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Write a note in this area. It's really eOn May 25, 2020, Floyd was arrested on a charge of passing a counterfeit $20 bill at a grocery store in the Powderhorn Park neighborhood of Minneapolis. According to the store clerk, the bill was an obvious fake and Floyd had refused to return the purchased cigarettes when challenged.[26] He died after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, pressed his knee to Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes during the arrest. Floyd was handcuffed face down in the street,[27][28][29] while two other officers further restrained Floyd and a fourth prevented onlookers from intervening.[30]:6:24[31][32] For the last three of those minutes Floyd was motionless and had no pulse,[27][29] but officers made no attempt to revive him.[33]:6:46 Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck as arriving emergency medical technicians attempted to treat him.[33]:7:21 The official autopsy found Floyd died of cardiopulmonary arrest caused by subdual and restraint.[8][34] The toxicologist found several psychoactive substances or metabolites in his system, and the medical examiner noted fentanyl intoxication and recent methamphetamine use as significantly contributory to his death, though not the cause.[8][35] A second autopsy, commissioned by Floyd's family and performed by Michael Baden, without access to various tissue and fluid samples, found that the "evidence is consistent with mechanical asphyxia as the cause" of death, with neck compression restricting blood flow to the brain, and back compression restricting breathing.[36]asy to share with others.