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Interesting thread, especially with all the "did the cops cause the heart attack" red herrings. There is, of course, no way to prove that they did or did not. One thing is for certain, however. His encounter with the police certainly didn't help any condition he may have had.

Nevertheless, we do know the following.

1) The cops in question do not know the difference between an Infiniti and a Maxima. Not a crime of course, but not reassuring either.

2) Mr. Jacobs had a heart attack.

3) Mr. Jacobs weighs 150 lbs

The rest of the story is Mr. Jacob's version. One's take on this apparently depends on one's pre-existing views of the NYPD.

We await developments, as they say.

There is, of course, no way to prove that they did or did not

No, but we do know this: He was arrested and of the approximately 26,280,000 minutes he's been alive, the minute he had a heart attack occurred immediately after his arrest.

This whole thing is going to hang on whether they had probable cause to arrest him. I submit that based on what we know, they did not. His car did not match the description of the suspect vehicle. If they didn't have probable cause then everything that happened after the minute they stopped him was unlawful.