Re: Traumatic Asphyxiation
OK - I goofed.
I assumed that was a broad legal term that includes suffocation, compression in a small space, etc.
I did discover something interesting while researching.
From the Journal of Emergency Medical Services:
“Most EMS providers have never seen the injury [traumatic asphyxiation] due to its rarity.”
https://www.jems.com/2010/08/31/know-signs-and-symptoms-trauma/
Why would the Medical Examiner specifically mention an injury that is rare and is almost always caused by car accidents and heavy machinery?
The now-ex-policeman in jail on $500,000 bond and facing 3rd-degree murder and manslaughter (in Minnesota intent is not a requirement), has had 10 prior excessive force complaints against him in his 19-year career.
One of those was for shooting a guy going bezerk with a knife, so don't count that.
But the county attorney declined to pursue charges.
Guess who the county attorney was, for at least part of his career?
Amy Klobuchar, who is a Democrat US Senator from Minnesota.
Up until this happened, she was on the shortlist for VP on the Biden ticket.
Since one could argue her failure to go after this cop, left him on the streets, maybe there just might have been political pressure to take the heat off the policeman, so they wouldn't go digging into his past, and make *her* look bad?
“Why would the Medical Examiner specifically mention an injury that is rare and is almost always caused by car accidents and heavy machinery?”
That’s a particularly astute question to ask in this circumstance.