When “withholding judgment” turns into “ginning up excuses to not care” then we have to wonder what is really meant.
They have to KNOW that a prisoner hurling himself around like that is not only an injury case but a lawsuit waiting to happen... the police really did “act stupidly” if only by not acting more decisively to protect their interest, oh wait, the lawsuit is not paid by the PD but by the town so they don’t give a hoot in that direction.