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Re: Baltimore on edge after arrestee's fatal spine injury
Here's the thing though, if he was put into that vehicle by someone else, they are assuming the responsibility for his personal safety at that moment. Yeah, he was being a bonehead and deserved to get arrested... but at the moment he was taken into custody, his personal safety became the job of the police.
When you add in the stories surfacing of "rough rides", the picture gets a little more grim. There isn't any direct evidence that this is what happened, but we all assume with some confidence the police smash people's heads into car doors while saying "watch your head" all the time. But this is why people sometimes have a problem with the police (or authority in general): abuses of privilege and denial of responsibility can - and do! - lead to accidents that cause real harm, while the general perception is that those who abuse their authority in such ways almost never get into trouble for it.
The police commissioner intoned that there would be a criminal investigation and a prosecution. I don't know if any conviction will result, but it's a pretty safe bet someone(s) is going to be brought up on charges over this.
Just stop with the asininity. His actions put him there.
And there may have been a reason for that, such as he wasn't able to sit.
That does not automatically speak of negligence.
Only in your imagination.
Here's the thing though, if he was put into that vehicle by someone else, they are assuming the responsibility for his personal safety at that moment. Yeah, he was being a bonehead and deserved to get arrested... but at the moment he was taken into custody, his personal safety became the job of the police.
When you add in the stories surfacing of "rough rides", the picture gets a little more grim. There isn't any direct evidence that this is what happened, but we all assume with some confidence the police smash people's heads into car doors while saying "watch your head" all the time. But this is why people sometimes have a problem with the police (or authority in general): abuses of privilege and denial of responsibility can - and do! - lead to accidents that cause real harm, while the general perception is that those who abuse their authority in such ways almost never get into trouble for it.
The police commissioner intoned that there would be a criminal investigation and a prosecution. I don't know if any conviction will result, but it's a pretty safe bet someone(s) is going to be brought up on charges over this.