What’s your opinion?
What happened to the asphyxia by sustained pressure to the neck?
I really don't have an opinion on the autopsies, I won't see the body, I can only judge them on who I trust. The ultimate cause of death is irrelevant, force was used in an arrest resulting in death.
To the eggshell rule cited above, IANAL and all that, but traditionally the police have been given a wide leeway when acting within the definition of their job.
Not sure what you mean by your second question.
Chauvin is a symptom not the disease. We call it systemic racism and then focus on one case rather than, you know, the system. Easy enough to see at least one change MPD should make when reporting shows neck restraints are not disallowed by policy, have been used hundreds of times in the last 5 years, and resulted in nearly 50 people being rendered unconscious during arrest.
Chauvin in jail will maybe make Floyd's family feel some relief, but anyone else that finds joy in anyone ending up in prison is only after vengeance not justice, but legitimate policy changes and not lip service will make hundreds or thousands of Minneapolis families feel relief from police activity every year.
I mentioned in some other thread that people want to blame Trump for this, and he certainly hasn't been helping find solutions or calm the country, yet DFL (Minnesota's Democratic Party) has the Minneapolis mayorship, 12 of 13 city council seats (13th is Green Party) and a majority in state house (Republicans have state senate majority), as well as the Governor. So what has stopped them from fixing this problem?
I don't believe that the answer is Trump.