A video showing a white police officer continuing to kneel on George Floyd's neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe sparked outrage when it emerged a week ago.
A private post mortem has found that George Floyd, the African-American man whose death has sparked civil unrest, died from asphyxia also known as lack of oxygen.
Medical examiners hired by the Floyd family said he died due to compression on his neck and back by Minneapolis police officers.
The findings differ from an official preliminary autopsy carried out by the county medical examiner.
It did not find evidence of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation.
A video showing a white police officer continuing to kneel on George Floyd's neck even after he pleaded he could not breathe sparked outrage when it emerged a week ago.
It has led to six consecutive days of protest across the United States and a level of civil unrest not seen in decades.
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