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DR David Fowler is a forensic pathologist who is testifying at the trial of Derek Chauvin over the death of George Floyd.
'EXPERT WITNESS' Who is Dr David Fowler?
He was called on by the defense as an expert witness and has a history of involvement with high-profile police use-of-force cases.
Apr. 15 - David Fowler, M.D. is a board-certified anatomic and forensic pathologist who formerly practiced as Chief Medical Examiner for the State of Maryland.
He graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1983 and did a year of general medical and surgical internship, followed by a year of pediatric pathology at the Red Cross Children's Hospital in Cape Town.
Dr. Fowler is now an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland in the departments of pediatrics and pathology.
He is active on multiple committees in the National Association of Medical Examiners and is a past president of that organization.
Why is he involved in George Floyd trial?
Derek Chauvin's defense team has called on Dr. Fowler to testify on day 13 of the trial over the death of George Floyd.
Chauvin's counsel has shifted its focus to its presentation of medical evidence in defense of the former Minneapolis police officer.
Dr. Fowler is expected to argue that Floyd may have died due to a lethal drug overdose, heart failure, or a combination of both.
What was Dr. Fowler's involvement in the Anton Black trial?
As a forensic pathologist, Dr. Fowler has a history of involvement in police-related use-of-force cases.
While he was chief medical examiner of Maryland, Dr. Fowler ruled that the death of Anton Black, a black teenager who was killed after a scuffle with police in 2018, was an accident.
There were no charges in the case.
Anton Black’s family told WTOP ahead of Fowler’s testimony the two cases are eerily similar.
“It’s surreal that you have two men on the opposite sides of the country that experienced almost the same treatment by two different police officers,” said LaToya Holley, Black’s sister.
“The medical examiner, in my opinion, was egregious in the way he finalized Anton’s autopsy results. Now, he’s being called to be an expert witness for another police officer.”
Black's family filed a lawsuit against Fowler accusing him of concealing law enforcement’s role in Black’s death.
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'EXPERT WITNESS' Who is Dr David Fowler?
He was called on by the defense as an expert witness and has a history of involvement with high-profile police use-of-force cases.
Apr. 15 - David Fowler, M.D. is a board-certified anatomic and forensic pathologist who formerly practiced as Chief Medical Examiner for the State of Maryland.
He graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1983 and did a year of general medical and surgical internship, followed by a year of pediatric pathology at the Red Cross Children's Hospital in Cape Town.
Dr. Fowler is now an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland in the departments of pediatrics and pathology.
He is active on multiple committees in the National Association of Medical Examiners and is a past president of that organization.
Why is he involved in George Floyd trial?
Derek Chauvin's defense team has called on Dr. Fowler to testify on day 13 of the trial over the death of George Floyd.
Chauvin's counsel has shifted its focus to its presentation of medical evidence in defense of the former Minneapolis police officer.
Dr. Fowler is expected to argue that Floyd may have died due to a lethal drug overdose, heart failure, or a combination of both.
What was Dr. Fowler's involvement in the Anton Black trial?
As a forensic pathologist, Dr. Fowler has a history of involvement in police-related use-of-force cases.
While he was chief medical examiner of Maryland, Dr. Fowler ruled that the death of Anton Black, a black teenager who was killed after a scuffle with police in 2018, was an accident.
There were no charges in the case.
Anton Black’s family told WTOP ahead of Fowler’s testimony the two cases are eerily similar.
“It’s surreal that you have two men on the opposite sides of the country that experienced almost the same treatment by two different police officers,” said LaToya Holley, Black’s sister.
“The medical examiner, in my opinion, was egregious in the way he finalized Anton’s autopsy results. Now, he’s being called to be an expert witness for another police officer.”
Black's family filed a lawsuit against Fowler accusing him of concealing law enforcement’s role in Black’s death.
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Fowler ruled that his death was the result of a heart condition and that mental illness was a contributing factor.
Dr. David Fowler, Former Maryland Chief Medical Examiner, Called To Stand For Defense In Derek Chauvin Murder Trial
Apr. 15 - MINNEAPOLIS (WJZ) — Maryland’s former chief medical examiner was called to the stand for the defense in the Derek Chauvin murder trial on Wednesday.
