Tributes are displayed on the three-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death at George Floyd Square, Thursday, May 25, 2023, in Minneapolis. A page from the autopsy report for Floyd being shared by social media users was released by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s office in 2020. It does not prove anything new about Floyd’s death. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
\n\nCLAIM: A new autopsy report for George Floyd has been released in 2023, revealing he died from a drug overdose, not from the actions of arresting Minneapolis police officers.
\n\nAP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Social media users are sharing a page from the 20-page autopsy report that was publicly released by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s office in full on June 3, 2020. It has not been changed since. While the page says he had fentanyl and methamphetamine in his system, and did not have “life-threatening injuries,” the full report concludes Floyd died from “cardiopulmonary arrest,” not an overdose.
\n\nTHE FACTS: As the three-year anniversary of Floyd’s death arrived on Thursday, some social media users shared what they erroneously claimed was new evidence about the circumstances of his passing.
\n\nMany of the posts presented a page from an autopsy report that supposedly had not…
Original source: https://apnews.com/business