This guy was likely on the radar given the kinds of stories that he did.
He has also probably been followed and tracked many times which would lend itself to a certain paranoia.
He was onto a big story. He was probably paranoid. He was probably being tracked.
Which leads to the event.
Maybe he was drunk. They are sure pushing the story that he had drug and alcohol problems..but is that even true.
What reporter doesn’t have drug and alcohol problems?
Watching that video, they turned a CORNER.....at least ONE CORNER......the car was going pretty fast....how did it turn that corner??? VERY SUSPICIOUS...the Video, the Sheriff car....hmmmmmm
Once you free yourself from the mental tethers of viewing the US a normally functioning society, all bets are off.
One, it's entirely possible he was "drunk", in that they could have easily had him under control while administering intravenous fluids; or
Two, they simply have planted/altered the relevant records.
Two would be the easiest; as everyone is now well aware, it's not only possible to intercept, but to also edit, alter and simply fabricate any/all forms of communication.