"Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony: Unmasking the Real Culprit Behind George Floyd’s Death—An Excess of Hate, Not Fentanyl"

As we approach the fifth anniversary of George Floyd's death on May 25, 2020, we must resist efforts to distort this significant event. State Representative Josh Schriver (R-Oxford) recently perpetuated misinformation, claiming Floyd's demise resulted from fentanyl overdose and that Officer Derek Chauvin was unjustly convicted. However, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's autopsy unequivocally cites “cardiopulmonary arrest due to law enforcement restraint and neck compression.” Such cherry-picking of data does a disservice to the truth surrounding this tragic incident.