Defense expert testifies George Floyd died of heart disease, car exhaust fumes

George Floyd died on May 25, 2020. [Courtesy]

A medical expert who testified in defense of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin told jurors on Wednesday he believed George Floyd’s death while under arrest was the result of heart disease which made his heart beat erratically.

Dr. David Fowler, a forensic pathologist who was Maryland’s chief medical examiner until his retirement in 2019, also told the jury he believed exhaust fumes from the police car next to which Chauvin pinned Floyd to the road may also have contributed to Floyd’s death in May 2020.