The flier, an apparent printout of George Floyd’s toxicology report, appeared Saturday, Duke University confirmed, on a Black History Month display honoring Black victims of police violence. The report included handwritten remarks in a pink pen, reading: “Mix of drugs presents in difficulty breathing! Overdose? Good Man? Use of fake currency is a felony!”
At the time of his death, police had been called on Floyd for allegedly using a counterfeit bill at a store in Minneapolis. His death in May 2020, after police officers knelt on his neck for eight minutes, caused massive anti-racism protests across the country. An independent autopsy at the time found that Floyd died of “asphyxiation from sustained pressure” from the officers kneeling on his neck and back.