“There are a couple of angles the defense is going to use- and rightfully so- the prosecution has to prove, without having been in the van witnessing what actually happened, how the injuries occurred- it’s going to be very tough for prosecution-”
From the timeline laid out in the State Attorney’s press conference, it seems like the angle they are going for is not necessarily that the officers caused the injury, but a broader argument that the offices showed a reckless indifference to human life by (a) creating the circumstances in which the injury occurred (restraints, no seat belt), and (b) failing to respond to his requests for medical attention (and further failed to respond when he was apparently unresponsive).
[[showed a reckless indifference to human]]
And I believe that definition falls under negligent homicide if I’m not mistaken- they are charging htem with higher crimes, but I think they will argue for negligent homicide if they don’t have enough evidence for higher crime-