resort to peddling conspriacy theories after the capital siege...

Crazy. 😂 That guy has conflict of interests. If D*rek walks, he will too in his own trial.

Dude is a fraud!! Ok knew it when he first opened his mouth!!

The defense is really something else, you’d think they’d bring in a more credible witness lmao

nice

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