Ye asserts that fentanyl was to blame for George Floyd's death, and Floyd's family is considering suing.
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Author/Atul K Rawat
Ye has been making more contentious claims lately, this time contesting George Floyd's death's cause.
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The rapper-turned-fashion designer discussed his viewing of the documentary "The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM" on the "Drink Champs" podcast on Sunday.
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The documentary, which was written by and features conservative political commentator Candace Owens, reexamines the "racially-divided aftermath" of Floyd's death in May 2020
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while being held by former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin. Floyd was a 46-year-old Black man who died while being restrained by Chauvin.
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Ye informed the hosts of "Drink Champs," N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN, that Floyd died from fentanyl overdose rather than from Chauvin's restraint.
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"They administered fentanyl to Floyd. Look, the man's knee wasn't even on his neck in that position,"
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Ye remarked. "They claimed that he screamed for his girlfriend, his mother. It is mentioned in the doc.
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Ye may have a point, but the Hennepin County medical examiner's office determined that Floyd's death was a homicide brought on by "cardiopulmonary arrest,"
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which was complicated by "restraint and neck compression" while he was being restrained by police.
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Additionally, during Chauvin's trial, Dr. Martin Tobin, a pulmonologist and critical care specialist at Loyola University Medical Center, stated that Floyd passed away as a result of a lack of oxygen after being pinned to the ground with a knee on his neck.
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A healthy person who had been exposed to what Mr. Floyd had been exposed to would have died, he continued.
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