as a counter argument to that, he needed an ambulance, and one was promptly called. at the same time it can be impossible to ventilate people with wooden chest, and theres the possibility that absolutely nothing could have been done for him even if he was hooked up to a ventilator before he had trouble breathing

i will say that this is only an opinion. im not a doctor and completely unqualified to come to this conclusion.

still, there was definitely some poor judgement involved there by the cops. i'd expect some kind of punishment to stick