[petercooper]

Sounds made up.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Or he was crazy as hell.

[Chickensoup]

Not necessarily.

I have seen people attempt to stand on beds and desks to do full head dives onto floors in suicide bids.

[mad_as_he$$]

Exactly. Took two weeks to concoct this story. And it is not even that good of a story.

[arthurus]

If that is the "report" it isn't going to help the situation one bit. Getting a "rough ride" is almost a traditional tale about paddy wagon transport in several cities. In a steel box with steel benches, handcuffs on, no restraints like seat belts, a rough ride can easily be deadly. Everyone knows about these rough rides so whether myth or true stories, saying he did it to himself is not going to wash, even among many normally police friendly citizens.

Why does my spell checker insist that "wagon" is spelled "waggon?" Is this something new in the PC dictionary?

[silverleaf]

not if he was “combative” and pissed abut being detained, or drunk or drugged and acting out in a tantrum

Guy could banged his head against the meatwagon wall just too hard and at a real bad angle, especially if he had a preexisting condition, People with broken or cracked vertebrae can literally walk around with a broken neck, and the next “whack” or even a quick turn off the neck can paralyze or kill them

almost happened to a friend of mine who after car accident walked away but in hours complained of severe headaches, was luckily x-rayed and quickly put into a neckcast for broken neck

However the city is still negligent for fialingot put him in a sealbelt

[Pearls Before Swine]

Sounds made up.

Yeah, it does, because if that's what he was trying to do, he succeeded beyond his wildest dreams.