Dr. David Fowler testified Wednesday in Minneapolis on behalf of the defense.
He told the jury that George Floyd died from sudden cardiac arrhythmia during his arrest.
He also testified that he believes the amount of force applied by Chauvin’s knee on Floyd’s neck was not the cause of his death.
“In terms of the placement of officer Chauvin’s knee to Mr. Floyd, is it your opinion that Mr. Chauvin’s knee in any way impacted the structures of Mr. Floyd’s neck?” Defense Attorney Eric Nelson asked.
“No. It did not,” Dr. Fowler responded. “None of the vital structures were in the area where the knee appeared to be in the videos.”
Fowler was Maryland’s chief medical examiner up until 2019 and he’s now named in a lawsuit brought by the family of Anton Black, a 19-year-old Black teenager who died after being chased and restrained by police officers on the Eastern Shore in 2018.
This lawsuit claims, though, that Dr. Fowler was complicit in creating a false narrative.
The ACLU of Maryland said, in part:
“The medical examiner’s office ruled that Anton Black’s death was not a homicide even though video showed police chase him, tase him, and pin him face down to the ground after he was handcuffed and at which point he stopped breathing.”
Ken Ravenell is one of the attorney’s representing Black’s family.
“We can’t wait to get our turn to examine him, because what he’s doing in the George Floyd case is abysmal and what he’s done in this case is absolutely abysmal,” Ravenell said.
In a statement to WJZ, Black’s family said:
“Initially our family was shocked to learn that Dr. Fowler was testifying in Chauvin’s defense, but there is an eerie and terrifying similarity between the police killings of Anton and George Floyd.”
The Maryland attorney general is representing the medical examiner’s office and Dr. Fowler. WJZ reached out to them, they said they do not comment on pending litigation. source from
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Dr. David Fowler, Former Maryland Chief Medical Examiner, Called To Stand For Defense In Derek Chauvin Murder Trial
Apr. 15 - MINNEAPOLIS (WJZ) — Maryland’s former chief medical examiner was called to the stand for the defense in the Derek Chauvin murder trial on Wednesday.
Dr. David Fowler testified Wednesday in Minneapolis on behalf of the defense.
He told the jury that George Floyd died from sudden cardiac arrhythmia during his arrest.
He also testified that he believes the amount of force applied by Chauvin’s knee on Floyd’s neck was not the cause of his death.
“In terms of the placement of officer Chauvin’s knee to Mr. Floyd, is it your opinion that Mr. Chauvin’s knee in any way impacted the structures of Mr. Floyd’s neck?” Defense Attorney Eric Nelson asked.
“No. It did not,” Dr. Fowler responded. “None of the vital structures were in the area where the knee appeared to be in the videos.”
Fowler was Maryland’s chief medical examiner up until 2019 and he’s now named in a lawsuit brought by the family of Anton Black, a 19-year-old Black teenager who died after being chased and restrained by police officers on the Eastern Shore in 2018.
This lawsuit claims, though, that Dr. Fowler was complicit in creating a false narrative.
The ACLU of Maryland said, in part:
“The medical examiner’s office ruled that Anton Black’s death was not a homicide even though video showed police chase him, tase him, and pin him face down to the ground after he was handcuffed and at which point he stopped breathing.”
Ken Ravenell is one of the attorney’s representing Black’s family.
“We can’t wait to get our turn to examine him, because what he’s doing in the George Floyd case is abysmal and what he’s done in this case is absolutely abysmal,” Ravenell said.
In a statement to WJZ, Black’s family said:
“Initially our family was shocked to learn that Dr. Fowler was testifying in Chauvin’s defense, but there is an eerie and terrifying similarity between the police killings of Anton and George Floyd.”
The Maryland attorney general is representing the medical examiner’s office and Dr. Fowler. WJZ reached out to them, they said they do not comment on pending litigation. source from
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'Time to end the forever war': Biden to start US Afghanistan pullout on 1 May
Biden said the final withdrawal would start on May 1 and end by 11 September
Apr. 15 - ...In Afghanistan's capital of Kabul, officials said they would carry on with peace talks and their forces defending the country.
"Now that there is an announcement on foreign troops withdrawal within several months, we need to find a way to coexist," said Abdullah Abdullah, a top peace official and former presidential candidate. "We believe that there is no winner in Afghan conflicts and we hope the Taliban realize that too."
