Almost two years after George Floyd's death in police custody, the Washington Post issued a tweet saying that he "was shot and killed in police custody." Floyd, whose May 25, 2020 death sparked months of rioting and violence in the United States, died of cardiopulmonary arrest, according to the official autopsy results.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was tried and convicted on three counts of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. None of those charges involved a firearm. Floyd did not die of gunshot wounds.
Andy Ngo pointed out the mistake. "WaPo writes that George Floyd 'was shot & killed in police custody.'
"He was never shot. He died of cardiopulmonary arrest," Ngo tweeted at the Washington Post. He cited official autopsy results in which the medical examiner stated at the time: "The autopsy revealed no physical evidence suggesting that Mr. Floyd died of asphyxiation."
Floyd, however, was not shot.
WaPo writes that George Floyd "was shot & killed in police custody."
— Andy Ngô ???? (@MrAndyNgo) May 24, 2022
He was never shot. He died of cardiopulmonary arrest & official autopsy found nothing to "support a diagnosis of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation." His blood had 11 ng/mL of fentanyl.https://t.co/xtqA23zfk3 pic.twitter.com/27QapU2zaK
The tweet from WaPo was in reference to a poll that newspaper has put out to gauge public reaction and changes to people's lives since and as a result of George Floyd's death.
The poll asks for photos from "your participation in the protests," and asks questions like "How have or haven't things changed in your community since George Floyd's death?" and "Did you participate in the protests that followed George Floyd's death?"
After the error was made plain, WaPo wrote: "We've deleted a previous tweet for this form that included language that was changed after publish." [sic]
Ngo suggested that the news outlet identify the mistake that they made, and perhaps give an explanation as to why they would have written, both on Twitter and in the pixels of their pages, that Floyd was shot and killed by police.
Why don't you explain how you were wrong & apologize? Many people are angry because you use your publication's legacy prestige to bully others over your partisan "fact-checking." Yet when you are inaccurate, this is your non-correction response: https://t.co/Je9O9OVGn9
— Andy Ngô ???? (@MrAndyNgo) May 24, 2022
The original in the Washington Post read exactly the same as the errant tweet, stating that Floyd was shot and killed.
A later version of the same article reads simply the truth: "On May 25, 2020, George Floyd died in police custody."
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