Commentary: Even If Drugs Would Have Killed George Floyd, Derek Chauvin Is Still Responsible. Why?

The simple fact is that Derek Chauvin (who also has a known history of Anti-Black racism) kneeled on George Floyd’s neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds, and even after George Floyd indicated that he was done resisting arrest. He also made no effort to render any medical aid which he could render to him. In other words, even if the drugs would’ve ultimately killed George Floyd, Derek Chauvin’s kneeling on his neck and his deliberate failure to render any medical aid which he could render certainly exacerbated his situation. Besides, many people have survived having had a more-significant amount of drugs in their systems, and it is therefore very likely that George Floyd could’ve easily survived were he rendered the proper medical aid (that is, given drug-withdrawal aids at the scene and transported to a hospital for additional treatment) and not asphyxiated.

Knowing all of this, the jury made the right call and justly convicted the racist, careless, and callous—and not to mention attempted gaslighter—Derek Chauvin—and the jury thankfully saw through his attempted gaslighting as he conveniently changed his story from blaming drugs to claiming that he did not mean to use unlawful force that he in fact did mean to use while he also blamed the drugs.