Defense 'Expert' in Derek Chauvin Trial Accused in Maryland Lawsuit of Cover-Up in Case Similar to George Floyd's

On Wednesday, The Root reported that Dr. David Fowler, a retired forensic pathologist, testified during day 13 of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvinโ€™s murder trial over the death of George Floyd. Fowler said on the stand that he believed Floydโ€™s death was caused by โ€œsudden cardiac arrhythmiaโ€ connected to Floydโ€™s drug use, hypertension, and…

On Wednesday, The Root reported that Dr. David Fowler, a retired forensic pathologist, testified during day 13 of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvinโ€™s murder trial over the death of George Floyd. Fowler said on the stand that he believed Floydโ€™s death was caused by โ€œsudden cardiac arrhythmiaโ€ connected to Floydโ€™s drug use, hypertension, and generally anything else but Chauvin pressing his knee into the back of a human beingโ€™s neck for more than nine minutes.

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Well, it turns out that Fowler also happens to be a defendant in a federal lawsuit regarding the police-involved death of another Black man who died under circumstances that were eerily similar to that of Floyd, according to the Associated Press.

Before we get into all that, I just want to take a sec to shout out The Rootโ€™s Joe Jurado, who has been covering the trial, for brilliantly explaining why Fowlerโ€™s testimony was about as useful as pocketless khakis.

From our previous report:

During its case the prosecution called nearly 40 expert witnesses, most of whom did a solid job explaining their arguments in a detailed and engaging way. For example, Pulmonologist Dr. Martin Tobin did a great job breaking down on a physiological level how the actions of the officers contributed to Floyd suffocating. He made an argument and thoroughly backed it up.

Fowler, on the other hand, didnโ€™t really specialize in any one area, and a few of his assertions were undercut upon cross-examination. He testified that he believed carbon monoxide was a factor in Floydโ€™s death, but when asked by prosecutor Jerry Blackwell if it was true he had not โ€œseen any data, or test results, that showed Mr. Floyd had a single injury from carbon monoxide,โ€ he responded, โ€œYes, true.โ€

Which begs the question: why did he even bring it up as a factor if there was no data to support it?

Anyway, according to AP, Fowler is a defendant in a lawsuit related to the 2018 death of 19-year-old Anton Black, who, according to the Baltimore Sun, โ€œdied in the Caroline County town of Greensboro under the crushing weight of three police officers holding him downโ€ while he was handcuffed and prone.

Fowler was the medical examiner who conducted Blackโ€™s autopsy, and in the suitโ€”which alleges that the officers caused Black to die of asphyxiationโ€”he is accused of intentionally covering up for the cops by ignoring evidence of asphyxiation and exaggerating other potential factors in order support the official police narrative.

So now, I guess the only question is: How much do you believe in coincidences?

Because boooooooy, when I say itโ€™s beginning to look like the good โ€œdoctorโ€™sโ€ only specialty is surgically removing copaganda directly from his asshole.

The thing is, Iโ€™m not even saying heโ€™s definitely guilty, but Iโ€™m absolutely asking why TF this is the guy Chauvinโ€™s defense chose as their medical โ€œexpertโ€ in court this week. His testimony was essentially meritless and his credibility is currently in litigation. Itโ€™s almost as if Chauvinโ€™s people have said to hell with putting together a plausible defense and, instead, theyโ€™re just waiting for America to do their jobs for them and set their client freeโ€”and it might just work.

According to AP, the Maryland Attorney Generalโ€™s Office is representing Fowler in the suit and earlier this month, it filed a motion to have the suit dismissed, but a hearing on the matter has yet to be scheduled.

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