One always has to ask “in comparison to what.” And also “in what light” i.e. are they just swallowing police declarations whole or are they looking for all the possible data.
Calling off the meeting at which they had advance warning of brawl conditions would have meant zero deaths.
I guess that was too good huh.
“are they just swallowing police declarations whole”
I would think that the family of a Cossack would be networked with the bikers so that they would have a lot better understanding of the situation than you do.