U.S. officials can claim to have decimated al Qaeda's core leadership in the region years ago, including tracking down and killing the group's leader bin Laden in neighboring Pakistan in 2011. But ties between the Taliban and al Qaeda elements persist and peace and security remain elusive.
Successive U.S. presidents sought to extricate themselves from Afghanistan, but those hopes were confounded by concerns about Afghan security forces, endemic corruption in Afghanistan and the resiliency of a Taliban insurgency that enjoyed safe haven across the border in Pakistan.
There is concern over the impact a withdrawal would have on human rights in Afghanistan given the gains, particularly for women and girls, during the past two decades.
"I am worried about my future," said Wida Saghar, a writer and women's rights activist in Kabul. "An unknown future awaits us, when foreign forces leave and the civil war intensifies ... then who will think about women's rights? Who will care about us?" source from
'Time to end the forever war': Biden to start US Afghanistan pullout on 1 May
Biden said the final withdrawal would start on May 1 and end by 11 September
Apr. 15 - ...In Afghanistan's capital of Kabul, officials said they would carry on with peace talks and their forces defending the country.
"Now that there is an announcement on foreign troops withdrawal within several months, we need to find a way to coexist," said Abdullah Abdullah, a top peace official and former presidential candidate. "We believe that there is no winner in Afghan conflicts and we hope the Taliban realize that too."
U.S. officials can claim to have decimated al Qaeda's core leadership in the region years ago, including tracking down and killing the group's leader bin Laden in neighboring Pakistan in 2011. But ties between the Taliban and al Qaeda elements persist and peace and security remain elusive.
Successive U.S. presidents sought to extricate themselves from Afghanistan, but those hopes were confounded by concerns about Afghan security forces, endemic corruption in Afghanistan and the resiliency of a Taliban insurgency that enjoyed safe haven across the border in Pakistan.
There is concern over the impact a withdrawal would have on human rights in Afghanistan given the gains, particularly for women and girls, during the past two decades.
"I am worried about my future," said Wida Saghar, a writer and women's rights activist in Kabul. "An unknown future awaits us, when foreign forces leave and the civil war intensifies ... then who will think about women's rights? Who will care about us?" source from
Taiwan ‘very willing’ to work with US to counter China’s ‘adventurous maneuvers and provocations’
Apr. 15 - Taiwan is “very willing” to work with the US and other “like-minded countries” to deter China, the island’s president has said, as she met an unofficial delegation from Washington sent as a “personal signal” by Joe Biden.Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen met a delegation of former US officials, including former Senator Chris Dodd and former Deputy Secretaries of State Richard Armitage and James Steinberg, on Thursday. The president of the island, which Beijing considers an integral part of the country, condemned China’s military activities off its coast, expressing eagerness to work with Washington to deter Beijing.
"We are very willing to work with like-minded countries, including the United States, to jointly safeguard the peace and stability of the Indo-Pacific and deter adventurous maneuvers and provocations."
Tsai also vowed to continue working with Washington to counter “cognitive warfare” and misinformation, allegedly spread by Beijing, but did not elaborate on the matter. Former Senator Dodd said the US’ partnership with Taiwan is “stronger than ever,” promising the Biden administration would be a “reliable, trusted friend.” continue to read
Apr. 15 - Taiwan is “very willing” to work with the US and other “like-minded countries” to deter China, the island’s president has said, as she met an unofficial delegation from Washington sent as a “personal signal” by Joe Biden.Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen met a delegation of former US officials, including former Senator Chris Dodd and former Deputy Secretaries of State Richard Armitage and James Steinberg, on Thursday. The president of the island, which Beijing considers an integral part of the country, condemned China’s military activities off its coast, expressing eagerness to work with Washington to deter Beijing.
"We are very willing to work with like-minded countries, including the United States, to jointly safeguard the peace and stability of the Indo-Pacific and deter adventurous maneuvers and provocations."
Tsai also vowed to continue working with Washington to counter “cognitive warfare” and misinformation, allegedly spread by Beijing, but did not elaborate on the matter. Former Senator Dodd said the US’ partnership with Taiwan is “stronger than ever,” promising the Biden administration would be a “reliable, trusted friend.” continue to read
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