[MeganC]

“My question therefore, is how can they rule this as a homicide?”

Because:

1. The police violated their own procedures which require prisoners to be secured with seat belts when placed in a police transport vehicle.

2. There is evidence that the police took the man on a so-called ‘nickel ride’ given that what should have been a 10-15 minute drive to the jail took over 40 minutes. There is also surveillance video of the van driving at excessive speed on a city street.

3. Gray can be heard on recordings requesting medical assistance twice and BPD regulations reportedly require at least a welfare check.

4. This is my opinion here: If the injuries are consistent with a vehicle collision, yet the police van suffered no damage and no unusual events were reported by the officers driving the van then what happened that would have caused those injuries? That looks suspicious to me, don’t you see it that way, too?

In any case, the coroner did not find that the injuries were self-inflicted so I hope that the BS story going around that Gray severed his own spinal cord stops.

[CivilWarBrewing]

Let's be fair about this 'seat belt' thing. IT WAS COMMON PRACTICE NOT TO SECURE DETAINEES. As a matter of fact, securing them was NOT REQUIRED up until just a few days prior to the incident.

[CivilWarBrewing]

This 'hurting himself' accusation thing is a MYTH designed to enlist condemnation by the masses. How about 'ACCIDENTAL INJURY' caused by flailing about the van? Remember, his hands AND feet were tied.

Do we have a T O X I C O L O G Y report yet? Certain 'numbing drugs' such as Flakka or bath salts can cause users to hurt themselves because they don't have the normal pain response that limits them from doing so.. WE SHALL SEE THAT TOXICOLOGY REPORT, OR WILL WE? I've heard NO ONE mention 'toxicology report' just 'autopsy' which does NOT include toxicology status.