My guess is, that after they caught him and put him in the van...he continued to resist. The police indicate that they had to stop the van to put additional restraints on him
Perhaps something happened during those struggles that injured/severed his spinal chord.
Sounds like a tragic accident while in custody to me.
However...the individual has been arrested many times for possession with intent to distribute, and lately for burglary and assault.
So, when approached, he ran from officers who were lawfully seeking to question him. He was caught and detained. He resisted and was injured.
If this is what happened, the police should come forward and simply indicate that while resisting he was injured. That it was tragic and unintended.
The longer they go without some form of straight forward explanation, the more it looks like they are hiding something.
In today’s environment, such delays are simply a recipe for more problems. Protests, Riots, Unrest also gen’ed up by race baiters. Etc., etc.
Article of interest that speaks to abuse committed by police officers while transporting suspects...
Did it happen in Baltimore? I don’t know, but it’s possible.