“George Floyd, according to the official autopsy, was not murdered. He died instead of ... the fatal concentration of fentanyl that was in his system.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 20 Oct 2023.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
The officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck was convicted of murder and the medical examiner found that police efforts to subdue Floyd caused his death. Nothing has changed, but online posts falsely claim otherwise.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 October 2023. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 November 2023, 17 days later. Its rating was “False”.
This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.