I just heard on Fox News that another prisoner being transported in the same van has made a statement that Freddie Gray kept throwing himself against the wall(s) of the van, so much so that police stopped several times on the way to the district police facility. He is said to have entered the van on his own. It’s not clear whether he sustained any injury prior to entering the van, though that is certainly possible.
Is it possible he was trying to injure himself in order to sue for brutality later?
I only ask because of a “Person of Interest” story I saw on the TV. An insane guy banged his own head on a butcher table while in handcuffs, when the officer had walked to the end of the table to talk to someone. People came back in and saw what looked to be an injury at the hands of the officer.
Well, harumph, he should have been chained up so he couldn’t bang his head. Police Brutality, that’s what it is. They should be prosecuted for not chaining up this animal.
Of course, if they had, …...