Thursday, March 28, 2024

George Floyd’s Family and Attorney Refute Drug Allegations by Cops’ Attorneys

*You only conclude that the defense lawyers for the four ex-Minneapolis cops charged in the death of George Floyd are pretty creative or desperate for a defense.

We say that because they are claiming that Floyd swallowed fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opioid, before his arrest, but the slain man’s lawyers disputed that.

You can best believe that Ben Crump, a lawyer for Floyd’s family, ain’t buying it and isn’t gonna let it fly. In fact, he accused the defense team of blaming the dead, a legal maneuver that “flies in the face of what we see with our own eyes on the video,” he added, referring to viral cellphone footage of an officer with his knee on Floyd’s neck before his death.

“The only overdose that killed George Floyd was an overdose of excessive force and racism by the Minneapolis Police Department. George was lucid, cooperative, obeyed commands and had situational awareness when he died,” Crump said in a statement. “The world witnessed his asphyxiation on video, and now defense counsel is asking us to disbelieve our own eyes. Multiple autopsies determined that he died of asphyxiation because of the officers kneeling on his back and neck.”

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George Floyd family at pre-trial hearing (Getty)
George Floyd’s family raise their fists at a press conference outside the family justice center after a court hearing on the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Sept. 11, 2020. / Photo: Getty

He claimed Floyd told the officers that he couldn’t breathe and “pleaded for his life,” but those pleas were ignored.

“It is classic police defense to blame the dead and claim that suspects with any amount of drugs in their system were responsible for their own death,” he said. “It’s called ‘blame the dead,’ and it flies in the face of what we see with our own eyes on the video.”

Crump gathered with the Floyd family outside the Family Justice Center in Minneapolis on Friday, where the pre-trial hearing took place as more than 200 peaceful protesters marched nearby in support. Some gave speeches condemning the police, including the officers involved in Floyd’s death, while others chanted anti-police brutality slogans.

Philonise Floyd, George Floyd’s brother, said the “painful” video of his brother dying has traumatized his family forever. But he said listening to the defense team “blame him for his own death” showed how unfair the justice system is.

“Watching our brother die on video was the most painful experience of our lives. But listening to those defending these officers blame him for his own death today felt like a knife in the heart,” Philonise Floyd said in a statement. “It shows the degree to which the justice system works to protect those in authority at our expense.”

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