[Bob434]

exacltly- They will likely be able to get convicitons of at the least negligent homicide- and even be able to convict all the officers on this- the driver will get heftier charges- but the rest of officers ‘should have’ made sure the perp was belted in properly- at least this will be the arguments of prosecution

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

Negligent "homicide"? Not sure how that will work. If the perp is resisting and kicking and all they can do is lay him in, is that homocide? Secondly, can the driving be blamed for it when the perp was bashing his head into a bolt matched to the back of the van? If sudden-stops was the cause, he'd have bashed into the front.

[conservativejoy]

In a perfect world he should have been belted in, but I’m not going to judge officers dealing with violent, irate, drugged up prisoners for not risking their safety to enter a van and buckle them in. I imagine the police union is challenging this newly implemented regulation for safety reasons.

By the account of the other passenger who was not injured, this was not a rough ride. Gray did this to himself, most likely so he could file another lawsuit. Unfortunately for him, he overplayed his hand.