You are correct. The lawyers and family will spin this any way that will benefit them. Potentially, there could be a lot of money on the line.
But these days I have doubts about taking the word of the cops. Unless they have non-cop corroborating witnesses or video and recordings, I wouldn’t believe darn thing they say.
At least they didn’t shoot any dogs or stomp any cats.
I don’t believe the cops always tell the truth either. Way too much “us against them” there for me. The isolation of cops from the general populace is a really bad thing for both groups.
But I don’t think we should accept the claims of a plaintiff in lawsuit as the complete truth either.