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Old 07-13-2009, 03:04 PM  
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Originally Posted by bushwacker View Post
Did the drugs kill him or the cops?
From the video story :

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Originally Posted by liveleak
Preliminary results from the Livingston Parish coroner show Stogner died from severe coronary artery disease, an enlarged heart, and a fracture of the hyoid bone in his neck. Dr. Ron Coe says the fracture may be due to force being applied to that area.
That's something usually only found in strangulation deaths.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyoid_bone:

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Originally Posted by wikipedia
Fracture and Applied Anatomy
Due to its position, the hyoid bone is not susceptible to easy fracture. In a suspected case of murder, a fractured hyoid strongly indicates throttling or strangulation.

When you see the guy's feet "whale tailing" in the air that is probably due to
the choke which is killing him. At that point he is not kicking at anyone but
having convulsion instead.

So he is probably unconscious at that point but a highly
trained city cop will interpret convulsions as resisting arrest and continue choking and beating.
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