Yes, the issues about this incident are of concern, but I’ll caution you to avoid assuming that the injury was caused during the arrest.
The suspect could have injured himself while fleeing from the cops (i.e. climbing a fence and falling on the other side). The only reason he was caught may have been because he was injured and unable to run anymore. The cops on the scene are not medical experts so if the suspect is yelling at the cops that he hurt himself, the cops may not have understood the extent of the injuries since no obvious external injury or cause of a severe injury may have been present.
Depending on how he was actually hurt, the injury could have been an anomaly. For instance, if he fell from a fence it would normally just bruise, but due to the way he landed, it maybe caused more extensive injuries. Think of it like a car accident. Generally, a person should not be moved from a wrecked car without first stabilizing the c-spine, unless failure to remove the person would result in worse injury (Ex. car fire). If the suspect had complained that he hurt his neck/back from falling and the fall distance did not look extreme, the first thing most people would do it help him up and cuff him, not realizing that getting him up could cause the injury to worsen.
Many departments have policies that require suspects complaining of pain to be taken to the hospital or be seen by EMTs on scene. Other departments just have the suspect seen by nurses at the jail, assuming no visible signs of injury are present. This could be more of a policy failure or just a freak occurrence than any wrongdoing. Either way, it definitely needs to be impartially investigated to ensure no abuse by the police or failure in procedure. I have to reserve my opinion until we get all of the facts.
That could be, but the attempt of this article, and the thread in general is simply to say, hey, he’s a thug, its okay he’s dead... which is NONSENSE.
This needs investigated, and any sane american should be disturbed by this. If it turns out he had an injury prior to his arrest, fine. If it turns out, that the fact they tossed a man cuffed on his ankles and wrists behind his back into a paddy wagon as if he were a peace of meat and broke his neck, even by accident, then that is unacceptable, if it turns out he was beaten later while in custody even more so. I am all for seeing which of the events the evidence says happened.
However the attempt to say because this guy is a thug, that this outcome is okay is idiotic and frankly shows just how completely stupid some people have become and how ignorant some people are willing to be. ANd that is exactly what this original post is all about, not about trying to discover the truth, but to just say, he’s a thug, who cares.