Tossed a multiple offender (like seemingly every day) in the paddy wagon for a trip downtown and forgot the seatbelt. Sure, that’s “depraved heart murder.”
Maybe not, but you don't "forget" to put a seatbelt on somebody who has their hands cuffed behind their back, and therefore can't protect themselves from much of anything.
That's criminal negligence at the very least. Especially when the 4-block trip lasts 40+ minutes.
Yep, they showed him alright...