Fact: His legs were working when he was placed in the van. This is confirmed from video footage. In essence, we were all there when he was arrested because we can all observe Gray moving his legs as he was being placed in the van.
Fact: When he was removed from the van, his legs were no longer working because his spine was severed.
There are two problems with the other detainee. First off, any prosecutor knows that criminals make lousy witnesses. Doesn't mean they won't use them, but their credibility is always questionable. After all, they have an incentive to lie.
Secondly, the other detainee was only in the van for the last part of the drive. The van made several stops before the other detainee was even picked up. The detainee cannot testify to what happened before he was put in the van.
He went into the van with an intact spine, and came out with a severed spine. There are really only two possibilities here. He did it to himself, or he was slammed into the metal divider due to being unrestrained. There is no Option C unless you would like to entertain the possibility of an alien abduction.
The idea that he could have severed his own spine by slamming his own head into the wall is ridiculous. Its laughable. I invite you to do an experiment to see if you can do it. Lay on the floor. Hold your arms behind your back. Hold your legs together. Now try and drive your head into anything, and see if you can even generate enough force to give yourself a good goose egg.
Originally Posted by SinsOfTheFlesh
With all due respect Sin, you are doing nothing more than an extrapolation of of what "you" consider to be "the facts", when in actuality all the facts are not on the table as of yet. Only the facts the media (and everyone else for matter including the Mayor and the prosecutor) wishes for us to hear or see are there, so they can cause division and progress their own agenda, that, of course, being money and power. There are many "so called facts" (most edited probably including the pictures, if the past is indicative of the present) yours, mine and the unknown. Give time for the unknown to come forth, so we can all make an intelligent decision. There are six officers who have not spoken, and with that comes more information. I do not believe they would all be liars, as they are pitted one against the other, which I am sure is being done.
It is a very sad day when thugs have rule over our government, just by burning, destroying, pilfering and pure and simple lawlessness.